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Blog Action Day 2010: Water

Amy Sample Ward

The first step in making change in your life, local community or world is to learn. You may have been part of the day of action by participating in an event in your local area. We’ve taken hundreds of local cafes and bound them together into a network that lets those who want water find those willing to provide it.

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UnionPay International partners with WeChat Pay to enable cross-border payments

TechNode

The initial group of participating wallets includes Bank of China Hong Kongs BoC Pay, Octopus, PayMe by HSBC, and Tap & Go in Hong Kong; Bangkok Bank Mobile Banking and K PLUS in Thailand; NAVER Pay in South Korea; and ICBC Mobile Banking (ICBC Pay) in Malaysia. UnionPay, in Chinese ]

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Apple celebrates the Year of the Ox with limited AirPods Pro in Asia

The Verge

Apple has also given an ox-themed makeover to its logo on some regional versions of its website: The special edition AirPods Pro sell for the same price as the regular AirPods Pro, which is just as well considering you can order those with any text or emoji you want engraved on the case for free.

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Practitioners from Malaysia, Bangladesh, and Nigeria discuss digital economic development for underserved communities at Shanghai’s INCLUSION Conference

TechNode

The three guests individually presented insights into their local markets and the varied challenges involved in developing the digital economy. Empowering women to build their own businesses in Malaysia Fintech, short for financial technology, refers to the use of technology and innovation to provide financial services and solutions.

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Fitness app HealthifyMe to expand worldwide after raising $75M Series C from LeapFrog and Khosla Ventures

TechCrunch

The app also has an AI-based nutritionist called Ria that is trained for cuisines in different markets through a combination of user-tracked data, guidance from local nutritionists and databases from sources like the United States Department of Agriculture. When it enters a new market, the company localizes its services using a playbook.

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HitPay is a one-stop solution for SMEs

TechCrunch

It is currently used by over 10,000 merchants in Singapore and Malaysia, with plans to expand into more Southeast Asian markets, including Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. We’ll be focusing on building these free SaaS tools in addition to building up payment rails, which are focused currently on Singaporean and Malaysian merchants.

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Taobao to ship apparel items for free to Asian territories as it looks to go global 

TechNode

Alibabas China-focused marketplace Taobao has joined the wave of Chinese e-commerce platforms launching cross-border operations with a plan to ship clothing globally for free. Context: Taobao sells items from numerous local clothing brands that its domestic rivals have no access to.