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

YoungUpstarts

by Shaun Djie, Co-Founder & COO of Digix. Amidst the outbreak, governments across the region, such as Singapore have been promoting the use of digital finance as a means to minimise physical contact and stamp the spread of the virus, channelling more monetary support for the growth of e-payments and digital financial solutions.

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Mobile Marketplace Carousell Launches In Singapore

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If you’re an eBay or HardwareZone forum junkie who regularly uses those sites to sell unwanted items or hunt for pre-loved items, check this new mobile app out: Carousell is a mobile marketplace that connects buyers and sellers socially.

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4 steps to starting a Web business without knowing a thing about coding

The Next Web

is a venture capitalist investing in Silicon Valley and Singapore. So you have a great idea for a new mobile app or Web service—but you don’t know anything about coding or developing. What drives sales for online services and mobile apps? Eddy Lee, Ph.D, He is also a Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford University.

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[Singapore] MyRepublic Continues To Disrupt Telco Industry With Teleport

YoungUpstarts

Being an industry-disrupting new company is always extremely challenging, and none more so if you’re looking at a highly-regulated one with just a small number of strong players like that of Singapore’s telecommunications industry. But the journey hasn’t been a totally smooth one, as its founders attest.

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[Singapore] Business-Focused Reality TV Show Angel’s Gate To Air Next Week

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Soon, Asia will get one of its own – Angel’s Gate is set to air on Singapore-based broadcaster Channel NewsAsia from next week. Angel’s Gate airs on Channel NewsAsia every Monday, 8pm SG/HK time from 6 th Feb. “ Angel’s Gate builds that bridge.

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Carousell gets cozy with Rakuten to bring its mobile marketplace to Southeast Asia

The Next Web

Singapore-based mobile marketplace Carousell wants more users in Southeast Asia to start buying and selling items through their mobile phones on its platform — and it has linked up with Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten to do so. Apps Asia Entrepreneur e-commerce Japan News Singapore Southeast Asia'

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

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Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Weve had people from Australia and Singapore. Tech: Blogs.