Here’s our newest round-up of the featured startups on our site this week. As usual, for startup tips and story suggestions, feel free to email us or tell us about your startup here. Any juicy news tips go here. Enjoy this week’s list!
1. PingTaxi | Vietnam
Started out in May, Hanoi-based PingTaxi is a cab-hailing app that requires drivers to have an Android device so that customers can find out where the nearest drivers are.
2.Pinoy Travel | Philippines
Pinoy Travel, an online provincial bus booking service, helps to aggregate the schedules of all the different bus fleets in the Philippines and allows users to book directly from the platform.
It was part of the first batch of startups mentored by Ideaspace Foundation, an incubator organization by Philippine telco Smart.
3. Ubox | Vietnam
Vietnam’s Ubox is a new social interest-based network that has a unique way of commenting on a post, which the company calls “Memestyle”. Yes, it involves creating memes.
4. Paisa Swipe | India
Currently in beta, PaisaSwipe is a new Android app that places ads on mobile lockscreens and pays users for viewing them. So you earn money when you unlock your phone. The app is only available domestically, but is looking to expand to other countries in the near future.
5. The News Lens | Taiwan
Barely three months old, The News Lens is a new media startup that promotes unbiased and quality news, hoping to get Taiwan to move away from gutter journalism.
6. Tripid | Philippines
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