Music streaming platform Deezer has expanded its service in Singapore through a partnership with Singtel Music, the Singaporean telecom company’s music offering, to provide subscribers with unlimited music without data charges. Singtel post-paid customers will gain data-free access to Deezer’s 53m songs and over 40,000 pieces of audio content, along with its ‘Flow’ feature. “Singtel […]
Uber is preparing to sell its Southeast Asia business to Singapore’s Grab in exchange for a sizable stake in the company, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. No deal has been reached yet, and the timing of any such deal is uncertain. Grab provides private car, motorbike, taxi and carpooling services in […]
Google has announced the completion of its $1.1 billion deal to buy a large slice of HTC’s hardware business. The acquisition was announced back in September 2017 but now it has passed the requisite approvals and is finalized. Beyond the transfer of over 2,000 engineers from HTC — that’s around one-fifth of HTC’s engineering team […]
Google has yet more news from China after the U.S. search firm announced a patent cross-licensing agreement with Chinese tech giant Tencent. The terms were not disclosed, but Google said the tie-in with Tencent, which is valued at over $500 billion, covers “a broad range of products and technologies” and is “long-term.” The two firms […]