Neowin News Feed for: Grab

SoftBank's Vision Fund reportedly plans to inject up to $1.5 billion into Grab

Jay Bonggolto — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 10:28:01 +0000

SoftBank's Vision Fund is believed to be preparing to invest as much as $1.5 billion in Singapore-based ride-hailing giant Grab as part of a broader effort to inject cash into Asian tech startups. Read more...

Grab teams up with Mastercard to offer digital debit cards to customers in Southeast Asia

Ruel Revales — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:34:01 +0000

Starting next year, Grab's customers in the Philippines and Singapore will be able to pay at any online and offline merchant using a prepaid card, courtesy of the firm's tie-up with Mastercard. Read more...

SoftBank reportedly plans to invest nearly $500 million in Grab

Ruel Revales — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 16:14:02 +0000

SoftBank reportedly wants to invest $500 million in Grab as part of the ride-hailing firm's latest funding that seeks to raise $1 billion. The deal is supposed to be finalized in a few weeks. Read more...

Uber strikes agreement to merge its Southeast Asia business with Grab

Jay Bonggolto — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 07:48:02 +0000

Grab will now take over Uber's Southeast Asia business, including around 500 employees, as part of a merger deal. In exchange, Uber will acquire a 27.5 percent stake in the combined company. Read more...

Emerging technologies grab MIT spotlight

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 00:51:13 +0000

A handful of somewhat futuristic technologies manifested themselves during discussions at the Emerging Technologies Conference last week at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. Specifically, what Intel referred to as... Read more...

JPEGs are not free: Patent holder pursues IP grab

Thu, 18 Jul 2002 21:00:24 +0000

A video conferencing company based in Austin, Texas says it's going to pursue royalties on the transmission of JPEG images. And it's already found a licensee: Sony Corporation. Formerly... Read more...

Optus races to grab Excite mail

Sat, 01 Dec 2001 23:11:21 +0000

OPTUS is rushing to transfer some 50,000 free Australian webmail accounts from the US as debt-ridden company Excite threatens to switch off its network. After buying out its joint cable internet venture... Read more...