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  • Central bank to launch app for monitoring food prices

    Central bank to launch app for monitoring food prices

    Bank Indonesia (BI) plans to launch a mobile app through which the public and regional administrations can monitor harga pangan (the prices of staple foods) on a daily basis.

    The public would be able to use the app to avoid being deceived, while the regional administrations can use it to observe when prices go too high so they can tackle them faster.

    The public can already download the app or use it on the hargapangan.id website, but it has not been officially launched.

    The program managed by the Information Center for Strategic Food Prices (PIHPS) collects data from traditional markets in 82 cities in all 34 provinces in the country for 10 commodities: rice, shallots, garlic, red chili, birdseye chili, beef, chicken, eggs, sugar and vegetable oil.

    “The PIHPS has been running, but we’ll wait for the official launch,” Dody Budi Waluyo, the BI governor’s assistant for monetary and economic policy, said recently.

    “BI keeps improving the program. We’ll also collect prices not only from traditional markets, but also from modern markets; also maybe from big traders and touch on more commodities, as well as prices at the producers’ level. The point is we keep innovating with this,” he added.

    Previously, BI deputy governor Sugeng told the media that the central bank also plans to create a data system to track supplies of staple foods in the regions.

    All the aforementioned systems were developed so BI and the government could come up with better policies to achieve a 4 to 5 percent inflation rate.

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  • Funding Societies launches mobile lending app

    Funding Societies launches mobile lending app

    Funding Societies has launched FS Bolt – a mobile application designed to provide flexible working capital loans for Singapore SMEs.

    Complementing the government’s financing programs for SMEs, FS Bolt offers loans with quantum up to S$20,000 ($14,000) for companies incorporated in Singapore.

    Available on both iOS and Android devices, the application process takes two minutes to complete, claims the company.

    An automated credit assessment process enables decision time of two hours and disbursement within 24 hours – making FS Bolt a quick source of working capital loans in Singapore.

    FS Bolt also provides loan tenor flexibility – It charges no fees for early repayment, atypical of financial products in the market. With this feature, borrowers only pay interest while using the funds and are encouraged to repay their loan as soon as their finances permit.

    Addressing the underbanked SME concerns

    SMEs face many hurdles when seeking financing as they often lack credit history, collateral, and sophisticated financial documents required by most loan products. FS Bolt alleviates such issues by offering a credit product specifically targeted to answer SME needs. FS Bolt also incorporates automation and highly intelligent systems to include non-traditional datasets into the firm’s credit assessment processes.

    “Funding Societies’ vision is to help small businesses. Over the last year and a half, borrowers have indicated that they often need funds to tide over short periods of finance-related issues,” said Funding Societies co-founder Kelvin Teo. “The FS Bolt app was created to address these concerns. SME owners get peace of mind from the quick credit decision and they can opt to repay early without charges if they don’t need it anymore.”

    Funding Societies currently also provides bigger, longer-term SME loans and invoice financing services with quantum up to S$1 million. As the firm’s most recent innovation, FS Bolt expands the firm’s offerings and shows Funding Societies’ continued commitment to serve the Singapore SME sector by improving credit availability.

    At the Singapore Budget 2016, the government introduced “SME Working Capital Loans” to support SMEs with financing. The “SME Working Capital Loans” is a loan scheme provided under SPRING, an agency under the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry.

  • Vietnam’s Flappy Bird creator is back with a new Ninja game

    Vietnam’s Flappy Bird creator is back with a new Ninja game

    The unexpected success in 2014 has turned Nguyen Ha Dong into a star of Vietnam’s startup scene in recent years. Just one week after its debut, the latest mobile game from Nguyen Ha Dong, the creator of Flappy Bird, has become the new addiction of many people around the world.

    The fast-paced Ninja Spinki Challenges has won many positive reviews from users on Apple’s App Store and Google Play.

    The new game, which is free, is a collaborative effort between Nguyen Ha Dong’s Gear studio and Japanese game maker Obokaidem.

    Staying true to the familiar 8-bit style found in Flappy Bird, it requires game players to have a good mix of dexterity and fast reactions to tap and swipe through levels.

    “The game is entertaining and brain-teasing at the same time,” said Huy Can, a gamer.

    “What should I do when it comes to the point of frustration?” a player asked sarcastically, referring to the game’s difficulty.

