H.E.R.O.’s Journey in Tech (26 September 2018) – Vista Group’s Veezi Signs Deal with CanalOlympia, Vivendi’s Pan African Cinema Network + This Is How To Quit Bad Habits Without Willpower: 3 Secrets From Research

H.E.R.O.’s Journey in Tech (26 September 2018) – Vista Group’s Veezi Signs Deal with CanalOlympia, Vivendi’s Pan African Cinema Network + This Is How To Quit Bad Habits Without Willpower: 3 Secrets From Research

Companies

  • Popular Japanese cosmetic portal @cosme gaining foothold in Asia (Japan Times)
  • Ferrotec Launches Customized Thermoelectric Module Technology for Cooling and Heating Applica (PR News)
  • Murata to invest $354m in new plant as iPhones drive parts demand (Nikkei)
  • New Teledyne AES Investments in Main Production Facility Delivers Faster Response Times, Quality Enhancement to Customers; AES chose to make this investment in equipment upgrades with machinery manufactured by Koh Young Tech (BW); Koh Young Solutions on Display at Repstronics Open House in Guadalajara (iconnect)
  • Vista Group’s Veezi Signs Deal with CanalOlympia, Vivendi’s Pan African Cinema Network (BW)
  • Afterpay comes to dentistry as Smiles Inclusive targets Millennials (AFR)

BATTSS – Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, TSMC, Softbank, Samsung

  • Alibaba and the Future of Business (HBR)

FAANNMG – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Nvidia, Netflix, Microsoft, Google

  • Apple’s purchase of Shazam is $400 million well spent; Especially if it makes Apple Music a more compelling product. (EG)
  • Is Amazon Investing Enough in Autonomous Driving? (Barron’s)
  • Amazon Comes Up With Another Way to Get Alexa Into Your Home (Bloomberg)
  • Facebook’s Terrible Year Hits a New Low; The departure of Instagram’s founders is a particularly painful sting during a truly rotten year. (Bloomberg); Instagram’s Kevin Systrom on the Platform He Built for One Billion Users (WSJ); Facebook at risk of smothering its golden goose (Reuters)

Asia Tech & Innovation Trends

  • After Huami, another Xiaomi partner Viomi IPOs within one year (Technode)
  • Online tour booking site Klook wants to tackle its next big challenge: converting walk-ins (KRA)
  • Circle K chief on adapting to digital shift: keep up, or die (SCMP)
  • Slack has made its biggest acquisition to date (qz)
  • This 24-Year-Old Built a $5 Billion Hotel Startup in Five Years (Bloomberg)

Global Tech & Innovation Trends

  • One Analyst Thinks Square Should Be a Part of the FANG Group (Bloomberg)
  • Shopify CEO Says Amazon Is Encroaching on Its Turf (Bloomberg)
  • SurveyMonkey Raises $180 Million in U.S. Initial Public Offering (Bloomberg)
  • Chip Stocks Tumble as Raymond James Is Latest to Sound Alarm (Bloomberg)

Life

  • This Is How To Quit Bad Habits Without Willpower: 3 Secrets From Research (Barker)
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