For food delivery, machines won’t replace humans any time soon

Human-machine collaboration will be the model for autonomous food delivery for a...


Today’s top tech news, August 7: Alibaba to merge food, lifestyle platforms and raise US$3B for them

Also, Xiaomi’s component supplier to invest US$200 million in India, and...


Today’s top tech news, July 24: Google launches public Wi-Fi in Thailand, experiences strong Q2 2018

Chinese food delivery startup Ele.me plans to raise new funding while Singapore...


Fragmentation may be Southeast Asia’s competitive advantage

Over the long run, China’s Duopoly and America’s oligopoly may...


Today’s top tech news, April 2: Grab/Uber deal raising competition concerns in Southeast Asia

Also, the Indonesian government suggests new regulations and Commerce.Asia...


Alibaba buys food delivery platform Ele.me

Alibaba and its financial arm Ant Financial are already the largest shareholder...


Alibaba to buy all remaining outstanding shares of local delivery service Ele.me

As expected since February, Alibaba will buy all outstanding shares of Ele.me...


What does Alibaba’s takeover of Ele.me mean? This is what China is saying

Alibaba, with its financial arm Ant Financial, is already the largest...


Captain’s Log, August 25: WeWork raises US$4.4B from SoftBank, Baidu sells food delivery unit

From Indonesia, we have announcements from Google, Musical.ly, and OLX WeWork...


Baidu Waimai said to merge with Ele.me

If Alibaba succeeds in taking both Ele.me and Baidu Waimai, this would leave...