    Flappy Bird was released in May 2013 with little fanfare. By February 2014, the sleeper hit topped the charts in more than 100 countries and had been downloaded more than 50 million times. Dong reportedly earned an estimated $50,000 a day.

    The Vietnamese government has seen successes like Flappy Bird as an encouraging sign. It is trying hard to cultivate a startup scene where tech entrepreneurs can create products and services that will go global.

    The overnight success of Flappy Bird seemed to overwhelm its creator, who later decided to pull the game from the app stores.

  • Grab rides up Indonesia with $700M investment

    Grab rides up Indonesia with $700M investment

    Grab has announced plans to invest US$700 million in Indonesia over the next four years, as part of efforts to increase its footprint in a market where it has seen growth.

    The Southeast Asian ride-sharing operator said Thursday the new investment would support the Indonesian government’s ambition of becoming the region’s largest digital economy by 2020. It would include plans to set up a research and development (R&D) facility in the capital city of Jakarta, focused on developing technology innovations for the local market.

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    A US$100 million funding initiative also would be introduced to support startups and entrepreneurs keen on driving “financial inclusion” in smaller communities.

    Grab added that its investment followed “a strong year of growth” in the country, with its GrabCar and GrabBike businesses each clocking more than 600 percent growth in 2016. Its range of ride-sharing services were available in several Indonesian cities, including Bali, Bandung, Medan, and Surabaya.

    According to Grab, one in three of its customers in the country used more than one of its services. It said its drivers earned 40 to 70 percent more per hour than the average transport or delivery driver in Indonesia, where it helped generate more than US$260 million in income for its driver partners.

    Indonesia’s Minister of Communication and IT Rudiantara said: “We want all Indonesians to benefit from IT to improve their lives, develop new skills, and build the next wave of global leaders in technology. Grab’s investment to train and hire more ICT professionals and mentor young entrepreneurs will accelerate the growth of Indonesia’s digital economy. This kind of app has to be positioned as a tool to spur and empower people and the economy.”

    Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan added that Indonesia’s growth would require the continued development of its infrastructure, including its public transport network. Stressing the role of technology, he said services that tapped data analytics would better enhance the efficiency and reliability of the national transportation infrastructure.

    According to Grab, the R&D facility in Jakarta would hire 150 engineers over the next two years and focus on developing localised services, including algorithms to support new road regulations as well as a bike-pooling service for nearly 1.4 million commuters in the city. Engineers also would be offered training in Grab’s other R&D centres in Singapore, Beijing, and Seattle.

    By pumping up to US$100 million into the investment fund, Grab said it hoped to nurture Indonesian startups and technopreneurs focused on mobile and financial services, with the aim to better serve smaller cities and communities that had yet to experience the digital economy.

    The ride-sharing operator also would be looking to launch mobile services to bolster access to mobile payments across Indonesia, expanding its own mobile payment services through GrabPay Credits.

    This would further build on its announcement last July to extend its partnership with Indonesian consumer services company, Lippo Group, and enable the payment of retail goods and services its mobile app. With more than 50 million customers between the two companies, the new e-payment platform would allow these consumers to tap their mobile phones or the Grab mobile app to pay for goods and services under Lippo’s retail network, which included department stores, hypermarts, cinemas, coffee shops, and e-commerce portals. Nobu Bank also was participating in this initiative.

    Grab currently operated a network of more than 630,000 drivers across the Southeast Asian region.

  • BMW and Daimler may combine forces to compete with Uber

    BMW and Daimler may combine forces to compete with Uber

    Automakers have been dabbling in the ride-sharing industry, but Uber remains the titan to beat. In true “Power Rangers” fashion, two automakers are reportedly forming a Megazord of ride-sharing in order to bring the fight to Uber’s doorstep.

    BMW and Daimler may combine their ride-sharing efforts to better compete with Uber, citing sources speaking to Germany’s Manager Magazin. BMW operates DriveNow (called ReachNow in the US), and Daimler runs Car2Go, both of which have achieved some success in the US, but not enough to tackle Uber.

    In addition to that pairing, the companies are reportedly considering adding other mobility services into the fold. Back in July, Daimler merged its Mytaxi service with Hailo, another cab-hailing startup. Daimler also operates Moovel, which includes a booking and payment system for various mobility services. BMW also operates ParkNow and ChargeNow. It’s reasonable that many of these operations could be lumped together under the same name.

