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Volkswagen Expands Network With First City & Pop-up Stores In India

Mei Ling Tan June 5, 2019

German auto giant has inaugurated its first city and pop-up stores in India, in a bid to expand its presence and touchpoints in the country. The manufacturer opened its first…

Hyundai and Kia Invest 80 Million Euros In Rimac

Mei Ling Tan June 5, 2019

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation have jointly invested 80 million Euros in Rimac Automobili – the Croatian high-performance electric vehicle technology and sportscar company. Hyundai Motor will invest 64…

Google Assistant Will Come Up with a Fresh New Look

Mei Ling Tan June 5, 2019

It appears that Google is testing a new UI for Google Assistant. Instead of the white box that pops up when the virtual personal assistant is activated, a transparent overlay…

Watsons loyalty program Expanding for Travellers

Mei Ling Tan June 5, 2019

Watsons is about to expand its loyalty program cross-border with 8 million members in 11 cities in the Greater Bay Area the first to benefit. “Watsons operates in many popular…

Auchan Selling Vietnamese Business

Mei Ling Tan June 5, 2019

The French supermarket group’s CEO Edgar Bonte told that the group had decided to sell its 18 stores in Vietnam which currently generate sales of US$50.4 million. In March, Auchan Retail…

Harley-Davidson India Announces Winners Of Internship

Mei Ling Tan June 5, 2019

Harley-Davidson India has announced the selection of four final applicants for the #FindYourFreedom internship program that offers interns a glimpse into the Harley-Davidson way of life and is intended to…

Amazon’s Alexa Guard Arrived to Guard your Home

Mei Ling Tan June 5, 2019

Even though music streaming remains the primary use case for Amazon and Google’s insanely popular smart speakers, it goes without saying Alexa and Google Assistant can do many other cool, innovative, and practical…

CES 2019 Gadgets that will define the online casinos of tomorrow

Mei Ling Tan June 5, 2019

Consumer Electronics Show or CES serves as the best time of the year when manufacturers and developers all over the world get to showcase their greatest and latest technologies. And…

SES Networks restores connectivity to PNG

Mei Ling Tan June 4, 2019

SES Networks announced it worked with PNG DataCo to restore mobile and broadband services in Papua New Guinea following an outage caused by a major 7.2 magnitude earthquake. The earthquake…

New Apple Music subscribers can get free four-month Plans

Mei Ling Tan June 4, 2019

While Spotify has managed to maintain its solid lead in the thriving music streaming industry thanks to frequent deals bundling the service with other popular apps or even free hardware, the steady growth of Apple Music has come largely…

Vodafone M-Pesa applies for license extension

Mei Ling Tan June 4, 2019

Mobile payments company Vodafone M-Pesa has applied for an extension on its prepaid payment instrument license while it explores merging with an associate or third party company. Vodafone M-Pesa, which…

Honda Confirms Closure of UK Car Plant

Mei Ling Tan June 4, 2019

Honda has confirmed its western England car factory, which employs 3,500 people, will close in 2021. The Japanese carmaker announced Monday that the Swindon plant will shut in two years, “at…

Singapore retail sales lags last Month

Mei Ling Tan June 4, 2019

Singapore retail sales slid by 1.5 percent in March, after excluding motor vehicle sales from the data. According to Statistics Singapore, most retail categories recorded lower sales for the month…

Maruti Suzuki Announces Service Camp For Fleet And Taxi Owners

Mei Ling Tan June 4, 2019

Maruti Suzuki has announced a service camp for Fleet and Taxi owners. The camp has been kick-started across all dealer workshops. The company says that Taxi and Fleet operators have…

Batelco completes structural separation

Mei Ling Tan June 4, 2019

Bahrain’s Batelco has completed its structural separation into wholesale and retail entities as part of the government’s fourth National Telecommunication Plan. Following the separation process, Batelco’s new infrastructure company NBNetco…

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