“A few years back, we realised that there wasn’t a centralised nor systemised platform within the used car market,” said Eric Cheng, co-founder & Group CEO of online used car platform Carsome. “Instead, it was fragmented and marred by distrust towards used car dealers due to the lack of transparency.” …
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Chasing down your favourite celebrities, paying for meet and greet sessions or stalking them on social media are just some of the things you might have done to get their attention. With Authentic Celebrity Experiences (ACE), these moves to get personalised interactions with celebrities are no longer necessary. ACE allows …
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Ride-hailing giant Grab has submitted an application to charge customers an $ 0.32 (including GST) per ride as a “platform fee”. The news was announced by the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) in a media release today (28 July). According to Grab, the fee will enable the company …
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COVID-19’s deadly potential and unpredictable transmission vectors have scuttled an untold number of live events, ranging from conferences to sports and concerts. Today, AmazeVR is promising to help musicians share concerts — but in a modified form that keeps fans safe. Rather than herding hundreds or thousands of spectators into …
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As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the environmental impact of cloud computing, Google announced it has developed a platform that maximizes the use of alternative energy sources at its sprawling network of datacenters. In a blog post, Google officials described the system as a “carbon-intelligent computing platform.” It …
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Author’s Blurb: The only knowledge I have about franchise businesses is that many of the big brands we know and love like McDonalds, KFC and Subway are franchises. As a consumer, these franchises usually have their pros and cons, but I’ve never thought about the business aspect of them before. …
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UserTesting, a platform that helps companies get on-demand user feedback on their software and applications, has raised $ 100 million in a round of funding led by Insight Partners, with participation from Accel, OpenView, and Greenspring. Founded in 2007, San Francisco-based UserTesting promises software companies instant access to users spanning …
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