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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱August 11th
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱August 4th
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱July 28th
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱July 21st
Covering Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia, and India.
Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱July 14th
Covering Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and India.
India bans 59 Chinese apps: what developers need to do to avoid the same fate
At the heart of the Chinese app ban lies a problem with the way we build applications. Only by developing systems which hand control of data back to users can we curb the growing concerns around data sovereignty. On June 15, 20 Indian soldiers and an undisclosed number of Chinese soldiers were killed in hand-to-handContinue reading “India bans 59 Chinese apps: what developers need to do to avoid the same fate”
Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱July 7th
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱June 30th
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱June 23rd
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱June 16th
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱June 9th
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These Asian tech startups have been raking up millions in investments during the pandemic
Economic statistics cannot keep up with the rate at which people are losing jobs all over the world as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tech industry has been no different, as we have seen mass layoffs, especially in companies whose operations have been severely curtailed by lockdown measures, such as ride-hailing applications. However,Continue reading “These Asian tech startups have been raking up millions in investments during the pandemic”
Why the two most popular manufacturing alternatives to China aren’t as flawless as the media makes them out to be
Vietnam and India have long been touted as manufacturing alternatives to China. This year, their governments have been welcoming foreign investment consideration relocation from China. However, the two countries aren’t quite the exemplary options that some make them out to be. The world has long relied on Chinese factories and firms to provide all kindsContinue reading “Why the two most popular manufacturing alternatives to China aren’t as flawless as the media makes them out to be”
COVID-19, data protection, and the consolidation of the Indian surveillance state
India’s contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu (meaning “bridge to health” in Sanskrit), was released on April 2. The app is similar in many ways to other contact tracing apps, but it looked mainly to the model of China: you input data about yourself including your name, age, and travel history; the app enables Bluetooth andContinue reading “COVID-19, data protection, and the consolidation of the Indian surveillance state”
Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱June 2nd
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱May 26th
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱May 19th
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱May 12th
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New partners Facebook and Jio Platforms both have top blockchain projects under their belt, but will they collaborate?
Facebook has had a messy history in India. In 2013, it established Internet.org, which aimed to offer free internet to millions in India at the cost of heavily restricting access to the internet. The company came under criticism for violating net neutrality, and in 2016, Facebook withdrew the platform from India after regulators rejected theContinue reading “New partners Facebook and Jio Platforms both have top blockchain projects under their belt, but will they collaborate?”