Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the wider world. It’s been a very busy last week of October for China’s tech heads, but first, let’s take a look at what some …
Read More »India’s most popular services are becoming super apps
Truecaller, an app that helps users screen strangers and robocallers, will soon allow users in India, its largest sell, to borrow up to some hundreds of dollars. The crediting option will be the fourth feature the nine-year-old app adds to its service in the last two years. So far it …
Read More »Naspers is in talks to invest in Southeast Asia’s Carousell
Naspers, the South Africa-based firm that famously backed Chinese giant Tencent in its infancy, is in talks to invest in Singapore-based startup Carousell, according to two sources with knowledge of discussions. Carousell offers a mobile app that combines listings with peer-to-peer selling across Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong. That …
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