Jon Russell
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3 Thai Recipes Perfect for Quarantine
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Need a few quick Thai recipes to tide you over during quarantine? Try out our green curry fried rice, or kid’s pad thai on your family!
IIT Kanpur, others race Covid-19 clock to build ventilators for India
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India may be staring at an unprecedented shortage of ventilators in light of Covid-19—up to 5X less. A motley group of players is looking to plug this gap
Growing app: Data points probe Southeast Asia's app addiction
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One hour more than the global average. That's how much time most people living in Southeast Asia spend on apps. Facebook's apps dominate the region.
Jon Russell Today's story on SE Asia looks at the data behind Southeast Asia's smartphone addiction -- it's also a free read 🔓 & with the words & with the charts 👇🏻 3d
Thailand's rich and famous sent their kids to quarantine in Hua Hin where they held parties and caught the virus » Thai Enquirer
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Written by Cod Satrusayang, as told to him by Victor S. The names in this story have been changed for the protection of the subject. “Let’s go to Hua Hin,” I had just arrived back in Bangkok from my studies in the U.K. and was in self-quarantine....
Xiaomi’s smart plan to continue its Indian summer
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Xiaomi is India’s best-selling smartphone brand but is still mired in losses. Now, it's hoping India's smart product market will deliver it to profitability
The Athletic
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The new sports page for smarter fans.
At Alibaba's Lazada, coronavirus measures become the latest culture conflict
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At Lazada, the Southeast Asian arm of Alibaba Group Holding , staff are furious ...
Time runs out as iflix’s ghost ship starts sinking
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iflix, a once promising Netflix successor in Southeast Asia, is going under water. It's now up to co-founder Patrick Grove, to throw it a lifeline
Jon Russell 2020 not going well for you? Spare a thought for iflix Iflix must go public to save itself—if it doesn't list by 31 July, a key investor can force a $30M share buyback which will break the business has an in-depth follow up to my August story 👇🏻 5d
Coronavirus pandemic prompts rare questioning of Thai monarchy
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The coronavirus pandemic led to a rare surge of online posts in Thailand questio...
Bangkok slum residents prepare for worst as virus grips Thailand
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People who live in Khlong Toey worry not only about the virus, but whether they will be able to support their families.
Coins is far from mint condition despite Gojek acquisition
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The Filipino e-wallet has struggled to compete with its Alibaba- and Tencent-backed rivals, but is now banking on new financial regulations
Splice Low-Res. Tell us what you're up to.
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Splice Low-Res is a virtual community check-in for media startups. March 24, 3pm Singapore time. Join the conversation.
Twitter broadly bans any COVID-19 tweets that could help the virus spread
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You don’t have to go far to find someone online downplaying the severity of a global pandemic that’s shut down entire economies and ground everyday life to a halt. Knowing that, Twitter will take extra steps to remove tweets that put people at risk...
Covid-19 testing: two Indian companies expanding its scope
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MolBio and Xcyton’s testing solutions could prove invaluable in a country suffering from rapidly rising Covid-19 cases and a stressed medical infrastructure
Earning gig bucks: The Gojek-ification of Indonesia's workforce
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With sluggish growth in the formal sector in Indonesia, young workers are pushed towards platforms like Gojek for gig-work. But that’s not enough
Growth funds the new black for SE Asia's VCs
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With Southeast Asia's digital economy poised to triple to $300 billion by 2025, growth fund investors are on the hunt for the region’s giants of tomorrow
Jon Russell In today's story, and I look at the increase in growth funds in Southeast Asia. Gap in funding for Series B,C+ is slowing being closed by a range of VCs local and overseas. It's a free story, so any with an account at The Ken can read 👇🏻 11d
Jon Russell In today's story, and I look at the increase in growth funds in Southeast Asia. Gap in funding for Series B,C+ is slowing being closed by a range of VCs local and overseas. It's a free story, so anyone with an account at The Ken can read 👇🏻 10d
Go-Jek raises $1 billion in round led by Google, Tencent, JD
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Indonesian ride-hailing firm Go-Jek has raised around $1 billion in a funding ro...
Jon Russell Dont forget Gojek didn't close this new round overnight—round is ongoing (this is the new fashion) and previous close of $1 billion was made in Feb 2019 11d
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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PolicyBazaar group set to hand DocPrime reins to new investor
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A new investor looks set to clinch majority control over virtual doctor consultation platform DocPrime. Announced just after SoftBank invested $200 million into the company, what made the PolicyBazaar group sour on its next big hope?
Wrong place, wrong time for TPG Telecom in Singapore
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Mobile virtual network operators might have beaten TPG Telecom to the punch and blunted any impact it may have had after a delayed launch
Jon Russell Today's story is about disrupting disruptors & best made plans going wrong Australia's TPG Telecom spent big to enter Singapore—but when it finally launched, MVNOs ate its lunch & turned the expansion into a costly mistake writes ⬇ 11d