Asia: This Week’s Top Stories // December 27, 2015

13 Asian Startups To Watch In 2016 | China: Scaling The World’s Highest Innovation Peaks | 10 Trends That Will Shape Southeast Asian E-Commerce in 2016 | Alibaba To Invest $1.25B In Restaurant Delivery Service Ele.me, Says Report | Indian Regulator Temporarily Suspends Facebook's Free Basics | India’s Shuttl Raises $20M To Accelerate Its Smart Shuttle Bus Service | Tesla’s Model S To Get Spotify Premium For Free Outside Of The US |

ASIA WEEK IN REVIEW SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27 2015 THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Catherine Shu 13 Asian Startups To Watch In 2016 2015 was an eventful year for the tech industry in Asia. Funding started to flow in India, which is expected to become the world's second-largest Internet... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Vikram Jandhyala China: Scaling The World’s Highest Innovation Peaks In a world of statistics, here's a number that stands out: 71. That's how many times the word "innovation" was mentioned in a communiqué issued after... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT TechCrunch Meetup + Pitch-Off Coming to Boston this February Join us for beer, good conversation, and a battle to the death on February 23, 2016 to see which entrepreneurs can dazzle and excite the judges in under sixty seconds. Get your tickets now! Learn More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Sheji Ho, Felicia Moursalien 10 Trends That Will Shape Southeast Asian E-Commerce in 2016 Following in the footsteps of China and the U.S., Southeast Asia is on the cusp of an e-commerce golden age. With online shopping accounting for only 1 percent... Read More… Catherine Shu Alibaba To Invest $1.25B In Restaurant Delivery Service Ele.me, Says Report Alibaba will reportedly invest $1.25 billion in Ele.me, a food delivery service based in Shanghai, says financial news site Caixin (link via Google Translate).... Read More… Catherine Shu Indian Regulator Temporarily Suspends Facebook's Free Basics Free Basics, a service by Facebook initiative Internet.org, is having a rough week in India. First, an email campaign by the social media network was criticized... Read More… Jon Russell India’s Shuttl Raises $20M To Accelerate Its Smart Shuttle Bus Service India's transportation app future isn't just about Uber and billion-dollar homegrown rival Ola. That's because Shuttl, an eight-month-old startup that provides... Read More… Drew Olanoff Tesla’s Model S To Get Spotify Premium For Free Outside Of The US If you’re buying a Tesla Model S, you can probably afford to bring your own tunes to the mix, but the company has announced today that you’ll get... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  If you do not want to receive this email or you would like to update your preferences click here. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2016 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service