Overseas:
3. Google launches new Assistant developer tools, including a new Local Home SDK for developers
4. Facebook unveils an automated ad builder and an appointment manager for small businesses
5. Amazon One-Day Shipping Lifts Startups Serving Walmart
7. After $1.1 Billion Loss For The First Quarter, Lyft Says 2019 Will Be ‘Peak Loss Year’
8. Gett raises $200M at $1.5B valuation for its B2B ride-hailing service, aims for 2020 IPO
11. As concerns over medical device security rise, MedCrypt raises $5.3 million
12. K-Zen Beverage, a nascent cannabis-infused drink brand, has raised $5 million in seed funding
13. Urban Jungle raises £2.5M to make insurance accessible to ‘generation rent’
14. Hubtype raises $1.1M to help developers build richer chat support
China:
2. Tencent scraps ‘PUBG Mobile,’ replaces it with more compliant ‘Peace Elite’ game
3. Seeking profit, Meituan Dianping crowds into express deliveries with its new delivery service
4. Online education platform Hujiang’s Hong Kong IPO application expired
Cross border:
1. US tech major Oracle said to begin mass lay-offs in China as part of global move to cloud services
2. Mobile phone vendor Transsion brushes off risk from domestic rivals looking to expand overseas
3. Allianz X, Go-Ventures back African ride-hailing app series B fundraising
4. China’s WuXi AppTec 药明康德 acquires US clinical service company Pharmapace
Blockchain:
1. Alibaba’s Ant Financial Backs $10 Million Round for Blockchain Privacy Startup
2. Binance says more than $40 million in bitcoin stolen in ‘large scale’ hack
3. Cryptocurrency Firm OneCoin Sued Over Multibillion-Dollar Fraud
Mobile:
1. Google launches $399 Pixel phone, signaling a major shift in the tech giant’s hardware strategy
2. Samsung Confirms Shock New Galaxy Smartphone Cancellation
3. Consumers willing to pay 20 per cent premium for 5G smartphones: Ericsson
Emerging Market:
1. Warung Pintar raised over $35m in a year to transform Asia’s mom-and-pop stores
2. Singapore financial marketplace GoBear announces $80m in funding to expand regionally
3. Sharia-compliant fintech startup Alami nets funding in round led by Singapore’s Tryb
4. East Ventures invests in Singapore-based Chinese language media company 7.5 Degree
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