Bikes Are Back: China Gaining Pedal Power
Once a symbol of China’s culture, bikes use slumped with the country’s economic and urban development. The country’s streets have seen a mass influx of cars and China became the...
Amazon: Prepared to Digitalize Grocery Business in the USA?
For the past several years, Amazon has been battling to break into the grocery retail market. After several experiments, Amazon has now embraced technology to differentiate its offerings and improve...
MedTech in APAC – Harmonizing Hazards and Rewards for Rapid Expansion
Being the third largest medtech market in the world, Asia-Pacific (APAC) is becoming an investment hub for medical technology companies globally. Owing to the economic growth of the region and...
Blockchain Technology – Next Frontier in Healthcare?
Blockchain, an innovation underlying the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, is a distributed ledger technology enabling transparent and secure data sharing in real time. The buzz around blockchain technology has spread far beyond...
Fintech Paving the Way for Financial Inclusion in Indonesia
Over the past two decades, financial sector in Indonesia has witnessed a massive transformation with the introduction of fintech solutions, fuelled by growing digital market and increasing investments in the...
Refurbished Smartphones – the Future of High-end Devices in Emerging Markets
An anticipated slowdown in the global smartphone sales forecast for 2016 due to lack of new first-time buyers in large markets such as the USA, China, and Europe, has been...
A Doctor under Your Skin: Wearable Medical Devices in India, Brazil, and China
From smart glasses that allow a surgeon to operate having his patient’s medical records at sight to an intelligent contact lens that measures glucose levels of its wearer, technological innovations...
China’s Digital Single Market – Internet of Things
Underpinned by immense government support, private investments, as well as the highest number of machine-to-machine (M2M) mobile connections globally, China has potential to get to the forefront of IoT (Internet...