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How The Covid-19 Pandemic Boosted Adoption Of Emerging Technologies In Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia is at an intersection of change where many traditional industries are forced to adapt to the new normal, beckoning a new digital industrial revolution. Over the course of the pandemic, Digix has witnessed a 13% increase in gold token holders with a significant interest coming from Southeast Asia.

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5 Mistakes We Made While Growing A Startup In Southeast Asia

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In March 2016, Rosanne Hortensius left the Netherlands to launch online couponing platform Saleduck in Southeast Asia. People place value on different things here in Southeast Asia so it’s always a good idea to determine what drives them. Giving the wrong company perks and benefits.

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[Review] Startup Asia

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Asia – especially in countries such as India, China, Vietnam – is fast becoming the place where many entrepreneurs, whether locally born or lured back from Silicon Valley, are setting up shop. The second part covers the various sectors that have seen the biggest growth in Asia.

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[Asia] Getting Cloud Computing Right The First Time

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This is the second part of a two-part series covering the 2nd Annual Cloud Computing World Forum – Asia edition which was just concluded at The Mira, Hong Kong on 30 th Nov and 1 st Dec. In the previous article , we introduced Cloud Computing and some of the current trending issues in the Asia Pacific region.

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[Indonesia][Event] Startup Asia Jakarta 2012

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Earlier this year in February, the Startups in Asia conference in Singapore saw Singapore-based social collaborative learning platform Teamie emerging victorious from a pool of nineteen regional startups pitching in a ‘Startup Arena’ to win a US$10,000 prize.

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[Event] [Singapore] AppsWorld Asia: Rise Of The Planet Of The Apps

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Social Media World Forum (SMWF) Asia is happening right now and the event space in Suntec City is buzzing with the chatter of the gathered social media glitterati, brand managers and communications professionals from Singapore and the region. Young Upstarts is a Social Media World Forum (SMWF) Asia and Apps World Asia 2011 media partner.

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[Asia] Tech In Asia Buys GameSaku In Acquisition Blitz

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Just a week after Tech in Asia ( Techinasia.com ) completed its acquisition of fellow Singapore-based blog SGEntrepreneurs (SGE) for an undisclosed sum, the startup and technology blog today announced that it has also acquired Indonesia-based gaming blog GameSaku from Apps Foundry. In the News acquisition Asia GamesInAsia.

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