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Bangkok, Thailand
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    5 Mar 2016

    Hey there, I revamped my Asia tech newsletter -- go sign up 😀

    12 replies 31 retweets 167 likes
  2. Dec 1

    Alibaba’s $15B ‘DAMO Academy’ is about to get an R&D outpost in Israel — the 2nd of 7 planned global innovation hubs

    Alibaba is buying Israeli startup Visualead's tech to establish a Tel Aviv R&D center by
    1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes
  3. Retweeted
    Dec 1

    It's become so socially unacceptable to not have Wechat Wallet in urban China, to avoid having to explain, I tell people I need to pay by cash because my phone is out of batteries...

    24 replies 61 retweets 182 likes
  4. Retweeted
    Nov 30

    Here's what missed at TechCrunch Shanghai 2017 😆

    Here's what you missed at TechCrunch Shanghai 2017 by
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  5. Nov 29

    LOL

    3 replies 19 likes
  6. Retweeted
    Nov 29

    Naspers clocked a $11 million gain from Flipkart secondary share sales earlier this year

    1 retweet
  7. Nov 29

    TC is hiring — this comes from the boss

    Sad to see layoffs at LA Weekly, Buzzfeed and other outlets. The media business is tough. If you’re obsessed with the business of startups, technology, security and policy we are hiring.
    1 reply 3 retweets 9 likes
  8. Retweeted
    Nov 29

    TechCrunch's and found the Twitter contractor who deactivated Trump's account on his last day of work. Meet Bahtiyar Duysak.

    1 reply 34 retweets 53 likes
  9. Nov 29
    Replying to

    But hey Google fixed its aberration of a burger emoji at least

  10. Nov 29

    2017 problems

    4 replies 9 retweets 17 likes
  11. Retweeted
    Nov 27

    What does Prince Harry's engagement to Meghan Markle mean for the UK's technology industry?

    34 replies 197 retweets 232 likes
  12. Nov 28
    Replying to

    This goes back to my recent interview with Uber’s head of Asia who is taking a new approach — potential deals on payments, with governments and with taxi companies to help battle Grab and Go-Jek

    1 reply 1 like
  13. Nov 28

    Uber, playing catchup in Southeast Asia, has inked its first mobile wallet deal in the region — the parter is Vietnam’s Momo, a startup backed by Standard Chartered that has 5M users

    Uber inks its first mobile wallet deal in Southeast Asia by
    1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes
  14. Nov 28

    Still skeptical that Uber is really that far behind Grab — truth is likely that Uber would leave SE Asia because of tight economics in the region/other priorities rather than being beaten by Grab

    10 replies 5 retweets 19 likes
  15. Nov 27

    Pretty crazy smartphone growth in Thailand >> 5.3 million shipments in 2017 Q3, growing 9.9% quarter over quarter and 26.7% year over year

    1 reply 2 retweets 8 likes
  16. Nov 27

    Xiaomi has quietly used Baidu’s DuerOS in its products before, but now their partnership is official

    5 retweets 8 likes
  17. Nov 27

    Crazy to think that Bitcoin will likely reach $10,000 before Ethereum hits $500

    1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
  18. Nov 27

    This is an event I’ll be at 😃

    I'll be at the Blockchain World Conference in Bangkok next week. Anyone else going?
    4 replies 8 likes
  19. Retweeted
    Nov 24

    China’s state of surveillance: at the end of an office visit to face recognition startup Yitu, they showed me how office cameras tracked my movements throughout the period.

    19 replies 694 retweets 679 likes
  20. Nov 26
    Replying to

    Fwiw I was always aware that transit visas aren’t ideal, but I never had another option that would get me into the county once I had been identified as working in the media by China’s immigration/travel system.

    2 replies 2 likes
  21. Nov 26

    I wrote about my three years of ongoing visa troubles in China and why I was denied entry to the county this weekend

    10 replies 32 retweets 41 likes

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