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  • Walmart Invests $50M In JD.Com’s O2O Logistics Services App New Dada

    Walmart Invests $50M In JD.Com’s O2O Logistics Services App New Dada

    Walmart has made a US$50 million strategic investment in New Dada, formerly known as Dada and controlled by JD.com Inc., in another step deepening an existing partnership between the global retail giant and China’s second largest e-commerce firm.

    New Dada was created in April from a merger between JD.com’s O2O (online-to-offline) unit and Dada Nexus Ltd., a venture-backed Uber-like mobile app that focuses on providing last mile logistics services.

    “Our alliance with JD and cooperation with New Dada will enable seamless shopping to millions of customers across China,” says Walmart CEO, Doug McMillon.

    The O2O logistics services provider New Dada currently has more than 25 million registered users, and provides local on-demand delivery capabilities with 2.5 million crowd-sourced deliverers across more than 300 cities in China.

    New Dada currently offers customers two-hour delivery on groceries ordered from Walmart stores to customers within a 3-kilometer radius of more than 20 Walmart stores in China. The number of Walmart stores offering two-hour delivery is expected to double by the end of the year.

    Officially launched in 2014, Dada operates through Imdada.cn and last completed a US$300 million series D round of financing from DST Global, Sequoia Capital and others in January.

    It previously raised three rounds of venture funding from DST Global, Sequoia Capital, Greenwoods Investment Management and other undisclosed investors.

    In April, JD.com paid US$200 million in cash and injected JD Daojia assets into Dada in exchange for a 47.4% stake in the newly merged Dada.

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  • Ride-hailing app Grab brings GrabBike services to Bali

    Ride-hailing app Grab brings GrabBike services to Bali

    Watch out Gojek, competitor GrabBike has come to Bali. Ride-hailing app Grab has announced that it launched both GrabBike and GrabExpress services in Bali, as of Oct. 22. 

    Like Gojek, GrabBike allows you to order motorbike taxis, while GrabExpress is Grab’s courier service. Also in common with Gojek, the app’s drivers use black and green colors.

    Similar to Uber, the app has provided its GrabCar driver services in some time in Bali (they launched in 2015)—to the frustration of competing taxi and other drivers operating on the island. 

    As with GrabCar, the GrabBike and GrabExpress options will be most available in Badung and Denpasar. 

    Grab started in Malaysia but has quickly spread throughout the region, with notable success in Jakarta, its first Indonesian city. 

    “Bali is dominant in growth and tourism potential, so we saw an opportunity to improve the quality of daily trips in Denpasar and Badung. The launching of two-wheel services in Bali will complement GrabCar, which previously launched in 2015.

  • Lenovo launches transit app in China

    Lenovo launches transit app in China

    Lenovo has commercially launched its transit application in China with the electronic payment and settlement service provider BMAC (Beijing Municipal Administration and Communications Card).

    The service is supported  on Lenovo X3 smartphones driven by the eSE PEARL by OT (Oberthur Technologies).

    Thanks to OT’s NFC embedded Secure Element, end-users can now use their Lenovo X3 smartphone to install the Beijing Municipal Administration Traffic Card in their Lenovo Transit application and commute simply by waving their phone in front of contactless transit terminals.

    PEARL by OT is described as  the most advanced embedded Secure Element on the market, offering a yet unattained level of security and the largest memory on the market. It allows easy deployment of secure mobile contactless payment, transit, governmental and automotive applications, as well as secure access to online services for enterprise and consumer markets.

    In addition to its eSE, OT provides its Key Management System to Lenovo to manage security domains on the eSE in which partners can securely load, install and run their applications.

    Via its China Secure Hub, a platform used to connect handset makers and their partners in different cities in China, OT also securely ensures the connectivity between Lenovo and BMAC’s TSM provider, Beijing eNFC science and technology.

    “China is often at the forefront of new technologies and we are happy to offer Lenovo users with a convenient, secure and easy-to-use way of commuting with the BMAC application” said Viken Gazarian, deputy managing director of the connected device makers business at OT.

