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Australian logistics startup eyes SEA e-commerce market with Singapore launch
Shippit opens an office and launches cash-on-delivery service in Singapore, from where it is looking to grow its presence in the Southeast Asian e-commerce industry, estimated to be worth $38 billion last year.
APAC telcos to spend $331B on 5G, but 4G remains dominant in some markets
Region's mobile operators are expected to invest more in excess of $400 billion on their networks through to 2025, including $331 billion on 5G deployments, but 4G remains the dominant technology in markets such as India and Indonesia.
Google opens first cloud region in Indonesia
US tech giant opens its first Indonesian cloud region in Jakarta, offering three cloud zones and services include Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, and BigQuery, with plans to run 150,000 hands-on training labs this year.
Philippine digital bank snags $21M in Series A
Tonik Financial has secured $21 million in its Series A round, which it will tap to kickstart its digital bank services next quarter in the Philippines where it estimates has a $140 billion retail savings market.
Fortune 500 company NTT discloses security breach
Japanese telecommunications giant NTT says hackers breached its internal network and stole data on 621 customers.
APAC consumers have concerns about online privacy, but let it go for freebies
More than half of consumers in Asia-Pacific are concerned about protecting their online and physical lives, but 20% are willing to offer their personal data for free products or services, while 24% share their social media details for quizzes.
Philippine official moots tax on digital services to plug 'loopholes'
House representative Joey Salceda has filed a Digital Economy Taxation Bill that aims to "better" capture value created by the digital economy to make the likes of Netflix, Google, and Facebook 'pay their fair share'.
Hackers target the air-gapped networks of the Taiwanese and Philippine military
Third state-sponsored malware strain disclosed this week that can jump the air gap and reach isolated networks.
Details of 44m Pakistani mobile users leaked online, part of bigger 115m cache
The leak is already under investigation in Pakistan since last month, April 2020.
Ninja Van secures $279M in new funds amidst COVID-19 online buying frenzy
Singapore-base logistics services operator raises $279 million in its Series D round, which pulled in new and existing investors such as B Capital, Grab, Monk's Hill Ventures, and GeoPost.
How Asia Pacific airlines are handling coronavirus travel restrictions
What compensation are airlines offering passengers and what impact is this having on each airline?
Hacker leaks 15 million records from Tokopedia, Indonesia's largest online store
The Tokopedia data has been published on a well-known hacking forum.
US offers $5 million reward for information on North Korean hackers
US says North Korean hackers pose a significant threat to the integrity and stability of the international financial system.
Malaysia to get quicker access to COVID-19 test results
Comprising Gribbles Pathology, Quantum Diagnostics, and Clinipath Malaysia, the private laboratory consortium is set to roll out a COVID-19 collection and testing programme that aims to conduct more than 5,000 tests a day, with a 24-hour turnaround.
APAC firms should realise cloud not always cheaper
Businesses today still assume cloud always will be the cheaper option, overlooking the impact of fluctuating consumption and data flow, notes IBM's CTO for global tech services, who adds that governments looking to build their own private cloud over security concerns could consider public cloud as a viable alternative.
The tech of Computex 2015
Computex never fails to surprise its attendees with what can be done with technology, some items though, should never have left the drawing board.
Hack In The Box 2012 Malaysia: Like No Other
Controversial Global hacking conference Hack In The Box just celebrated its ten-year mark in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event attracted hackers from all over the world and company participants that included Google, Mozilla, Microsoft, Amazon, sponsor 'friends' such as Megaupload, and many more.
A visit to Low Yat Plaza, Kuala Lumpur's shady electronics mall
Low Yat Plaza is a seven-story, 500+ retailer electronics mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is regarded as "IT heaven" and a place for outstanding bargains where haggling is the norm. Low Yat is also a buyer-beware marketplace. It's not out of the ordinary to walk out with defective goods and in 2006 the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs raided Low Yat Plaza, confiscating more than 27,000 copies of pirated computer software and movies. While in town for the Hack in The Box Security Conference, we paid a visit to this amazing electronics bazaar.
Hack In The Box SecConf Kuala Lumpur 2012: Setup
Notorious security conference Hack In The Box is about to celebrate its ten year mark in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Doors open to conference participants tomorrow, and we caught a few moments of setup in its calm before the storm.
APAC consumers have concerns about online privacy, but let it go for freebies
More than half of consumers in Asia-Pacific are concerned about protecting their online and physical lives, but 20% are willing to offer their personal data for free products or services, while 24% share their social media details for quizzes.
Hacker leaks 15 million records from Tokopedia
The Tokopedia data has been published on a well-known hacking forum.
Japanese company NEC confirms 2016 security breach
NEC needed seven months to discover the hack, did not disclose it publicly.
Mitsubishi Electric discloses security breach, China is main suspect
Mitsubishi Electric says hackers did not obtain sensitive information about defense contracts.
Chinese government to replace foreign hardware and software within three years
New Beijing "3-5-2" policy to give local tech scene a boost to the detriment of foreign companies.
Grab eyes Vietnam growth with $500M investment
Ride-sharing operator plans to introduce new services and expand its transport, food, and payments ecosystems in the Vietnamese market, where it has been since 2014.
Twitter steps in as China-backed accounts try to sway public opinion on Hong Kong
Twitter has banned 936 accounts managed by the Chinese state and it will stop accepting ads paid for by state-run news agencies.
What makes China's internet different
China's internet could continue to operate as a national intranet in the case of a cyber-attack or foreign intervention. Read more: https://zd.net/30TIxNB
Google opens first developer hub in Singapore
Internet giant unveils a physical space, occupying 7,200 square feet within its Singapore office, that it says offers various resources for developers from Southeast Asia, including hands-on mentorship, networking opportunities, and access to Google technologies.
Singtel Group loses 40 million mobile customers in one quarter
‘Aggressive’ and ‘intense’ competition from a carrier in India as well as only counting prepaid customers who are actually paying for a service saw Singtel Group drop 40 million mobile customers in the most recent quarter.
Telstra turns to SDN for intra-Asian subsea cable repairs
Australia telco claims its new rapid restoration service will reduce outages on subsea cables to under 30 minutes.
ST Telemedia to build first Thailand data centre with joint venture partner
Singapore's ST Telemedia Global Data Centres has unveiled plans to build a 75,000 square metre data centre in central Bangkok through a joint venture partnership with Thai industrial platform provider, TICON.
Microsoft adds Southeast Asia to Azure Availability Zones
The software vendor's cloud customers in Southeast Asia now can tap its Azure Availability Zones in Singapore, giving them access to a region with at least three separate physical data locations.
Grab opens Malaysian research facility
The new research lab will be the mobile app developer's seventh worldwide and will focus on using machine learning to improve driver safety and developing real-time communications functions, such as VoIP calls over its GrabChat messaging platform.
APAC unlicensed software rate drops
Rate of unlicensed software in Asia-Pacific dipped to 57 percent last year from 61 percent in 2015, but the region remains home to the highest percentage of such software worldwide. Read more: https://zd.net/2Jd2GK7
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