SINGAPORE — Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab said on Wednesday it has secured $1.5 billion in fresh financing from a fund run by Japan’s SoftBank and will use a significant portion of it to expand in Indonesia.…
According to the Financial Times, Spotify is planning to release in-car music player later this year for about $100 (almost P5,300). Early last year, rumors started spreading that Spotify could be developing an in-car music device complete…
HAWTHORNE, US — Elon Musk on Tuesday took a break from futuristic electric cars and private space travel to unveil a low-cost tunnel he sees as a godsend for city traffic. The billionaire behind Tesla and SpaceX…
Dubai is set to upgrade and expand the smart system coverage of the city in a new project that aims to cut the time of detecting accidents and congestions build-up. The city’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA) gave…
BANGKOK— Experts see bright prospects for electric vehicles (EV) in Thailand with all concerned agencies pursuing the government’s goal of getting 1.2 million units on the road by 2036. There are many reasons and data behind the…
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has granted an e-money license to Grab, which will enable the ride-hailing company to provide its consumers a number of additional payment services, aside from rides and express delivery. With the…
Researchers from the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have developed wheels that transform into tracks to better maneuver in changing terrain. Dubbed the reconfigurable Wheel-Track (RWT) by a team from Carnegie Mellon University National…
Just to show how serious he is about one day colonizing Mars, Tesla and Space X founder Elon Musk recently teased his Instagram followers with an image of his upcoming space conquest. Moon Base Alpha A post…
Telco giant PLDT Inc. wants its Wi-Fi platform to go mobile, announcing over the weekend that it had signed an agreement to equip 2,300 provincial buses with “high-speed wifi connectivity”. PLDT, through unit PLDT Enterprise, said it…
As an online marketplace for delivery and logistics, Transportify is easily likened to other transport services such as Uber and Grab. “Oh, you’re Uber for deliveries—that was the easiest way [for some people] to explain what we…