    “PEARL by OT is the best eSE on the market to address the fragmented market of transport systems throughout the world and is the sole component to support international as well as Chinese transit technologies,” said Gazarian.

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  • KDDI, Toyota develop app to reduce road accidents

    KDDI, Toyota develop app to reduce road accidents

    Toyota Motor, Komeda and KDDI in September have jointly developed a smartphone application called Driving Barista, aimed at reducing the number of traffic accidents in Aichi Prefecture caused by drivers using their smartphones while driving.

    This is the first traffic safety initiative in Japan involving a smartphone application, which is to be carried out and jointly promoted by an automobile company, a communication company, and a food and beverage company.

    For thirteen consecutive years, Aichi Prefecture has had the highest rate of traffic fatalities in Japan. Furthermore, there were also 50,101 arrests involving the use of smartphones while driving, and the increase in violations of this nature has also intensified the problem.

    Toyota, Komeda, and KDDI will promote traffic safety in Aichi Prefecture through an educational initiative where participation is accessible for all, and can lead to a reduction in traffic accidents.

    The Driving Barista application can only be used within Aichi Prefecture. By using the gyro sensor to sense the tilt of the smartphone body, and the GPS to determine the distance driven, this application measures the distance the driver has driven while leaving the smartphone face down. When the cumulative distance reaches 100 km, the driver can receive a coupon for a cup of blended or iced coffee at a Komeda Coffee Shop.

    According to one survey, approximately 60% of respondents said they use their smartphones while driving, with approximately half of these respondents keeping only one hand on the steering wheel. Therefore, the companies hope that the new application will raise drivers’ awareness about not using smartphones while driving.

    “We have already been carrying out educational activities to prevent the use of smartphones while driving, and we hope that this initiative between the three companies will help solve the problem facing Aichi prefecture,” said Akira Dobashi, director in charge of CSR and environment at KDDI.

    “We developed the Driving Barista smartphone application as a fun way to help prevent traffic accidents,” said Dobashi. “We hope to contribute to accident prevention by providing a new experience for drivers.”

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  • Uber rival Grab raises $750M led by SoftBank at a $3B valuation

    Uber rival Grab raises $750M led by SoftBank at a $3B valuation

    Grab, the largest company rivaling Uber in Southeast Asia, has confirmed that it has raised $750 million in fresh capital.

    This is the company’s Series F round, and it was led by existing investor SoftBank with participation from undisclosed existing and new backers, Grab said. One of those is almost certain to be China’s Didi Kuaidi, which reportedly made a commitment to this round, but neither side is confirming that right now.

    A source close to the company confirmed that the round gives Grab a $3 billion post-money valuation. That’s consistent with our previous reporting, which pegged Grab’s pre-money valuation at $2.3 billion.

    Grab operates in six countries in Southeast Asia and its previous raise was $350 million in August 2015. This new financing has been sometime coming, and it was reported that Grab was raising upwards of $600 million in August, with some media suggesting the total could reach $1 billion. That hasn’t happened but Singapore-headquartered Grab did claim that it has over $1 billion on its balance sheet courtesy of this new raise.

    Grab said it 400,000 drivers on its platforms and it has seen over 21 million app downloads to date. In an announcement, the company added that it sees “up to 1.5 million daily bookings,” which a Grab spokesperson confirmed means ride requests not completed rides. Uber doesn’t provide business data for Southeast Asia so it is hard to compare them, but we previously reported that Uber is operationally profitable in parts of Southeast Asia and there seems to be little to choose between the two.

    An arsenal of capital is clearly necessary when you are taking on Uber, but Grab did sketch out some areas of priority that it will focus on.

    Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country and the largest economy in Southeast Asia, is top of its list. Grab CEO Anthony Tan said in a statement that he believes that Indonesia’s ride-hailing industry is worth $15 billion annually — that goes beyond taxi and cars and into motorbike taxis — which Grab offers there — and services such as food delivery, logistics, and more. Indonesia is no easy market and, alongside Uber, Grab is rivaled by GoJek, a motorbike taxi on-demand service that recently raised $550 million at a valuation of $1.3 billion.

    Beyond a push into services, Grab is also looking to expand its ecosystem into payments. This summer it announced plans to make its in-app payment system — GrabPay — available to third-party services, and this new funding will go towards making that happen. The GrabPay push will initially focus on Indonesia, where Grab has partnered with national bank Mandiri, but it will also be extended into the company’s other focus markets, too.

    Another more obvious area of focus is technology. Grab has R&D centers in Singapore, Beijing and Seattle and its priorities include refining its algorithm to help drivers become more efficient, building out its mapping data and technology, working on demand prediction and user targeting. Grab is also looking to add pooling to its existing vehicle categories, having launched its first pool option in Singapore nearly one year ago.

    There’s no word on autonomous vehicles, however, which Uber is testing in Pittsburgh with a view to rolling out more fully. Self-driving cars aren’t just for the U.S. market though. Nutonomy is running testing in Singapore so you could argue Grab is already playing catchup or might need to get its checkbook out if it wants to enter the race.

    “Grab has grown tremendously over the past year. This round of funding shows the confidence and optimism investors have in Grab’s market leadership and long-term potential in Southeast Asia,” Tan, Grab’s CEO, said in a statement.

    “We are blessed to have great partners like SoftBank, many of whom have unparalleled track records of investing in leading internet businesses in emerging markets, and seeing those companies through to become the core of internet ecosystems in each market,” he added.

    Despite much to be bullish about, Grab is up against a tough rival in Uber and in a market that shows little sign of profitability right now. We previously reported that the company was burning as much as $30 million per month in 2015. While Grab has consistently claimed that it has not touched its Series E round yet, it is looking at a long path to profitability in Southeast Asia. Likewise, Didi’s move to acquire Uber China — and, in doing so, take equity in Uber Global — throws questions on its global alliance with Uber’s other rival companies.

    Nonetheless, this new funding is a major milestone for Grab, and the largest raise for a tech startup in Southeast Asia to date.

  • Gravity’s transport app offers real time shipping schedules

    Gravity’s transport app offers real time shipping schedules

    Gravity Supply Chain, a developer of cloud-based apps that helps companies modernize the management of their global supply chains, released RTM (Route-to-Market), a new tile for its Transport app that provides up-to-date sailing schedules for over 50 major ocean carriers, over 250,000 port pairs covering over 90 percent of the world’s container capacity. Transport RTM is an advanced solution that enables logistics providers to deliver these capabilities directly to their customers as part of their end-to-end supply chain visibility and execution solution.

    The Transport RTM tile offers a sailing schedules search engine 3PLs and supply chain managers can use to select any global port pair and date range, and instantly see all sailing options. Uploading information related to contracted rates with various shipping lines enables users to create lists of routes that can be filtered by factors such as quickest sailing route and cost.

    “RTM is the newest feature of our mission to create one holistic data hub that provides our users with the real-time information they need to view, control, share and execute sourcing, supply, transport, inventory and selling activities anywhere in the world,” said Darren Palfrey, COO, Gravity Supply Chain. “This is especially valuable to 3PLs struggling to close the  technology gap between what shippers need, and what all but the industry’s largest players can offer.”

    The RTM tile is available today at no additional cost to all Transport app users. The Transport app integrates with your transportation partners and systems and automates the creation of packing lists, advance ship notices and compliance documents, and provides real-time tracking so retailers, brands and product companies know where their products are at all times with real-time tracking visibility. Transport is one app in Gravity’s suite of apps that make up its cloud-based end-to-end supply chain management and logistics platform.

