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Terence Lee · · 2 min read

12 of our hottest tech stories, lists, and features for your weekend reading

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Wanna catch up on Asia tech news? Worry not! Check out or list of the hottest stories from the past seven days on Tech In Asia!

1. With $560,000 in hand, 99.co is the Airbnb for long-term property rental

Singapore’s serial entrepreneur Darius Cheung is back.

2. Yello Mobile acquires Indonesian price comparison site PriceArea

Price was not disclosed. Price comparison is a hot area in Southeast Asia’s ecommerce scene.

3. 8pip launches Bitcoin prepaid card to make Bitcoin more accessible to the public

One step towards making Bitcoin accessible to the mainstream crowd.

4. Logistics-as-a-service startup raises money to deliver across Asia

Smoothening out Asia’s fragmented market.


Lists

1. Here are the 10 teams that did battle at Startup Arena

Bindo’s point-of-sale system won in the end.

2. 10 Philippine online payment methods for consumers and merchants

Here’s a guide to helping up-and-coming Philippine online merchants and online buyers to find the payment gateway that fits their needs.


Features


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Terence Lee

I like analyzing and digging into the real goings-on in the tech industry. Holds these crypto: BTC, Eth, Matic