    Neither BMW nor Daimler immediately responded to a request for comment.

    Uber has been on a tear lately. It finally worked with cities to get ride-sharing pick-ups and drop-offs at certain airports. It’s also dabbling in autonomy, most recently rolling out some self-driving Volvos in San Francisco, but the legality of that arrangement is still up in the air. But it’s not all flowers and gentle breezes with the ride-sharing titan, which constantly finds itself the subject of some gnarly lawsuits.

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  • Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab hires former Indonesian police chief

    Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab hires former Indonesian police chief

    Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab said on Monday (Jan 30) it has appointed Indonesia’s former national police chief to oversee corporate governance and long-term plans for its biggest market.

    Grab said it plans to expand to more cities in Indonesia, grow its transport services and invest in a mobile payments platform.

    Badrodin Haiti, who was Indonesia’s chief of the National Police from April 2015 to July 2016, “brings extensive experience working with government stakeholders and ensuring aligned interests among different stakeholders,” the company said in a statement.

    Grab and its competitors, Uber of the United States and homegrown company Go-Jek, have faced regulatory obstacles in Indonesia.

    The government has ordered ride-hailing service providers to pass vehicle safety tests and get local partners, among other conditions.

    “As the technology and ride-hailing sectors evolve in Indonesia, Mr. Haiti will play a guiding role to ensure Grab contributes constructively to the implementation of new transport regulations and safety guidelines,” Grab said.

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  • Burger King to launch mobile app this spring

    Burger King to launch mobile app this spring

    The parent company of Tim Hortons and Burger King plans to launch an app Canada-wide this spring that would allow customers to order and pay in advance on their smartphone without lining up to pay a cashier.

    The move by Restaurant Brands International follows a similar one by Starbucks and is the latest push towards more automation in the food service industry.

    In the fall of 2015, RBI acquired Brewster App and tasked the startup’s dozen staff to develop the app.

    “The first feature we’re going to be introducing is the ability for a customer to have Tim Hortons (and Burger King) in their pocket,” said Steve Greenwood, RBI’s head of digital.

    Since late December, the app has undergone testing in 25 Tim Hortons cafes in Ontario and 25 Burger King restaurants in Miami. The expansion would see the app rolled out to the roughly 4,000 Tim Hortons and Burger King locations across Canada.

    In October 2015, Starbucks Canada launched a similar app at 300 stores in the Toronto area. The service is now available at various locations in the country, excluding Quebec and New Brunswick, according to the company’s website. The technology is not yet available for users of its French-language app.

    Automated customer service is part of a general trend as people become increasingly accustomed to going online to access services, such as making reservations or pre-selecting movie theatre seats, said David Hardisty, an assistant professor at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

    Mobile order-and-pay applications make shopping faster and more convenient by allowing customers to bypass lines – and for those immersed in their own world, possibly avoid unwanted human interaction, Hardisty said.

    The push towards greater automation could result in cashiers being laid off or put into different roles, but Hardisty said he doesn’t expect such jobs to be eliminated outright.

    “Mostly everybody just uses ATMs and automated stuff all the time, but they still have tellers there,” he said. “Stuff comes up that’s just really hard for a completely automated system to handle.”

    In 2015, self-service kiosks started showing up at McDonald’s restaurants in Canada. Many grocery stores and other retailers also offer self-serve checkouts.

    For RBI, the app could pave the way for other developments, like self-service kiosks, Greenwood said.

    The company already operates self-service kiosks in Burger King restaurants in several international markets and they’re being tested in the U.S., Shannon Hall, an RBI spokeswoman, said in an email.

    Hall said individual franchisees make staffing decisions, but the goal of the app is to drive sales, which should result in more employment opportunities.

    Apps also provide companies with an opportunity to build data on consumer habits and offer promotions and loyalty point programs to customers, Hardisy said.

    “Once you, you’re drawn in for one thing, you also get involved in other things.”

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  • City begins programme to trace vegetable origins

    City begins programme to trace vegetable origins

    Consumers in HCM City can now use a smartphone app to trace the origin of vegetables sold at Co.opmart, Lotte Mart, Big C and AEON supermarkets under a programme run by the city Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Digital Agriculture Association.

    Huỳnh Thị Kim Cúc, the department’s deputy director, said customers could use Zalo on Android or QR code scanning apps to scan the labels on the packages.

