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7 taxi apps you can use across Asia

7 taxi apps you can use across Asia

Standing on the curb with your arm flapping in the air is so last century. The best way to grab a cab now is to reach into your pocket and let a taxi booking app do all the work.
Steven Millward · · 5 min read
Rocket Internet’s Easytaxi quits Asia

Rocket Internet’s Easytaxi quits Asia

A victory for Asia’s homegrown transportation startups. Now they can focus totally on battling Uber.
Steven Millward · · 3 min read
Pakistan doesn’t want to be left behind in the Uber revolution

Pakistan doesn’t want to be left behind in the Uber revolution

Demographics and income suggest the market is ready. However, startups are struggling to really take off.
Osman Husain · · 13 min read
Uber’s biggest threat: an Alibaba-Softbank alliance

Uber’s biggest threat: an Alibaba-Softbank alliance

Uber has a lot of potential enemies. But a merger of Asia’s taxi apps might be its biggest threat.
Terence Lee · · 7 min read
Singapore Parliament takes new steps to regulate taxi booking apps

Singapore Parliament takes new steps to regulate taxi booking apps

Singapore’s Parliament has proposed new laws for the regulation of third-party taxi booking apps such as Uber and GrabTaxi.
Michael Tegos · · 2 min read

Line Taxi launches, gives Uber first major challenger in Japan

Line’s entry into the on-demand taxi industry could be a big hit in Japan. But what does that mean for the rest of Asia?
David Corbin · · 4 min read

Rocket Internet launches ecommerce store in Myanmar

Myanmar now has an ecommerce marketplace. A Rocket Internet executive explains why the German startup dynamo wants to be “the Amazon of frontier markets.”
Steven Millward · · 6 min read

EasyTaxi runs out of gas in Hong Kong, Indonesia, and India

The Rocket Internet-backed taxi-hailing startup has exited three markets in Asia.
Josh Horwitz · · 2 min read

Meanwhile, in Vietnam: Uber vs GrabTaxi vs Vinasun vs Mai Linh vs EasyTaxi

With the megaton investments of GrabTaxi and Uber, we take an intimate look at the war raging in Vietnam’s taxi market. Who are the players and how are they faring?
Anh-Minh Do · · 11 min read