If you are living or travelling in Southeast Asia, chances are that you are only too familiar with the two leading ride sharing companies in the region: Uber and GrabCar. But do you know what makes…
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Global travel metasearch and fare aggregator platforms such as Skyscanner and Kayak have had a presence in Asia in recent years to grab a pie of the metasearch markets in the region. Locally developed travel…
There are a number of carpooling services available throughout Asia, two of which are UberPOOL and GrabHitch, services provided by ride-booking platform giants Uber and Grab respectively. What is UberPOOL? UberPOOL is one of the…
While just 1.47 million homes in Asia had subscription video on-demand service (SVOD) in 2010, it is forecasted that the number will quadruple to 68.83 million homes by 2020, with revenue from SVOD expected to…
Cashback is a form of incentive for buyers where a small cash amount is reimbursed back to the buyer after making a purchase. While the cashback concept is popular in the United States and the…
It is not a secret that the rivalry between Didi Chuxing and Uber, the two biggest mobile transportation and ridesharing service companies in China have been intensifying since 2015. As both companies push for dominance…
In 2015, India overtook the United States to become the world’s second largest smartphone market, with 100 million smartphones shipped to the country within the year. India’s low smartphone penetration rate (currently below 30 percent)…
Southeast Asia is fast experiencing an e-commerce boom. In Singapore, it has been estimated that the e-commerce market would be valued at more than US$5.4 billion by 2025, an increase of more than US$4 billion…
Grab Bike Grab Bike is one of the services of Grab, formerly known as Grab Taxi. Grab Taxi was established in Malaysia in 2012 by co-founders Anthony Tan and Hooi Ling Tan. It was originally…
Despite being one of the smallest countries, Singapore is among the most technically advanced and the richest countries in the world. And this is the main reason why Singapore is considered one of the best…