EasyTaxi
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.
Rocket Internet’s Easytaxi quits Asia
A victory for Asia’s homegrown transportation startups. Now they can focus totally on battling Uber.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.”
EasyTaxi runs out of gas in Hong Kong, Indonesia, and India
The Rocket Internet-backed taxi-hailing startup has exited three markets in Asia.
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?
Amid heightening competition, Uber to use latest $1.2B round for ‘substantial investment’ in Asia Pacific
Uber faces roadblocks at every turn in Asia.




