In addition to Uber and Bitcoin, we also have updates from WhistleDrive and Asia’s venture capital market

Uber reveals plan to implement “super app” concept – The Verge

Ride-hailing giant Uber announced that it aims to merge all of the various services that it provides into a single app, as part of its ambition to become “the operating system for your everyday life”, The Verge wrote in an exclusive report.

In an interview, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi explains, “We don’t just live in the digital sphere, and the real world comes with all kinds of complications … And for us, the challenge is: how do we navigate those complications and how do we make sure that we’re a constructive part of everyone’s life?”

The “super app” concept has also been implemented by Southeast Asian ride-hailing giants gojek and Grab.

Bitcoin price falls below US$8K – Bloomberg

Bitcoin price dropped below US$8,000 for the first time since June, Bloomberg reported, extending the five-day losing streak.

Bitcoin fell as much as nine per cent to US$7,736 in New York before bouncing off the lows of the day.

The Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index that tracks a basket of cryptocurrencies slumped more than eight per cent as peer coins such as Ether and XRP also sold off.

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India’s Whistledrive raises US$10M in Series B funding – Dealstreet Asia

Indian tech-enabled fleet services for corporates Whistledrive today announced an INR72 crore (US$10 million) Series B funding round Colosseum Group, Dealstreet Asia reported.

“We are looking to enter Pune by coming January and February. With the series-B funding we just got, we are looking at scaling vertically, and plan to enter the National Capital Region (NCR),” said WhistleDrive CEO and founder Rakesh Munnanooru in a press conference.

ByteDance in talks to sell overseas news app Topbuzz – The Information

ByteDance is reportedly being in talks to sell its newsfeed app Topbuzz to potential buyers including “some US-based media companies”, The Information reported.

According to the report, the sales talk has been going on for at least three months and it remains unclear whether the sales talk will result in a deal.

The app itself has not proven to be as popular with overseas customers as TikToK

A ByteDance spokesperson declined to comment on the matter.

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