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Indonesia blocks Yahoo, PayPal and others for non-compliance with licensing rules
Indonesia has blocked web portal Yahoo, payments firm PayPal and a number of gaming websites as they neglected to comply with licensing rules, Reuters...
Facebook, PayPal invest in Indonesia’s e-commerce group Gojek
US social media giant Facebook and online payment pioneer PayPal both have participated in a fundraising round...
Silicon Valley accelerator Plug and Play to launch in Mideast
Plug and Play, a Silicon Valley-based accelerator that is invested in more than 300 companies globally, has tied up with Jordan-based telco Umniah to...
Ireland remains IT hub of Europe
Ireland's inward investment promotion agency IDA Ireland was a prominent exhibitor at the TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2013 fair held on September 9. Inside...
Sina Weibo starts Southeast Asia expansion
The popular Chinese microblogging website Sina Weibo, often seen as a Chinese hybrid of Twitter and Facebook, has launched a company called Trend Media...
Now hiring: Data scientists
“Data scientists”, a new species of IT employees, are in high demand. Data scientists are an evolution from the business or data analyst role - and bring in much sought-after business acumen to articulate findings to a business audience.
Benefiting from big data
Individuals are benefiting from the new cost structures associated with big data, as more data is widely available for free or at little cost, it turned out at the Economist's Information Forum 2013 conference held in San Francisco on June 4, 2013.
CapLinked unveils suggestion button
CapLinked, described as sort of a “LinkedIn meets SalesForce” for investors, has unveiled a new “suggestions” button on LinkedIn. It will allow users to...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...