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  • Eisai Provisions “EMILY” Smartphone App to Support Living with Epilepsy in Japan

    Eisai Provisions “EMILY” Smartphone App to Support Living with Epilepsy in Japan

    Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has commenced provision of the “EMILY” smartphone app in Japan to enable people with epilepsy and their families to enjoy greater peace of mind. EMILY is the first epilepsy support app which features localized SOS notification for emergencies such as the occurrence of seizures and communication functionality. The app is available to download for free (in Japanese only). By encouraging the use of the app among a wide range of people and not just people with epilepsy and their families, the app aims to build communities that support epilepsy.

    Epilepsy affects approximately 1 million people in Japan. Treatment mainly consists of reducing the frequency of seizures and symptoms with drug therapy, which requires the administration of medicine on a regular basis. It is reported that approximately 70% of people with epilepsy are able to control their seizures with suitable antiepileptic drugs (AEDs).(1) However, people with epilepsy live in a state of tension and fear as they never know when they may experience a seizure.

    According to the results an internet survey conducted by Eisai on people with epilepsy or their families (932 respondents), when asked what was important for their daily lives, the most popular response was to be able to commute to school or be able to work with peace of mind.

    The EMILY app features an SOS function for times of emergency such as the onset of a seizure. By simply pressing a button displayed on the smartphone screen, a SOS will be sent to all supporters with the app installed in a 500 meter radius in addition to previously registered family members and friends. If a supporter who receives the SOS notification responds, they will be shown the current location of the sender on their smartphone and will be able to quickly come to their aid. Information on how to respond to a seizure will also be provided through the app. In addition, the EMILY app can be used to generate a report on seizures and treatment administration recorded daily, which is useful for accurately relaying this information to attending physicians. In order to help prevent users from forgetting to take medicine, the app also enables users to share alerts with family and friends as well as communicate with registered family members and friends via stamps (character images) and text. Furthermore, users can receive various kinds of epilepsy related information through the app including comments from other people with epilepsy.

    Dr. Masako Watanabe, head of the Shinjuku Neuro Clinic and supervisor of the EMILY app, commented that, “For patients with epilepsy, forgetting to take medicine leads to serious seizures. The burden of having to take medicine every day is actually quite heavy, and receiving contact and encouragement from family and friends really helps motivate patients to take medicine.

    In addition, the SOS function leads to reduced risk in the event of a seizure, and I hope that the app will become widely adopted by the general public.”

    Together with worldwide provision of its AED Fycompa which has a novel mechanism of action, Eisai is striving to continuously create new medicines for the field of epilepsy. In addition to Fycompa, Eisai provides the AEDs Inovelon and Fostoin as part of an extensive epilepsy product portfolio in Japan, and through the EMILY app as well as providing information via the Epi Support website, Eisai seeks to make continued contributions to address the diverse needs of, as well as increasing the benefits provided to, patients with epilepsy and their families, aiming to build communities that support living with epilepsy.

    1. Key Features of the EMILY App The name EMILY comes from a combination of the underlined letters of EPILEPSY and SMILE. The app includes various functions enabling users to record the administration of medicine and seizures, communicate using stamps and other media, send out an SOS and receive information.

    1) Logging of medicine administration and seizures, report generation

    Epileptic seizures are diverse, and with regular administration of medicine being important for treatment, it is critical to make a record of seizures and medicine administration and accurately relay this to attending physicians. With the EMILY app, users can easily record their administration of registered medicines. Also, the app can generate a report of medicine administration and seizures over a month, which is useful for accurately relaying symptoms to attending physicians. In addition to logging daily condition and occurrence of seizures, the app can also be used to record videos of seizures. Featuring an alarm function, users can be alerted when it is time to take medicine to prevent forgetting administration. Furthermore, it is possible to have an alert sent to family and friends so that they can send the user a reminder.

    2) Communication functionality using stamps (character images) and text

    The app enables messaging with registered family members and friends to confirm their treatment administration and wellbeing as well as send encouragement via stamps (character images) and text. Family and friends can easily communicate with stamps that represent lines such as “have you taken your medicine yet?”, “Yes, I did” and “good job”. By making it easy to communicate with family and friends, the app encourages regular administration of medicine.

