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This hardware firm is shaking up China's manufacturing industry

Shape Prototype aims to position itself as the manufacturing partner for start-ups in China, reports Tech in Asia

Xiaomi may miss its smartphone sales targets this year

All signs point to a year of less-than-impressive growth from China's once-white-hot smartphone start-up, reports Tech in Asia

All things fintech at Tech in Asia Jakarta 2015

Take a deep dive into the world of financial technology at Tech in Asia Jakarta 2015's debut fintech stage

What Bengaluru is to start-ups, Chennai is to SaaS talent pool: experts

Talent pool and favourable system, notably a vast & growing youth talent pool, propel growth of SaaS in this metropolis, say experts

Start-ups: As VCs demand traction, funding gets tough

After a period when they got a long rope, start-ups now find VCs demanding to see tangible progress before any more cheques are written

Japanese personal finance app locks in funding from Salesforce, 3 megabanks

By linking users' bank accounts and credit cards, Moneytree's tracks in real time their money that's flowing in and out, reports Tech in Asia

An app that can help you quit smoking

Tel Aviv-based Smokebeat identifies, in real time, when users are smoking via commercial smartwatches and wristbands, reports Tech in Asia

Singapore start-up receives $2 mn funding for cloud and big data business tools

CEO Bernie Schiemer hopes a customer list of big-name brands and government agencies and a successful funding round will help the company grow, reports Tech in Asia

Fresher salaries peak as startups look for young talent: study

But experts call it 'short-term abberation', expect salaries to consolidate in 2-3 years

Tech start-up funding in India to cross $6.5 billion before year's end: Report

The steepest growth is seen in seed funding rounds which is poised to grow from $15 million to $100 million, reports Tech in Asia

Indian Angel Network invests in health food start-up Jiyo Natural

The investment will be primarily utilised towards marketing, technology and infrastructure with the goal to create brand awareness through online and on-the-ground marketing

Citrus Payments acquires payments start-up Zwitch

Citrus will provide Zwitch a platform to innovate and launch new products in the digital payment space

Furniture rental startup Furlenco sets foot in Mumbai

The online marketplace follows the rental model which it claims to be 60% cheaper than EMI

Facebook awards $1.2 million to local start-ups for Innovation Challenge

Facebook still wants Internet.org to happen, and today it handed prizes to 12 startups as part of this plan, reports Tech in Asia

The dark side of tech development in Singapore

Though start-ups in Singapore are growing in numbers, there is a shortage of tech engineers to meet the demand, reports Tech in Asia

Ad-commerce startup Adrobe set to go live from Dussehra

Monthly rental advertisements would be the primary source of revenues

Japan's KLab Ventures to launch new VC arm

KLab Venture Partners will invest primarily in Japan, but will also look toward the US and Southeast Asia, reports Tech in Asia

Google invests $65 million in China partner for Android Wear

Mobvoi is a Chinese start-up that makes mobile voice-search apps and smartwatch software, reports Tech in Asia

LinkedIn India's MD to join Freshdesk as COO

Nishant Rao will be responsible for all non-R&D aspects of Freshdesk

Qualcomm, Norwest Venture invest $10 million in health-tech startup Attune

Attune to use funds to expand ops in India, Africa, West Asia and South East Asia