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16/05/2024 The TikTok ban could hurt small businesses that prosper thanks to mobile users ( General )
16/05/2024 WhatsApp could add a new sticker-related feature very soon ( General )
15/05/2024 Facebook and Instagram experiencing outages along the East and West Coasts of the U.S. ( General )
14/05/2024 Qantas to launch new route from Manila to Brisbane ( General )
13/05/2024 Meta expands paid verification service for businesses ( General )
10/05/2024 For complex iPhone AI tasks, Apple will use cloud-based servers running M-series chips ( Electronics )
10/05/2024 Samsung plans to add $1B to Vietnam investment annually ( Electronics )
08/05/2024 Digital content exporters open foreign offices to avoid tax ( General )
06/05/2024 WhatsApp’s new status update tray with previews is rolling out more widely in beta ( General )
02/05/2024 A Deep Dive into Grade A Buildings in Hong Kong ( General )
02/05/2024 Shopee races past other e-commerce rivals ( E-Tailing )
30/04/2024 TikTok, Facebook, and other foreign service providers pay $575M in taxes ( General )
29/04/2024 Sacombank assures no loss on $141M loan to Bamboo Airways ( General )

Retail Asia01/10/2020

We’ve been asked this question multiple times. If both Apple and Google take a 30% cut of in-app purchases, why is Apple and the App Store considered a monopoly while Google and the Play Store are not? It comes down to this: Apple does not allow iOS users to install apps from third-party stores. Thus, […]

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Retail Asia01/10/2020

The last time OneDrive for iOS was updated, the app received a couple of new features specifically designed for iOS 14. This time Microsoft is rolling out a slew of new features aimed at both iOS 13 and 14 users. First off, we have a brand new OneDrive widget available only for iOS 14 users. Then, there’s […]

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Retail Asia01/10/2020

After Firefox for Android received a major redesign one month earlier, now Mozilla is working on improving the user experience on the mobile browser even more. The company is now going to add some welcome browser extensions, however, these are first coming to Firefox Nightly for testing. The company says that the new extensions will be available in the […]

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Retail Asia01/10/2020

Financial experts have noted that because of the fact that Singapore did pretty badly in 2020 for various reasons, it is undervalued and a lot of people do not pay attention to it. Even though it has been a bad period for the Asian Tiger, it is a good idea to buy the market in […]

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Retail Asia29/09/2020

Thai Airways is opening up its Boeing and Airbus flight simulators to the public this October in its latest bid to boost business amid the drop in travel demand due to the coronavirus crisis. As part of the airline’s “Thai Flying Experience and Beyond” project, customers will get to enter a mock cockpit of an […]

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Retail Asia29/09/2020

Airasia Group is looking into raising capital to fund its digital arm AirAsia Digital to further diversify revenue stream for the group. Group CEO Tan Sri Dr Tony Fernandes said AirAsia Digital is the group’s “next phase” and aims to be a new kind of travel technology company in the region through the strength of […]

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Retail Asia29/09/2020

From today, supermarket chain Giant will lower the prices of 650 daily essentials for six months by 20 percent, on average. It will also refresh its brand, with its 53 Singapore stores incorporating new features including in-store bakeries and Guardian pharmacies. The price reduction is costing Giant around $17 million and is prompted by its […]

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Retail Asia29/09/2020

AirAsia Group announced on Thursday that it is building a super app off its existing mobile application and website to provide services such as e-commerce, delivery, and payments. The app is to be available next month in Thailand and ASEAN. AirAsia chief executive Tony Fernandes said the idea to build a super app came before […]

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Retail Asia28/09/2020

7-Eleven has always been known for running attractive redemption programs that offer appealing collectibles. However, the team decided to do things differently this time around, they wanted to shift the program from simply being a way to reward loyalty into a platform to increase brand equity and authentically engage the customer in a fun and […]

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Retail Asia28/09/2020

Apple today released an update to iOS 14.0.1 that exterminates some bugs and more. This isn’t the first public update released by Apple over the last week. On September 16th, the final public build of iOS 14 was introduced bringing changes to the home screen, Android-style widgets, picture-in-picture capabilities, App Clips, and more. The latter allows […]

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Retail Asia28/09/2020

Google continues to work on improving Google Maps and on Wednesday a “COVID-19 layer” started rolling out. With this layer, users can see areas where the virus is spreading and it is coded by color based on the number of people with the coronavirus in each region. The layer produces these color codes based on […]

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Retail Asia28/09/2020

Vietnam’s steel exports to China surged 19 times to 2.07 million tonnes between January and August on the strength of rising demand in a recovering economy. This was nearly 35 percent of Vietnam’s total steel exports in the period, and its value rose 15 times to $844.5 million, according to Vietnam Customs. China’s customs data […]

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Retail Asia25/09/2020

Budget carrier Cebu Pacific is asking passengers for patience as it works through a pile of refunds that reached almost P5 billion. Like other airlines, Cebu Pacific has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the mass cancellation of flights and prospective trips. “We understand how challenging this whole situation is, and we […]

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Retail Asia25/09/2020

Google is trying to make Assistant a useful tool that we can’t live without. Using Google’s learning algorithms, the digital assistant can execute various tasks without having to interact with it every time. This time around, Google thought it would be a great idea “to find a way for Google Assistant to help you stay productive.” To make users’ lives […]

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Retail Asia25/09/2020

Vietnam’s aviation industry is gradually recovering with passenger numbers heading toward pre-pandemic levels after a months-long slump. Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi handled 29,000 passengers daily during the weekend, nearly triple the daily average of August when there was a Covid-19 resurgence. To Tu Ha, deputy director of the airport, said there has been […]

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Retail Asia25/09/2020

The refreshed app, which builds on Singapore’s payments infrastructure, now allows real-time money transfers via PayNow for DBS PayLah!, OCBC Bank and Standard Chartered customers. Google has launched a new version of its payments app Google Pay, which streamlines money transfers from different banks on one platform and allows customers to make peer-to-peer transfers via […]

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Retail Asia25/09/2020

Starting this Sunday, TikTok will be removed from the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store based on an order from the Trump Administration. On Wednesday, TikTok asked a U.S. judge to block the administration’s order similar to the way a federal judge on Saturday issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the U.S. government […]

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Retail Asia25/09/2020

Department stores are undergoing renovations to attract the so-called MZ generation – encompassing the Millennials and Generation Z. After its first renovation in 11 years, Hyundai Department Store’s Jungdong branch reopened the ‘U-Plex’ Fashion House on Wednesday in Bucheon, west of Seoul. The storehouses 130 domestic and international fashion brands popular among the MZ generation, […]

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Retail Asia25/09/2020

Japanese e-commerce platform Ruten has launched a global website, offering more than 60 million Japanese including snacks, supplements, kitchen appliances, beauty products, and fashion to 13 markets. The site is now shoppable from markets including Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, Indonesia, South Korea, and New Zealand and Ruten Japan says it will expand its product range […]

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Retail Asia24/09/2020

Microsoft’s attempt to take on Siri, Google Assistant, and Alexa was not what you might call a rousing success for the software giant. In most head to head testing, Cortana finished behind all of its rivals including Siri, which is about as bad as things can get. Earlier this year, Cortana was removed from the Microsoft App […]

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