    3) SOS function

    When people with epilepsy feel the need for emergency support such as the onset of a seizure, by simply pressing a button displayed on the smartphone screen, a SOS will be sent to all supporters with the app installed in a 500 meter radius in addition to previously registered family members and friends. If a supporter who receives the SOS notification responds, they will be shown the current location of the sender on their smartphone and will be able to quickly come to their aid. Upon arrival, information relating to how to respond to seizures will also be provided through the app.

    4) Distribution of knowledge and information useful to people living with epilepsy

    Through the app, users can check for various kinds of epilepsy related information such as comments and messages from other people with epilepsy as well as specialists. This information is not only useful for users and their families, it will also help deepen understanding of epilepsy among supporters who have installed the app on their devices.

    – The app can be downloaded for free (in Japanese only) via the App Store (iOS) or Google Play (Android) Information on how to use the app is available through the Epi Support website (Japanese only).

    – Epi Support, a website for living with epilepsy: With an accurate understanding of epilepsy and some minor adjustments, it is possible to live a fulfilling life. Epi Support provides advice to enable people with epilepsy and their families to live with piece of mind. https://epilepsy-support.net/ (available in Japanese only)

    (1) “The Epilepsies and Seizures: Hope Through Research. What are the epilepsies?” National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, accessed September 9, 2016,

    https://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/epilepsy/detail_epilepsy.htm#230253109

  • Lalamove Satisfies City’s Hunger for Food Delivery

    Lalamove Satisfies City’s Hunger for Food Delivery

    Hong Kong based on-demand delivery app Lalamove is moving into restaurant and food delivery across Bangkok to feed the growing appetite for appetizing restaurant dishes and produce to be brought straight to customers’ doors.

    Restaurants and food producers invited to use Lalamove’s 24/7 dedicated courier service receive a stamp of approval with a ‘Lala Recommended’ graphic featured on Lalamove social media. Invitees are selected for their high quality cuisine, outstanding reputation and popularity amongst customers.

    Alongside this insignia, dishes and produce are promoted on Lalamove’s Facebook and Instagram pages, giving businesses a real boost and satisfying demand for reliable delivery for hungry customers too.

    In return, ‘Lala Recommended’ restaurants and food companies are promoting Lalamove services via their own social media too; reminding customers that Lalamove is the go-to app for all delivery needs in the city, from important documents via motorcycle courier to large items of furniture via pickup truck, and everything in between.

    The food delivery scheme which began recently already offers a wide array of  tempting ‘Lala Recommended’ cuisine, from high-class dinners to nourishing comfort foods and lunches for health-conscious workers across the city. This includes fresh seafood from Lobster Gangster and The Cooking Crab, Japanese dishes with Taka Sashimi Express, plus juices and wheatgrass shots with Own Your Own Fresh, plus much more.  

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  • SCB Easy Application on the Fritz Pending Upgrade

    SCB Easy Application on the Fritz Pending Upgrade

    Customers of Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) might have recently found out the hard way that the SCB Easy App is on the fritz and hasn’t been working as properly as it should’ve been.

    SCB has already suspended the service of the app yesterday, in order to be able to properly update the system.

    According to SCB, the disruption of service was due to the increased use of system for financial transactions. However, the app will hopefully be up and running again by Sept. 10 after the system upgrade.

    Customers, fortunately, are still able to use the bank’s services through other channels, including their website: www.scbeasy.com

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  • Grab adopts Adyen for payment platform

    Grab adopts Adyen for payment platform

    Ride hailing platform Grab has adopted Adyen to extend the capabilities of its payment platform in Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

    The two companies aim to deliver a consistent, frictionless payment experience for customers traveling across markets regardless of device or payment method.

    Grab customers will be offered both traditional cards and, over time, country-specific payment methods, using Adyen’s expertise and data to expand payment options. Adyen supports around 250 payment methods globally.

