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Bangkok, Thailand
Joined May 2007

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    5 Mar 2016
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    Tradeshift’s Gert Sylvest and Bancor’s Galia Benartzi sign on for TC Sessions: Blockchain in July by

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    15 hours ago
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    What about the irony that laws passed through the Senate (and legal documents, in general) is not ever in plain English so what does that mean for citizens being able to comprehend their rights and obligations, or access to justice.

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  4. Great to see — the service I’ve used for the last two years for — growing its business nicely, now it supports paid newsletters

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  5. The irony of the Senate asking Zuckerberg to rewrite Facebook's user agreement in plain English so US users can fully understand, is that the current terms are even worse for non-English speakers

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  6. Background: Line is building crypto into its messaging app, already offers mobile payment AND Japan is world’s most pro-crypto country

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  7. The definitive read on the privacy mess that is India’s Aadhaar personal ID system

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  8. How long until these fancy Line POS devices are used for crypto-based payment in Japan — seems likely

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    Just look at this quote coming from the CEO of one of China's hottest startups "“We didn’t realize that technology has to be guided by the core values of socialism so it can be used to spread positive energy"

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  10. Both WeWork China and Naked Hub have around 10,000 members -- WeWork has 13 locations while Naked Hub has 24

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  11. WeWork confirms deal to buy Naked Hub, one of its main competitors in China

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  12. Apr 11

    Uber learning from Asia — adds car rentals, public transit, bikes and more to its app

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    Apr 11

    Big week for tech contrition: Toutiao founder apologizes for hosting content that didn't "accord with core socialist values" after regulators shut down the company's humor app.

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    Apr 11
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    answering an email, picking up the phone, etc

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  15. Apr 11

    Go-Jek might be the market leader in Indonesia and, with its planned expansion, everyone's big hope for ride-hailing in Southeast Asia post-Uber but it truly, truly terrible at doing PR and working with reporters. Candidate for the worst in Southeast Asia.

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  16. Apr 11

    Go-Jek's mega round is apparently now closed with a valuation of $4.5B+ having opened last year when Tencent made its investment. There's no comment or confirmation from Go-Jek on that though.

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  17. Apr 11

    Go-Jek gets another big name investor as Allianz joins Tencent, Google, JD, Meituan and others in backing Indonesia's biggest ride-sharing company

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    Apr 10

    Zuck is absolutely right. He could have built a big internet company in China, just a very different one. For an idea of what it would be like, the CEO of China upstart Toutiao today apologized for violating core socialist values and vowed to increase censors to 10k from 6k.

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  19. Apr 10

    What's happening with Twitter. Seeing a noticeable rush of strange bot followers, just a sample

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  20. Apr 10
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    Zuckerberg gets asked if he could have made Facebook in China. It was supposed to be a softball question. His answer is revealing. cc:

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