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26/04/2024 Changi Airport Group awards OUE tender for lease and development of new hotel at Changi Airport Terminal 2 ( General )
26/04/2024 Korean Air to launch new route to Macau ( General )
26/04/2024 WhatsApp is working on an option to stop notifications when someone reacts to your status updates ( General )
24/04/2024 Puma to launch compostable shoes after a two-year pilot project ( Fashion )
24/04/2024 7-Eleven eyes 100,000 stores globally by 2030 ( General )
24/04/2024 Vietnam tops Southeast Asia in number of Apple suppliers ( Electronics )
24/04/2024 FPT and Nvidia to build $200M AI factory in Vietnam ( Electronics )
23/04/2024 Google Meet now lets users make annotations during presentations ( General )
22/04/2024 WhatsApp testing scheduling feature for easier event management in Communities ( General )
22/04/2024 EU set to approve Apple’s plan to open its NFC technology for rivals ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Apple CEO Tim Cook says it is considering a manufacturing facility in Indonesia ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Google Maps to show alternate transit and walking directions along with driving routes ( General )
17/04/2024 Apple releases iOS 17.5 beta 2 giving EU iPhone users more unique capabilities ( E-Tailing )
17/04/2024 WhatsApp rolls out new chat filters to help you locate unread and group conversations ( General )

Retail Asia18/04/2024

Apple will look into building a manufacturing facility in Indonesia, its CEO said on Wednesday after meeting President Joko Widodo, who hoped the tech giant would increase its local content by partnering with domestic firms. Apple chief executive Tim Cook arrived in Jakarta on Tuesday after visiting Vietnam. He met with Jokowi, as the president […]

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Retail Asia18/04/2024

In an effort to get users to take a bus or train to get to their destinations instead of driving or better yet, use their own two feet, Google Maps is going to have a new feature. Next to the app’s driving routes, Google Maps will show users public transit and walking alternatives that will […]

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Retail Asia17/04/2024

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx and one of the world’s largest express transportation companies, today released findings from its latest research report conducted in partnership with Forbes Insights. The report aimed to identify key international growth trends for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Asia Pacific region over the next three years. The […]

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Retail Asia17/04/2024

Levi Strauss & Co has reopened its 364 sqm store at CentralWorld in Bangkok, marking the brand’s largest location in Thailand. Located on the second floor of Bangkok’s mall district Chidlom, the store is home to the country’s second Levi’s Tailor Shop, an alteration, restoration and customisation station helmed by skilled tailoring professionals. “Thailand is […]

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Retail Asia17/04/2024

Spotify’s AI DJ raised the bar for music streaming, and now Amazon Music is throwing its hat into the ring with Maestro. This new AI-powered playlist feature is currently rolling out in beta to select Amazon Music users in the US on iOS and Android. If you’re part of the rollout, you’ll spot Maestro either on […]

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Retail Asia17/04/2024

Surely there are iPhone users living outside of the EU who wish that their country had something like the Digital Market Act (DMA) that forces Apple to unbutton locked-down iPhone capabilities. For example, with iOS 17.4, iPhone users in the EU could install browsers using browser engines other than Apple’s WebKit. It also allows iPhone […]

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Retail Asia17/04/2024

WhatsApp is always evolving to improve the way we connect with others, and its latest update is focused on enhancing organization and search within your chats. Following the recent update that gave us the ability to pin messages, Mark Zuckerberg has announced another exciting feature – dedicated chat filters These filters are designed to make it […]

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Retail Asia16/04/2024

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Google Chat, which is part of Google Workspace, is not exactly one of the leading chat applications out there. However, it is popular in workplaces and businesses where Google Apps are highly used, justifying continued development and improvement of the app. To that end, there may soon be updates that will allow for easy audio […]

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Retail Asia15/04/2024

Apple CEO Tim Cook arrived in Hanoi Monday morning for a two-day business trip to meet notable content creators and app developers on App Store. Cook said upon arrival he was excited to meet with content creators, students and customers in Vietnam and learn about the way they use Apple’s products. Apple has unveiled plans […]

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Retail Asia15/04/2024

Information technology education in Vietnam tends to focus on breadth rather than depth, so few people can or choose to stay in the field after turning 35. Recently, I came across a reader’s account sharing an interesting perspective. According to this person, IT engineers make thousands of dollars a month and can afford expensive houses and cars […]

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Retail Asia15/04/2024

Vietravel Airlines has reported a profit of VND10 billion (US$400,128) for the first three months of the year, achieving its first profitable quarter since its inception in 2021. As a subsidiary of the tour operator Vietravel, the airline announced first-quarter revenues exceeding VND491 billion, surpassing its initial target by 42%. The profits stemmed from increases […]

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Retail Asia15/04/2024

Japanese retailer AEON has replaced Philippine and Taiwanese bananas with Vietnamese imports at its Hong Kong outlets. AEON started selling Vietnamese bananas at its 91 outlets in Hong Kong last year because they are of high quality and grown using a process that does not result in waste, Yuichiro Shiotani, CEO of AEON Topvalu Vietnam, […]

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Retail Asia11/04/2024

Samsung is taking a big leap forward today in its AI ambitions. Galaxy AI, the company’s on-device intelligence engine, just got closer to overcoming language limitations across the world with a huge expansion in language support. This spring, Arabic, Indonesian, and Russian support will be added to the thirteen available languages. Additionally, Australian English, Cantonese, and Canadian […]

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Retail Asia11/04/2024

There is a battle going on internally at Google. This battle is between mapping and navigation apps Google Maps, and Waze, both owned by Google. Google Maps delivers the total package getting you quickly and safely from point A to point B, and recommending where users should go to eat, sleep, and seek entertainment. Waze […]

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Retail Asia11/04/2024

Google Podcasts is officially dead. That has been the case for a week now, and the designated replacement – YouTube Music – is just not cutting it yet. The YouTube Music podcasting experience is rough, and users aren’t holding back on the feedback. Thankfully, the YouTube Music Podcasts team seems to be listening. They took […]

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Retail Asia10/04/2024

TikTok users have started getting pop-up notifications about a new app that the social network company plans to launch soon. The app is called Notes and allows users to share photos like Instagram. TechCrunch reports that TikTok has already confirmed the Notes app was in development, but the company didn’t offer any timeframes for releasing the […]

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Retail Asia10/04/2024

Vietnam exported 2.1 million tons of rice in the first three months, worth $1.4 billion in total, up 42% year-on-year in value. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, main buyers such as the Philippines, Indonesia, China, Ghana, Malaysia, and Singapore all posted growth. The Philippines and Indonesia, however, are making efforts to […]

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Retail Asia09/04/2024

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Mercedes, the best-selling luxury auto brand in Vietnam for years, is seeing BMW close the gap rapidly following the start of local production. Mercedes sold 3,416 units last year, a 57% decline from 2022 but still the highest for the seven luxury brands in Vietnam. BMW jumped from fourth place in 2022 to second last year […]

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Retail Asia09/04/2024

Power consumption in Vietnam this summer is expected to increase by 13% year-on-year between May and July, 9.6% higher than forecast, posing possible supply challenges. This is because the weather is expected to become hot sooner than normal, and this could cause pressure on supply, especially in the north, Nguyen Quoc Trung, deputy director of […]

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Retail Asia09/04/2024

WhatsApp keeps rolling out new features regularly, and now it seems it is working on making it easier for everyone to open and share photos. According to WABetaInfo, a reliable source for WhatsApp updates, the Meta-owned messaging app is widely releasing a feature to quickly open the photo library. While the official changelog doesn’t offer much […]

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