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India plans action against Google after antitrust breaches

May 25, 2023
India’s government plans to take action against Alphabet Inc’s Google after an antitrust watchdog last year found the group to have abused its market position by indulging in anti-competitive practices. India’s antitrust body had, in October fined Google $275 million in two cases, which involved abusing its dominant position in the Android operating system market, and pushing developers to use its in-app payment system.
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FranConnect launches in Australia & APAC

May 25, 2023
FranConnect, the global franchise and multi-location management software company that recently acquired World Manager, has launched in Australia as a first step in its ANZ and APAC expansion. The company’s platform empowers franchisors and other business owners to streamline operations, enhance collaboration, and drive growth while providing franchisees and store managers with tools to efficiently manage their businesses.
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Singapore’s SEA achieves total net income of $87.3M in 1Q as revenue rises

May 25, 2023
Singapore-based tech conglomerate SEA Limited has achieved a total net income was of $87.3 million in the first quarter, as compared to total net loss of $580.1 million a year ago. SEA said that the group’s first quarter total revenue was $3 billion, up 4.9 percent year-on-year. The group’s total gross profit also rose 21.1 percent year on year to $1.4 billion in the first quarter.
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Gojek Inks Partnership with Dat Bike in Vietnam, Piloting the Use of Electric Motorbikes in Ride-hailing Services

May 25, 2023
Gojek, Southeast Asia’s leading mobile on-demand multi-service platform, and Dat Bike, one of the fastest growing electric vehicle start-ups in the Southeast Asia, announced that they will partner to pilot the use of electronic motorbikes to serve the transportation, logistics and food delivery needs of Gojek users in Vietnam. This makes Gojek the first technology company in Vietnam to pilot Dat Bike electric vehicles, as well as the first platform to pilot mobility services via electric motorbike to users in Vietnam.
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Micosoft Promises Chat-Driven Data Management and App Building

May 24, 2023
Microsoft kicked off its Build conference for developers yesterday.  The focus wasn’t on marketing but there was still a lot of relevant news, including use of Bing as the default search engine for ChatGPT, chat interface-driven tools for website building and app creation, and still more chat-driven data preparation, cleaning, and analysis.  It seems the next step beyond low-code development is voice-based coding, or vo-code.
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