AdAsia, an ambitious one-year-old ad tech startup, raises $12M for expansion

 AdAsia, a one-year-old online advertising startup based in Singapore, has closed a $12 million Series A round from…

WhatsApp will reportedly launch peer-to-peer payments in India within 6 months

 WhatsApp may be about to introduce peer-to-peer payments in India, which is its largest market with…

Report: Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used operating system

 Mobile is today as important, if not more important, than desktops when it comes to the…

Twitter’s head of Asia Pacific is leaving the company after 4.5 years

 Twitter is losing the head of its Asia Pacific business, Aliza Knox, after she announced the end…

Uber rival Grab makes first major acquisition to build out its payments platform

 Grab, Uber’s biggest rival in Southeast Asia, has completed its first major acquisition after it bought…

Can Dubai achieve a happiness revolution without addressing its labor issues?

 In the novel Desperate in Dubai, Ameera Al Hakawati wrote: “Dubai is… after all, a lonely,…

Apple opens its App Accelerator in India

 Apple is investing into the Indian ecosystem by opening its first App Accelerator in Bengaluru. The…

LeEco’s $2 billion acquisition of Vizio has reportedly “stalled”

 There are more problems for ambitious Chinese tech firm LeEco. Its acquisition of U.S.-based TV Vizio, a…