As we enter a new decade, all the team here at Fortumo wishes you the best for the upcoming year. For nostalgia, make sure to check out the hottest technology trends of 2010.
Since you likely missed out on some stories due to the holiday season, here is also our monthly overview of the biggest news from December.
General
- LiveMint: Tinder, Netflix and Tencent lead record-breaking year for apps
- Engadget: Putin signs law requiring Russian apps on smartphones, TVs and PCs
Payments
- Mobile World Live: Grab moves payment play offline
- Business Insider: Apple Card reportedly has high fees, which may cause it to face scrutiny from merchants
- Mobile World Live: Razer joins Grab-Singtel in digital banking bid
Digital publishing
- What’s New In Publishing: 9 trends that will define media in 2020
- INMA: Barriers for local news publishers in growing digital subscriptions and reader revenue
- What’s New In Publishing: Publishers are joining the race for reader revenues, but there’s no silver bullet
E-commerce & transportation
- Tech In Asia: Lippo Group has been paying Ovo $50m each month, says local media
- TechCrunch: Jiji raises $21M for its Africa online classifieds business
- Forbes: Mobike Loses 200,000 Dockless Bicycles To Theft And Vandalism
OTT
- Television Post: Reaching the fragmented South Asian audiences across global markets isn’t easy
- Digital TV Europe: Disney+ ‘reached 15m subs in first five days’
- Abacus News: Here’s a look at Resso, TikTok owner’s answer to Apple Music