    “As part of Grab’s drive to make ride-hailing even safer, easier and more accessible to everyone in Southeast Asia, providing trusted, seamless mobile payments is crucial for the overall customer experience. Grab wanted a partner who could support a variety of traditional and alternative payment methods to support our growth across the region,” Grab head of payments and commerce Joel Yarbrough said.

    Business travelers who work within the region can also easily tabulate their business ride spending with Grab through the Grab for Work portal, and companies can automatically pay for their employees’ rides through the use of corporate cards.

    “Southeast Asia is a diverse and highly fragmented region and there is no one preferred method of payment. However, mobile penetration in the region remains high and drives several key trends including the rise of mobile payments and platforms as a service,” Adyen president Warren Hayashi said.

    “Partnering with a fellow innovator and disruptor such as Grab, we are eager to empower commuters in Southeast Asia with the same convenience of hailing a ride seamlessly as paying for their Grab ride with equal ease.”

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  • BEI launches online investment-based simulation game

    BEI launches online investment-based simulation game

    The Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) launched an online investment-based simulation game “Nabung Saham Go” (Saving Stocks Go) as one of the measures to introduce the capital market industry to the public, especially to university students.

    “The game was one of the steps to introduce the capital market to the public. The Nabung Saham Go game can be played by anyone although it is aimed at university students as it is easier for them to play. The game is similar to Pokemon Go,” Development Director of BEI Nicky Hogan stated here on Tuesday.

    Hogan emphasized that the game falls under the education category and offers a fusion of the virtual and real worlds. Players will encounter small adventures bearing different themes and will get a series of interesting information.

    “The application encourages players to become more familiar with the capital market,” he remarked.

    Hogan elaborated that the “Nabung Saham Go” game invites players to collect points gained after answering the questions posed by the gaming application.

    “Players can visit certain places, such as the Financial Services Authority Building and Indonesia Stock Exchange Building to get information on how to gain points in the game. In each of the places visited, the player will have to answer a few questions on the stock market. Each correct answer will be given points,” he explained.

    In addition to “Nabung Saham Go,” Hogan said the users can play an analog game called “Stocklab,” which is associated with investment instruments, such as stocks and mutual funds.

    “The game Stocklab uses media cards and as an outline, the players will be guided on the strategy of investing and are invited to find out how the company made its initial public offering,” he added.

  • App economy driving job growth

    App economy driving job growth

    The application economy has positively impacted job growth, economic competitiveness, and the ability of governments to provide better services to citizens, according to a survey conducted by he Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) for CA Technologies.

    Moreover, collaboration exists between the public and private sectors across the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) region, the research found.

    More than 74% of government respondents in APJ have indicated that application start-ups are crucial or important in driving growth of the application economy and 79% say the same for large enterprises who have application-based products and services

    More than 95% of government respondents, 90% of enterprises and 81% of start-ups also said they have seen collaboration among the three groups.

    Meanwhile, 85% of government respondents in APJ see the technology sector as an important and often crucial driver of economic growth in their regions.

    “Across Asia Pacific and Japan, we are witnessing digital transformation becoming an integral part of the national agenda for many governments. In the application economy, where every business is a software business, growing digital capabilities has become the key to staying competitive,” CA Technologies president and general manager Kenneth Arredondo said.

    “Governments, startups, and even large enterprises are not only beginning to understand the necessity of this but that partnership, be it technology integration or B2B sales, can be a boon to their growth,” he added.

    All parties, however, agreed that there is still more that can be done. For one, government respondents named a shortage of tech talent stemming from a lack of educational or training programs as the largest barrier to the growth of the application economy (48%). This was followed by one-third of APJ government respondents pointing to a lack of public funding.

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  • Google to train 2m app developers in India

    Google to train 2m app developers in India

    In a bid to bridge the skills gap in the mobile app development segment in India, Google has launched a new certification program to train two million Android app developers over the next three years.

    The company hopes to support the government’s Skill India initiative through this program.

