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Digital News Asia Roundup - 18th Jan 2018

Karamjit Singh, Digital News Asia | Anushia Kandasivam, Digital News Asia | Chong Jinn Xiung, Digital News Asia

18-Jan-18 10:00

Digital News Asia Roundup - 18th Jan 2018

The team from Digital News Asia talked about several notable startups, touching on stories of Giftr, an online gifting store that branched off from personal concierge service Helpr, Malaysian FinTech startup MyCash Online shifting their headquarters to Singapore, and YCombinator DahMakan's plans for expansion. The team also discussed some of the notable products from this year's CES as well as Samsung's new Galaxy A8 series, followed by PitchIn's 2018 Line-Up, Patrick Grove’s ‘beautiful thing’ firing up MDEC’s GAIN, and Huawei appointing Baker Zhou as Chief Executive Officer for Malaysia.

 

0:19 - Just In The Gift Of Time

4:58 - PitchIn Announces 2018 Line-Up, Will Propose Alternative Trading System

9:04 - Patrick Grove’s 'Beautiful Thing' Fires MDEC’s GAIN

23:47 - New Innovations Emerge From CES 2018

27:07 - Samsung Galaxy A Series Gets Updates For 2018

29:14 - DahMakan Raises US$2.6 Million, Prepares For Market Expansion

34:48 - MyCash Online Breaks Into International Market

38:06 - Huawei Appoints Baker Zhou As Chief Executive Officer For Malaysia

Produced by: Jeff Sandhu


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Tags:  Digital News AsiaBaker ZhouhuaweiPatrick GroveBeautiful ThingMDECGAINMyCash OnlineFinTechstartupsGiftrHelprGlobal Acceleration and Innovation NetworkMalaysian Digital Economy CorporationDahMakanYCombinatorPitchIn2018 LineupEquity Crowdfunding Report 2017Samsung GalaxyGalaxy A8 seriesCES 2018





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