Stories by Michael de Waal-Montgomery
Uber’s China rival Didi Kuaidi now allows ridehailing within any third-party app
LG bets big on solar amid ‘unclear’ future, as mobile and TV growth slows
Hulu shares Valve’s sentiments on VR: ‘We just want to learn’
HTC Vive’s year of uncertainty
Grindr bootstrapped for 7 years before landing today’s $93 million investment
David Bowie dead at 69: Star’s official social media accounts confirm lost battle with cancer
Xiaomi’s Redmi 3 again reminds us of the iPhone
Huawei Mate 8 review
Alibaba’s 2015 year in review — and its plan for 2016
Tim Cook is sitting on $310M of unvested Apple stock, at today’s market value
Yahoo reportedly will lay off more than 1,000 employees
Xiaomi Mi 5 launches in February powered by Snapdragon 820
Uber’s China rival Didi Kuaidi sees 1.4M requests on new test-drive service in first 90 days
In direct challenge to Skype, WeChat now lets users call mobile phones and landlines
Sugr Cube is a wireless speaker from China designed as an homage to Steve Jobs and iOS
Coconuts is a local news startup fast becoming the Patch of Southeast Asia
Acer launches its first Windows 10 Mobile phone, unveils more products
Ambi Climate is gunning for $2 million to become the ‘Nest of Asia’
Apple and Samsung ink deals to enter China’s mobile payments industry next year
Meet one of Southeast Asia’s venture capital superstars
Google to train 2M new Android developers in India over next 3 years
Amazon rolls out its new burstable t2.nano instances
Cialfo is dominating online college admissions in Singapore with just $800K
Sold first startup at 20, binged on Counter-Strike for a year — now he’s reimagining social media analytics
LG exec cleared of vandalizing Samsung washers during IFA trade show in Germany
Alibaba could spend up to $38B in investments and acquisitions in 2016
Google launches Digital India to showcase the country’s startups — and plug its own services
Baidu says it’s developed China’s first fully autonomous self-driving car
Enlight and Lara Croft GO win Apple’s ‘Best of 2015’ app and game on iPhone (Updated)
Facebook to show cached stories on poor connections, allow offline commenting
Siri search on Apple TV finally includes Apple Music as tvOS 9.1 update rolls out
Apple brings Arabic language support to Siri
Uber gets the ‘green light’ to operate in Jakarta, but there are conditions
Tencent’s new $3.5M seed-stage fund aims to help small businesses in South Africa sell on WeChat
Apple Maps is now used three times as often as Google Maps on iPhone and iPad
Spotify users can now generate their own personalized ‘Year in Music’ for 2015
Uber is still blocked on WeChat in China — and the situation is getting worse
Facebook launches Instant Articles in Asia with more than 50 media partners