    India is expected to have the largest developer population globally, overtaking the United States, by 2018, with four million developers. However, currently only 25% of developers are building for mobile.

    Google has also launched an instructor-led training program on Android Fundamentals, available across public, private universities and training institutes of the National Skill Development Corporation of India.

    “By building a world class curriculum and making it easily accessible to millions of students and developers in India, we want to contribute to the Skill India initiative and help make India the global leader in mobile app development,” Google VP of product management Caesar Sengupta said.

    The in-person training will be integrated with Computer Science curricula of universities within this calendar year.

    The Android Developer Fundamentals course material will also be covered on NPTEL (an IIT Madras project in collaboration with the IITs and IISc) as part of its online Mobile Computing Course starting this month. The Android Developer Fundamentals reference course and all practicals and courseware will also be available as open source to everyone for free.

    In addition to partnering with the National Skill Development Corporation of India, Google has also teamed up with training partners such as Edureka, Koenig, Manipal Global, Simplilearn, Udacity and UpGrad – Google will train their trainers and update their Android courseware to prepare their students for the Android Certification and a career in Android development.

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  • Hogan Lovells launches mobile app for doing business in Indonesia

    Hogan Lovells launches mobile app for doing business in Indonesia

    Hogan Lovells (in association with Dewi Negara Fachri & Partners) has launched an innovative new app called “How To Indo” to help businesses navigate the legal landscape when doing business in Indonesia.

    The app will change the way that anyone doing, or considering doing, business in Indonesia can access relevant legal guidance.

    Anyone with an Apple or Android device will be able to access key guides on what you need to know about doing business in Indonesia. From M&A and infrastructure transactions to Hogan Lovellsfinancing arrangements, from restructuring and insolvency to managing a dispute, these guides cover the key legal issues in doing business in Indonesia.

    Mark Cooper, Corporate Partner, Singapore said:

    “We hope that this innovative product leads the way in helping clients to navigate the regulatory landscape in Indonesia and makes it easier for them to take informed business decisions.”

    The app is available to download today:

    Click here to download the Apple version.

    Click here to download the Android version.

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  • Under Armour app gets personal with fitness freaks

    Under Armour app gets personal with fitness freaks

    Under Armour has launched UA Shop, a mobile app dedicated to elevating the consumer shopping experience built on the Under Armour Connected Fitness platform.

    Under Armour appIntegrating data from the world’s largest digital fitness community allows the Under Armour app provides “a deeply personalised experience” based on athlete inspiration, workout history and previous purchase history. UA Shop is available for download on the App Store and will be available soon on Google Play.

    “UA Shop is the next step in our connected fitness evolution as Under Armour becomes a true Math House,” said Jason LaRose, senior VP, revenue, at Under Armour. “This app was created to maximise our digital platform and complement our existing in-store experiences by bringing consumers a way to find the products they want, when they want it. We are now able to provide custom experiences across our various categories specific to our diverse customer base.”

    The UA Shop app will bridge the brand’s digital communities with Under Armour’s core business – performance apparel, footwear and equipment. UA Shop will connect consumers to the right gear driven by data through in-app recommendations. For example, a consumer living in a warmer climate who has logged several runs through MapMyRun might be exposed to UA CoolSwitch apparel and running footwear, a technology that pulls heat away from the skin and allows the user to feel cooler, longer. Meanwhile a customer in the Northeast who prefers hiking might see the latest Armour baselayer and outerwear. The Under Armour app is the only retail app on the market powered by the health and fitness information of more than 170 million members worldwide.

    UA Shop is also the first app in the Under Armour Connected Fitness suite that will launch with the new Under Armour Account – the creation of a single profile for all Under Armour apps. Members of UA Record and MapMyFitness can sync their existing account information to UA Shop, with MyFitnessPal and Endomondo integration being added soon. Additional features of UA Shop include one-touch purchasing with Apple Pay, expanded product content and customer reviews, and apparel tag scanners for enhanced in-store experiences.

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