    The information they contain includes where and when the vegetables are grown, packaged and distributed and the types of pesticides and fertilisers used, she said.

    The initiative followed growing concerns about food safety, she said.

    The department and the association has surveyed and collected data on vegetable farming models since May last year.

    Now only two co-operatives – Phước An Co-operative in Bình Chánh District and Phú Lộc Co-operative in Củ Chi District – are part of the programme, and they are supplying 18 items, including cabbage, cucurbit, cucumber, bitter melon, broccoli, sweet potato buds, water spinach, and amaranth.

    The programme would be piloted at select supermarkets and VietGap-certificated vegetable co-operatives until March before being expanded to all VietGap-certified co-operatives and more retailers, Cúc said.

    She said her department and other relevant agencies would closely monitor vegetable quality, carrying out surprise tests and quick tests.

    Nguyễn Phước Trung, the department’s director, said a million tonnes of vegetables are consumed in the city every year, with 24 per cent supplied by farms in the city around and the rest by those in other provinces.

    The department said the city was paying more and more attention to the safety of vegetables, resulting in plant protection drug residues decreasing year after year.

    In fact, last year authorities did not detect any plant protection drug residues exceeding permissible levels in key growing areas, down from 1 per cent in 2015, it said.

    Last month, the city launched a programme to enable consumers to trace pork origins at nearly 350 modern outlets by downloading the QR Code decoding application from www.te-food.com to their devices.

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  • Finavia and Helsinki accept China-friendly AliPay App

    Finavia and Helsinki accept China-friendly AliPay App

    Finavia’s Helsinki Airport has become one of Europe’s first to use the Chinese-friendly AliPay mobile payment application in an effort to encourage more spending at the location.

    The familiar payment method is expected to encourage more Chinese passengers to spend with increasing confidence at the location, following the adoption of the scheme by the airport’s first retailers last month.

    Commenting on the development, Finavia stated: “Chinese passengers are the most rapidly growing customer group at Helsinki Airport and the group that use the most money. We work hard to offer them the best possible service experience.

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    “Familiar and easy payment options increase the feeling of smooth and safe travel for Chinese passengers,” says Finavia’s Elena Stenholm, Director of Commercial Services at Helsinki Airport.

    “As far as we know, the only other airports accepting AliPay are Münich and Frankfurt. Seven commercial service points have now adopted it at Helsinki Airport and many others are interested. China UnionPay is already available at most airport outlets, adds Stenholm.

    Right now, AliPay can now be used to pay for goods and services at the airport’s Iittala, M-Box, Finspiration, Lindroos and Moomin shop outlets and Finavia says it hopes to have all of the airport’s commercial operators accepting AliPay.

    FINAVIA SAYS ALIPAY HAS BEEN RECEIVED ‘VERY WELL’

    “We work in close cooperation with our commercial partners to develop the customer experience. AliPay has been received very well, and we encourage businesses to enable it. If the biggest commercial operators at the airport come along, the amount of outlets accepting AliPay will increase tenfold at once, says Stenholm.

    As reported before, AliPay is a part of world’s largest online trading company Alibaba. AliPay is China’s leading mobile payment giant which has approximately 400m users according to its own website.

    This development at Helsinki follows the fast rise of Chinese passenger numbers in recent years, with numbers expected to continue increasing for both transfers and overnight stays in Finland.

    In Finland, Lapland is a particular attraction for Chinese tourists. Alibaba’s travel service provider AliTrip has announced that it will bring 50,000 Chinese tourists to Rovaniemi during 2017.

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    Finavia has responded by bringing Chinese-speaking service guides to Helsinki Airport and by adding signs in Chinese.

    In autumn 2016, the staff exchange programme between Finavia and Beijing Airport helped increase knowledge of the Chinese service culture and the needs of Chinese travellers.

    Helsinki Airport also has an account with Chinese social media channel Weibo and an account will also be opened with this company in 2017. Weibo has approximately 300m and WeChat more than 800m active monthly users.

    Meanwhile, Helsinki Airport currently claims to be the leading hub for air traffic between Europe and Asia and claims to offer the fastest and shortest route between the continents.

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  • Angkasa Pura II Launches Airports App

    Angkasa Pura II Launches Airports App

    State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura (AP) II president director Muhammad Awaluddin said that airports under AP II management are ready to serve passengers in this year’s holiday season. Awaluddin added that three airports have opened new terminals, namely Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Husen Sastranegara Airport in Bandung, and Sultan Thaha Airport in Jambi.

