Asia’s tech news #100: Starlink & Philippines, China’s EVs & Thailand, Plug&Play in India, Google in Australia…
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China’s ICONIQ Motors EV firm inks MOUs with Thailand’s Big World auto company and SEA telco OBON — www.capitalwatch.com
ICONIQ has partnered with OBON and BIG WORLD to develop 5G-based autonomous driving technology in Thailand’s Free Trade Zone.
India: Plug and Play Tech Centre global innovation platform to launch first India centre in Hyderabad — www.thehansindia.com
In Hyderabad, Plug And Play would be focusing on building the ecosystem for Mobility, IoT, Energy, and Infrastructure. The next step would be to expand to Fintech and Life sciences/ Healthcare. Seattle-based…
Australia: Commission proposes smartphone ‘choice screen’ to combat Google search monopoly — economictimes.indiatimes.com
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission also wants to limit Google’s ability to pay Apple Inc to have its search engine installed as the default option on the smartphone maker’s devices, the…
India: Biconomy blockchain platform adds 12K holders via token listing, generating $11.5M — www.techcircle.in
Homegrown blockchain-based transaction platform Biconomy has added 12000 new token holders on its platform through a token listing. The company became the first Indian blockchain firm to list a…
Holon Innovate 2021 hackathon registrations open to November 12th, seeking Oceania’s Web3 innovators — taikai.network
There will be two education session on the 9th and 11 of November where teams have the opportunity for Q&A. Additionally, Teams can access a lot of educational content through the Education tab…
Cambodia: ‘Infrastructure as Creative Action — Online Buying, Selling, and Delivery in Phnom Penh’ (pdf) — ow.ly
‘A call center worker posts a photo of a newly arrived dress on her small, locally owned clothing store’s Facebook page. Minutes later, she responds to a comment from a potential customer under the…’
Philippines: CloudEats raises $5M Series A with ‘cloud kitchen’ services focused on food delivery firms — www.gmanetwork.com
Southeast Asian cloud restaurant company CloudEats has raised $5 million in a significantly oversubscribed Series A round led by Vulpes Investment Management of Singapore and Gobi Partners…
X-Pitch 2021 Grand Finale set for November 11th, showcasing 15 tech startups selected from 3680 firms — www.eventbrite.com
Eventbrite — Taiwan Accelerator presents X-PITCH 2021 Grand Finale — Thursday, November 11, 2021 — Find event and ticket information.
Philippines: Elon Musk’s Starlink in talks with 2 telcos for low-earth-orbit satellite internet, aiming for 2022 — www.bloomberg.com
Elon Musk’s Starlink is in talks with two Philippine telcos to launch its ultrafast satellite internet in a country with slow speeds and poor connectivity.
Biosolvit takes Macau Innovation & Entrepreneurship Comp win with product to absorb petrol derivatives — www.macaubusiness.com
Macau, MNA, MNA Featured | Biosolvit, a startup that developed a product to absorb petroleum derivatives on land or at sea, has won the first prize at the inaugural Innovation and Entrepreneurship…
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