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02-Apr-20 Home quarantine policies to curb the spread of Covid-19 in China have been a boon for most digital services, including remote work apps, e-learning and mobile gaming, but mobile payments have suffered due to closures imposed by lockdown. [image: Xinhua]
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10-Feb-20 WhatsApp’s digital payment arm WhatsApp Pay may finally be able to roll out its services in India in a phased manner. WhatsApp counts India as its biggest market with more than 400 million users and hopes to tap these users while rolling out WhatsApp Pay. [image: AFP]
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18-Sep-19 Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Communications & IT and HR Development Fund will nationalise 14,000 jobs in the ICT sector, to help address youth unemployment. The program targets technical support, data analysis, project managers and call center functions. [image: REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed]
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16-Sep-19 Savings of up to 20 percent are in the offing for commuters with a new app in Singapore, backed by major transport players. The Zipster app will offer savings on public transport, private-hire cars and even shared electric cars. [image: Gin Tay]
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19-Jun-19 Popular short-form video app TikTok, developed by China's ByteDance, has been slowly ramping up its advertising strategy. However, the company still generates revenue from in-app purchases, and that number hit a high of USD9 million in May 2019. [image: TechCrunch]
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