A look at the battle between Uber and its unlikely ally, Chinese-owned rival 99, against the São Paulo city government, which banned motorcycle taxis in 2023
The ride-hailing rivals are taking on the government of São Paulo, which banned motorcycle taxis. Bluesky: @rinachandran . LinkedIn: Gabriela Sá Pessoa Bluesky: Rina Chandran / @rinachandran : Uber ha...
How WhatsApp evolved from a messaging app into a business messaging growth platform, aggressively luring big businesses to its suite of paid messaging products
Just a point for this article. India's installed base is given at 400 million. Last i saw it had crossed 600 and growing rapldly. It's the social glue here like iMessage in the us or line in Korea ...
Malaysia's Johor state has drawn ~50 data center projects in the last three years, creating 40,000 jobs but raising concerns about power and water shortages
“Amir Alif is already feeling the pinch. He lives in the capital Johor Bahru, just a few kilometers from the Nusajaya Tech Park which houses the Iskandar Puteri Data Center. There have been more fre...
How Threads became a gathering space for young progressives in Taiwan, who now use the app to organize protests against pro-China opposition parties
Despite Meta's promise to crack down on political content in the app, Taiwanese activists are using it to organize. Threads: @violatypes and @russellbrandom . Mastodon: @rakyat@hachyderm.io X: @vickie...
Interviews with 20+ current and former TSMC staff at its Arizona plant finds struggles over bridging Taiwanese and US norms, rigid hierarchies, and other issues
the company's new chip plant allegedly plagued by worker abuses Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.2207: TSMC's Arizona culture clash, Apple preps new iPads, Vision Pro forecasts cut, AI pois...
Livestreaming on Douyin and Kuaishou is helping attract out-of-town property buyers to Xishuangbanna in China's Yunnan province, despite a nationwide downturn
Caiwei Chen / Rest of World : X: @anupkaphle and @caiweic X: Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle : China's property market has plummeted since the pandemic. So why are sales booming in one tropical border town...
Facebook has emerged in Mexico City as a low-cost alternative to food delivery services like Uber Eats and Rappi, as restaurateurs seek to avoid high fees
The platform has emerged as a hack around Uber Eats and Rappi's high fees. — • XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO Tweets: @anirvan , @khushbuoshea , @leomschwartz , @lenton_chris , @cowvala , @kayla_s_stewart , @as...
Nigeria will lift its ban on Twitter after suspending it on June 4, 2021; Twitter decided to open an office in Nigeria, among other agreements
Hello there! — Thank you for keeping up the Soft Pallet. — Here's a pro tip; Sarvesh Mathi / MediaNama : What did Twitter do to get its ban revoked in Nigeria? Tweets: @yodifiji : Twitter has been...
Internet blackouts following a military coup have shut down swathes of the online economy in Myanmar, where internet penetration had surged to around 43%
Amid internet blackouts, economic isolation, and massive strikes, a decade of development is unwinding. Tweets: @restofworld , @peterguest , @emilyfishbein11 , @p_annawitt , @baptist_simon , @tmclaugh...