    “We believed that the new terminals will improve our services for passengers, particularly in terms of capacity during peak seasons, such as this year end,” Awaluddin said on Monday, December 12, 2016, in Jakarta.

    Awaluddin revealed that passengers can now access information on flights, commercial tenants at terminals, and other important information related to airports operated by AP II via an app called Indonesia Airports.

    “The app is our new service, aimed at improving services, and a part of the smart airport campaign,” Awaluddin explained.

    Passengers at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport can also enjoy superfast Wi Fi connection up to 50 Mbps.

    The number of passengers at 13 AP II airports during the year-end holiday season from December 22, 2016 to 4 January, 2017, is expected to reach 4.18 million, increasing by nine percent compared to that on regular days. Meanwhile, the number of flights is predicted to increase by 4.54 percent from 28,220 to 29,502.

    AP II will continue to intensify coordination with other stakeholders, such as airlines, the customs office, the immigration office, military and police to ensure smooth operation during the holiday season.

    The number of passengers is predicted to peak on December 23, 2016, while the counter-flow of passengers is expected to occur on January 1, 2016.

    AP II forecasted that the number of passengers at the 13 airports in 2016 would grow by 11 percent to 93 million passengers when compared to last year. The company expects that the number will exceed 100 million next year.

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  • Starbucks, Tencent debut social gifting on WeChat

    Starbucks, Tencent debut social gifting on WeChat

    Starbucks Coffee Company and Tencent Holdings have entered an alliance to co-create a new social gifting feature on WeChat.

    The new service, which will be rolled out early next year, will make it easy for Starbucks China customers to gift items to a friend or a family member.

    Customers will be able to select from Starbucks-branded gifts and products and add a personalized message. Recipients of these personal gifts and messages can save their gifts and memories on their WeChat accounts and redeem their gift at Starbucks stores across China.

    Users can use WeChat Pay to pay for their goods and services from their mobile devices at Starbucks retails stores. In China, more than 300 million users (as of March 2016) have linked their bank cards with WeChat or QQ, another flagship service of Tencent.

    “Just as Starbucks cards are among the most gifted around the globe, we aspire to also become the most gifted brand digitally in China,” said Belinda Wong, Starbucks China’s newly appointed CEO.

    The online social gifting platform is part of the company’s growing digital presence focused on connecting with customers through digital channels, including the Starbucks Mobile App, the My Starbucks Rewards program and social media.

    The announcement also builds on Starbucks rapidly expanding the portfolio of digital innovations in the country, which integrates the in-store experience with the digital “Fourth Place” experience.

    Earlier this year, Starbucks also launched a mobile payment system in China aimed at providing My Starbucks Rewards (MSR) members access to a fast, seamless and convenient way to pay for purchases, using their pre-loaded Starbucks Gift Card on their mobile devices.

    Wong, who was appointed from president to CEO of Starbucks China in October, has been instrumental in Starbucks unprecedented growth in country – from 400 stores in 2011 to over 2,300 stores today.

    The company said in a news release when her appointment was announced that she will oversee Starbucks plans to double its scale to operate 5,000 stores in China by 2021.

    Aside from focusing on the company’s overall long-term growth strategy, she will be responsible for key areas, including the vast digital and e-commerce opportunities across the market.

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  • Meitu’s Hong Kong IPO to value China photo app maker at up to $4.5 billion

    Meitu’s Hong Kong IPO to value China photo app maker at up to $4.5 billion

    Chinese photo app and mobile phone maker Meitu Inc is set to launch an up to $735 million initial public offering in Hong Kong, IFR reported on Monday, citing people close to the deal. Meitu, better known for its apps that let users retouch and beautify selfies and other photos, is offering shares in an indicative range of HK$8.50 to HK$9.60 ($1.10-$1.24) each, added IFR, a Thomson Reuters publication. The IPO is slated to be priced on Dec 8.

    Meitu did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment on the IPO terms. The deal will value Meitu, which counts venture capital investors Qiming Venture Partners, IDG-Accel China and Tiger Global among its backers, at up to $4.5 billion, IFR said.

