Tech in Asia

The pendant called SAFER can send out SOS alerts when you are in danger

For every hour people spent on their mobile devices, 51 minutes were spent in apps

Apple’s move to eliminate the headphone jack could have been courageous, but the company didn’t go far enough

The startup raised $475,000 in seed funding from investors in 2015

Apple’s market share in India, however, has fallen from 4 percent to a mere 2 percent in the last year

Beyond Verbal’s tech allows developers to understand people’s moods & emotional characteristics as they speak

The app has over 1.5 million 'points of interest' and 300,000 kilometers of road network

Let’s take a look at five GoPro alternatives that cost up to $250

The app was launched in June however, it has managed to secure US$100,000 in angel funding

Southeast Asia is Foodpanda’s fastest growing region

The Valley of the Khans project was a quest to discover the tomb of Genghis Khan

Meesho aims to solve problems of Facebook and WhatsApp sellers

If WeChat does indeed follow same path, we can expect to see it crawl to 900 million MAUs and then run out of steam

Rockdove combines form with function to tackle an often overlooked problem.

Watching someone perform with the motion capture instrument Kagura feels like looking into the future

Very little is known about what takes place in the dark web

The case sports two radar sensors that detect tissue movement and blood flow

According to Kantar, the iPhone’s China market share has dropped to 17.9 per cent

The services can be used on Google Search and the Google app for both Android or iOS devices

The plan is currently being reviewed and is likely to be implemented in the next six months

Yuri Hamasaki wanted to help people get fitter. Now she is the country manager for fitness app Noom Japan

The Bigo app relies on game-like elements, where the more you participate the more experience points you get

The company completed a pilot roll out of 125 rural public wifi hotspots in a tie-up with state-run internet provider

Noor Azmi was out playing Pokemon Go on Sunday morning when he saw a corpse floating on the water

Hikaru spent an year on the hard office floor before moving into his own place

Halal Dining Club allows users to discover, book, and review foodie outlets and earn loyalty points in the process

Facebook has partnered with Indonesia’s largest bank to introduce a new payment option for ads

For every Zuckerberg, there are at least a hundred John Does languishing in the pits of startup hell

The deal is part of a mooted US$1.5 million capital injection

The city with the fastest internet in China had a 5 Mbps average three years ago

Facebook has 1.7 billion monthly active users, while Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp have more than a billion each

The deal can give Flipkart a crucial edge over Amazon in clothing e-commerce space

Going at it alone requires a lot of perseverance

China continues to roar ahead.Its total funding more than doubled.

Pororo Go will be launched next month

China doesn’t want GPS data of millions of Chinese people in the hands of Google

The country ranks fourth globally in terms of Pokemon Go downloads

Freelancers can get payments within a day or two, as opposed to up to five days via bank wire

Pokemon Go is still not out in Japan and it is driving people crazy

44 per cent of Silicon Valley startups have an immigrant founder

For all the selfie lovers, Alibaba has introduced the car of the future to fulfill all selfie based requirements.

Half of the world’s population does not have access to the internet

Health and lifestyle store 'Well' has been quietly dominating its niche, building a strong base of loyal customers

Today, smartphones are a part of our bodies. A limb

Christina, Nicola Isabel, started Kenzwoman after experiencing several personal frustrations during lingerie shopping

Merged under a single brand name, the two ecommerce sites will continue to be separate in Pakistan and Bangladesh

Usama Noman says process to create a bot has been kept simple to facilitate users from all backgrounds

WCCFtech is a technology blog that publishes information related to gaming hardware, mobile, PC trends, and software

Baqar Abbas Jafri, Sennen D’Souza, Hammad Ali Hashmi, and Waqar Ehsan were previously associated with The Nest I/O

Emerging Markets Property Group is parent company of Zameen and Bayut with a concentration on Pakistan and UAE