[Video] What Has Been The BATX's Strategic Moves This Year?
The BATX (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent and Xiaomi) are the Chinese companies mirroring the West’s GAFA (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple). These giants might have grown in the shadow of their Western equivalents – due to the Great Firewall. But today they are behind almost every digital innovation in China that is transforming consumer behaviours. You might hear […]
InsurByte 2017: Why Traditional Insurance Companies Must Embrace Insurtech Disruptions
Insurance companies are being heavily disrupted. Their business model has been around for millenniums with very few changes to it. But this time is over. As people are increasingly distrustful of insurance while having a legal requirement to buy one, an increasing need for disruption has appeared, in terms of transparency, easiness and availability of […]
Why is "live shopping" a hit in China?
“Live shopping”, a new generation of tele-shopping, has found spectacular success in China for almost a year. As Chinese consumers grow ever fonder of live streaming, brands and retailers have quickly understood the potential of this new communication channel. E-commerce is steadily invading these videos, regardless of whether it is via a fashion show or […]
Tinder and Marketing: What Companies Can Learn from the Dating App's UI
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[Webinar] China is eating the world – Are you ready?
Between the 27th of April and the 1st of May, The Global Mobile Internet Conference was taking place in Beijing. Organized by GWC, the GMIC is a global platform that connects innovators worldwide. Since its first edition in 2009, GMIC has become a must-attend event for companies, industry professionals and technology enthusiasts. This year, China’s largest tech conference attracted around 40,000 innovators from 60 countries and […]
From General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt: 3 Key Takeaways from GE Digital Day Singapore
A year ago, I attended InnovFest Unbound, one of Singapore’s most attended tech conferences. InnovFest Unbound was founded by Yossi Vardi – the godfather of the Israel startup scene – in collaboration with NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS). The panel on corporate innovation included several companies – namely […]
Hyperlocal Commerce is Disrupting E-Commerce 1.0 in India and China [Infographic]
Hyperlocal commerce is taking over the e-commerce industry in India and China. Asian consumers are used to their local neighbourhood stores, also called mom-and-pop shops. In India, for example, 96% of the commerce still happens there, mainly for trust related issues. This is why startups as well as large tech companies have invested a lot […]
The Bitcoin Opportunity in Asia [Infographic]
So far, Bitcoin has primarily been used in investment and trading in countries such as China, Japan and South Korea. But the promise of the digital currency is most seen in the developing workd. Indeed, there are huge opportunities to disrupt the remittance market in countries such as India, Indonesia and the Philippines. The remittances market is […]
Industry 4.0 : Asia as the Factory of the Future
Asia is recognized as the manufacturing hub of the world. Many Western corporations have migrated their manufacturing activities to China and other Asian countries to lower their labor cost. Asia could therefore be a strong driving force for the Industrial IoT market (IIoT) which some are calling the Industry 4.0 revolution. Countries such as Singapore and China are embracing […]
Asia-Pacific is paving the way for Smart Cities
Imagine driving in a clean city, free from pollution, where you are never stuck in traffic jams, where you are confident to arrive on time. All this and much more is what promises the Internet of Things (IoT) to transform our cities into Smart Cities. Those cities of tomorrow aim at achieving 3 things; sustainability, efficiency, and livability. By […]