    The IPO will be a rare technology sector IPO in Hong Kong. Between one-quarter to one-third of the shares will be sold to cornerstone investors, IFR said. That would be much lower than some of the large new listings in the city, including the $7.6 billion IPO of Postal Savings Bank of China (PSBC) in September that had 77 percent of its deal bought by cornerstones.

    Large investments by cornerstone investors hurt liquidity for IPOs once the shares start trading, as the stock is locked up for a minimum of six months. The cornerstone money can also pressure the stock as the expiration of the lock-up period nears. China Merchants Securities, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley were hired as sponsors of the IPO.

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  • China becomes top iOS App Store market in Q3

    China becomes top iOS App Store market in Q3

    China set new record in the third quarter for the highest iOS App Store revenue to date for any country, according to App Annie’s Market Index Report for the period.

    With total revenues of $1.7 billion, China overtook the United States by over 15% and its growth is projected to climb further by 2020.

    The Q3 2016 Market Index Report also showed that China maintained its spot as No. 1 for Games category as it accounted for the majority of the generated revenue.

    Other prominent categories making strides are Entertainment and Social Networking, which have more than tripled in the past year. Video streaming apps (like iQIYI, Tencent Video and Youku) in China have had a major impact on the Entertainment category as a whole.

    Pokemon Go was cited as the stand-out app of the year, racking up $600 million in customer spend faster than any app to date. It also outpaced the extremely successful Clash of Clans by more than 6.2 times in under three months.

    Pokemon Go has also converted a massive amount of a user’s non-mobile time to mobile time as its innovative AO gameplay and iconic IP were compelling enough to convince users to spend more time overall on their mobile devices. It has altered the playing field as it introduced augmented reality to the masses and paved the way for future AR and VR opportunities in the app stores.

    The revenue of Entertainment apps strengthened in the third quarter and it has grown substantially in both iOS App Store and Google Play. This is largely due to the popularization of in-app subscriptions as a monetization method driven by video streaming.

    With revenue more than tripling since the third quarter of 2014, people are not only using their mobile devices to stream content but also as a common form of payment.

    This represents a significant shift from traditional broadcasting and television structures where users typically enter into a contract with a cable provider.

  • Huawei announces mobile app X Labs

    Huawei announces mobile app X Labs

    Huawei has announced a new research platform that aims to bring together operators, technology providers and vertical industry partners to explore future use cases for mobile applications.

    The X Labs initiative will aim to encourage mobile operators to build application-centric networks and help establish an open industry ecosystem.

    The research platform is designed to explore three areas of mobile communications – people, verticals and the household, Huawei said. The mLab focuses on creating immersive user experiences for emerging mobile applications including live video, VR and AR.

    A second lab, vLab, focuses on ways mobile technology can enable digital transformation across all industries. The third is hLab, which will concentrate on connecting more households with smart home applications utilizing broadband connections.

    During a keynote speech announcing the initiative, Huawei rotating CEO Ken Hu said mobile applications are reshaping everything in the world.

    “I firmly believe that in the future, all services will be delivered through mobile applications,” he said. “I would say that we are living in a wild world of mobile applications.”

    Hu noted that when Apple’s App Store launched eight years ago, it had just 500 apps. It took just six years for that number to reach 1 million, and this figure doubled in another two years. Android app stores have even more apps – around 5 million.

    “At Huawei, we aim to support and enable the mobile ecosystem. We have made a lot of progress, and we want to do more,” he said.

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  • Starbucks launches mobile payment app in Indonesia

    Starbucks launches mobile payment app in Indonesia

    Starbucks recently launched a mobile application in Indonesia to allow customers to pay for in-store purchases at the coffee marker’s more than 260 stores across the country.

    Building on the cashless payment system Starbucks Indonesia introduced in 2013 with Starbucks Card, the move is part of the broader plan to expand the company’s digital ecosystem.

    The new Starbucks Indonesia Mobile App for iPhone and Android allows customers to quickly pay for in-store purchases by scanning the barcode linked to a registered Starbucks Card. Customers can register multiple Starbucks Cards onto their account, which are linked to the Starbucks mobile app.

    The app also compiles the latest information on Starbucks products in a browsable menu of beverage, food, and merchandise, as well as feature a convenient store locator.

    “This is the latest Starbucks innovation which aims to provide an enhanced experience and meet customers’ needs in the digital space while continuing to provide an exceptional experience in our stores,” Starbucks Indonesia VP of marketing and operations Roger van Tongeren said.

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