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Grab invests $250m in Indonesian startups to assert dominance

Ride-hailing platform Grab has announced plans to invest $250m (£194m) in Indonesian startups over the next three years through its Grab Ventures firm as the company attempts to secure its

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Indonesian street vendors are being are being kitted out with smart tech

A project from an early-stage investor is aiming to digitise the kiosks that sit on street corners right across Indonesia, and it has closed a $4m seed funding round to

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Alphabet Plans Global Network of Internet Balloons by 2016

Project Loon, the initiative by Googles parent firm Alphabet to provide internet to hard-to-reach areas using balloons, believes it is on schedule to create a ring over part of the

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Path Acquired by Kakao Talk

Photo-sharing service Path has been acquired by Daum Kakoa, the company behind the popular Kakao Talk messaging app, for an undisclosed sum. While created by a US-based firm, Path and

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Indonesia Tops Chart of Facebook Mobile Usage

92.4 per cent of Facebook users in Indonesia access the social network through their mobile phones at least once a month, making it most mobile-focused Facebook audience globally. 62.6m people

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Bango and Indosat Bring Google Play Carrier Billing to Customers

Mobile payments company Bango has partnered with Indosat, the leading Indonesian mobile network operator, to launch one-click carrier billing on Google Play for its customers. The feature enables Google Play

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Key Southeast Asian Markets see Growth in Smartphone Sales

Smartphone ownership in Southeast Asia continues to skyrocket, with 120m units sold across seven key markets in the last 12 months, an increase of 44 per cent year-on-year in volume,

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Google Play Quarterly Downloads 60 Per Cent Ahead of Apple

Massive growth in emerging markets has pushed Google Play worldwide downloads approximately 60 per cent higher than those of the iOS App Store for Q3 2014. While the lead is

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