H.E.R.O.’s Journey in Tech (7 November 2018) – A marriage of machines, data and humans – the industrial internet explained
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H.E.R.O.’s Journey in Tech (7 November 2018) – A marriage of machines, data and humans – the industrial internet explained
Companies
- Sony searches for cool factor in Tokyo’s trendy Shibuya district; Company hosts events to give creators a taste of its latest tech (Nikkei)
- Staying focused on unique expertise: Q&A with Rohm Semiconductor president Tadanobu Fujiwara (Digitimes)
- Chinese selfie app Meitu faces up to ‘natural look’ beauty (Technode)
- Kakao Ventures invests W1b in K-beauty platform Limese in India (Investor)
- Infosys Is Boring Again, and That’s a Good Thing: Chairman (Bloomberg)
BATTSS – Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, TSMC, Softbank, Samsung
- Chinese companies rush to make own chips as trade war bites; Internet giants Baidu and Alibaba plan AI semiconductors (Nikkei)
- Alibaba’s DingTalk to build voice-driven version for cars (Technode)
- China’s Alibaba to open its first automated hotel; Robot receptionists and AI-powered smart speakers are homegrown technologies (Nikkei)
- Alibaba pledges to bring US$200 billion of goods into China over next five years (SCMP)
- Tencent builds self-driving car team in Silicon Valley (Reuters)
- Spotify facing growth pains in Asia, where Tencent’s Joox is more popular (KRA)
- Why SoftBank’s Huge Real Estate Investments Just Might Make Sense (Barron’s)
FAANNMG – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Nvidia, Netflix, Microsoft, Google
- Inside Amazon’s Robotic Fulfillment Center (Bloomberg)
- Alexa Can Do Many Things But Won’t Call 911; Many smart speakers can now make phone calls, though not for emergencies (WSJ)
Asia Tech & Innovation Trends
- The price bubble surround China’s third-party payment license has burst as the trading price of the once coveted resource slumped by half over the past few months (Technode)
- Xi enters Shanghai in high-stakes tech IPO race (Reuters)
- China has a new surveillance tool that identifies citizens by how they walk (TNW)
- Startup Nowbusking revolutionizes waiting time; The startup provides a waiting list service to businesses such as restaurants, banks, shopping malls, amusement park or just about any place where people can expect to wait. (Investor)
- Bleeding unicorns: Rising losses at startups; Flipkart, Paytm, Swiggy, Zomato, Hike and Shopclues together posted ₹7,726 crore in losses in the year ended March 2018 (Forbes)
- Ola is taking its hyper discounting model beyond India. But will it work? (qz)
- Singapore looks to digital services to unblock traffic jams; One stop apps will help commuters jump out of cabs and onto scooters (Nikkei)
Global Tech & Innovation Trends
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