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Seerene Raises $5M To Help IT Departments Monitor Software Performance
Seerene, an analytics platform that helps companies see how their other software is performing, has raised $5 million in seed funding and opened an office in Hong Kong, its first in Asia. The round was led by Earlybird Venture Capital and will support Seerene’s international growth. Read More
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Step Inside Gaming Company Razer’s Largest Concept Store To Date
High-end gaming firm Razer opened its third such store — which is purely for showing off its products, not actual retail sales — in Bangkok, Thailand, recently and we went along to check it out. Razer, which was valued at more than one billion US dollars following an investment from Intel last year, has concept stores in Taiwan and Manila, but its new addition in Bangkok is its… Read More
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DJI’s Latest Drone Saves Crops From Pests
DJI made its name building high-end consumer drones, but its latest model shows where the future may lie for the Shenzhen-based company and its competitors. Fitness Wearable And Coaching Startup GOQii Lands $13.4M Series A From NEA And Cheetah Mobile
Wearable fitness trackers are becoming increasingly popular, but a lot of them are quickly abandoned after the novelty of tracking exercise and sleep wears off. GOQii, however, believes it has landed on the winning formula for long-term success. The Menlo Park, California and Mumbai-based company just raised a $13.4 million Series A, which it will use to expand in the U.S. and China. Read More
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Apple Pay Could Finally Launch In China Early Next Year
There’s been plenty of speculation over Apple plans to launch Apple Pay in China, but now it appears that the mobile payment service could finally land in the country early next year. That’s according to sources cited by a new Dow Jones report which claims Apple intends to have it live by February 2016. Read More
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LG Is Developing Its Own Mobile Payment Service
Apple Pay, Android Pay, Samsung Pay… there’ll soon be one more to add to the list. That’s because Korean phone maker LG just quietly outed plans to develop and deploy its own mobile payment service which, to the surprise of precisely nobody, will be called LG Pay. Nintendo’s First Mobile Game Isn’t Mario, And It Won’t Be Available Until March 2016
Nintendo fans waiting for the Japanese gaming giant to release its first mobile game this year will have to wait a little longer, after the schedule for its much-anticipated first release was bumped back to March 2016. Twitch COO Kevin Lin On The Potential Of Taiwan’s Gaming Industry
Taiwan is a small country filled with passionate gamers. The island nation has a population of just 23 million, but almost one-fifth—or 4.5 million people—use Twitch every month. In Taipei alone, Twitch viewers stream over a billion minutes a month in total, making it the company’s top city in terms of hours viewed. Read More
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Apple Reveals Solar Energy Programs To Clean Up Its Manufacturing Partners In China
Apple has plunged billions of dollars into making its global operations more efficient with renewable energy. The bulk of that push, which has won praise from Greenpeace, has come in the U.S. and Europe, but today Apple unveiled a suite of initiatives designed to make its business in China — the country where its revenue is positively booming — greener, too. Read More
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Opinio is the latest hyperlocal delivery startup in India to score funding. The company announced today that it has raised a $7 million Series A from Delhivery, a logistics firm, Sands Capital, and Accel Partners.