Top 5 Events in Asia
- Softbank acquired ARM for US$32B. (See episode 126 with David Corbin) [1:35]
- The Pokemon Go Phenomenon (See 2017 Predictions for the App Economy and episode 127 with Serkan Toto) [4:41]
- Uber and Didi in China (See episode 128 with Josh Horwitz) [10:11]
- India Unicorn Startups Apocalypse (See episode 134 withNewley Purnell) [11:45]
- Ecommerce War between Alibaba and Amazon from India to Southeast Asia with consolidation of companies such as Lazada and Redmart (See episode 143 with Jon Russell) [13:18]
- Tencent’s investment of $175M in Hike at a $1.4B valuation [16:28]
- US Elections: SoftBank and Foxconn’s response to Donald Trump [20:36]
- Smartwatch / Wearable Expectations Implode [22:09]
- Samsung Note 7 Debacle [24:15]
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