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‘Tinker Games’ Launches Its Biggest Ever Indonesian Game for iOS

Indonesian game studio Tinker Games releases its flagship game Inheritage: Boundary of Existence tod...

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  • May 23, 2013
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HTC One sales 2013

Amid an Exec Brain Drain, HTC Reassures Everyone That 5 Million ‘One’ Phones Sold So Far

Amid a stream of bad news about an executive brain drain at HTC (TPE:2498), the Taiwanese phone-make...

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  • May 23, 2013
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This Report Shows That Chinese Startups Need to Get the Hell Out of Beijing

You’re an entrepreneur or working for a startup. You’re young. You’re about to hav...

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  • May 23, 2013
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Gaming Madness in China: Attacking the Police, Driving out a Japanese Pornstar, Faking a Kidnapping

Gaming Madness in China: Attacking the Police, Driving out a Japanese Porn Star, Faking a Kidnapping

Some crazy things happen in the world of Chinese gaming. Rather than giving each its own article, fr...

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  • May 23, 2013
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Lend An Eye App Lends Your Vision to The Blind

Grey Singapore has recently created a meaningful corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, a...

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  • May 23, 2013
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TwitCasting Gets Seed Funding for Social Live-Streaming Expansion

Twitter is fun, but it’s not a very visual medium. Japan’s TwitCasting is trying to change that ...

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  • May 22, 2013
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Rocket Internet’s Fashion E-Store Zalora Scores $100 Million in Funding

Rocket Internet’s fashion e-store for Asia, Zalora, has raised a truly massive round of fundin...

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  • May 22, 2013
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Pakistan’s Startup Ecosystem Has So Much Potential (INFOGRAPHIC)

Adam Dawood is the founding partner of DYL Ventures, a Pakistan-centric venture capital and consulta...

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  • May 22, 2013
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Neiman Marcus in China

US Luxury Retailer Neiman Marcus Closes China Warehouse, Changes Strategy

The century-old US luxury retailer Neiman Marcus launched in China very quietly late last year after...

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  • May 23, 2013
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JFDI Unveils 7 Startups for Its Demo Day on June 3

Singapore-based incubator JFDI.Asia today unveils its seven startups that have graduated from its 10...

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  • May 23, 2013
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Chinese City Bans Taxi Finder Smartphone Apps, Threatens to Punish Drivers Who Use Them

Taking a cab in China can be a real pain, but increasingly, smartphone apps can make the process qui...

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  • May 23, 2013
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GREE China Shutdown Gets Uglier With Accusations of Denying Aid to Pregnant Employee

Last week, employees reported that Japanese social gaming giant GREE had just announced it was shutt...

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  • May 23, 2013
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Zalora Supports Cash-On-Collection at 7-Eleven Stores Across Singapore

Things have been evolving quite a bit for Zalora since it entered Singapore. Last year, there was so...

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  • May 22, 2013
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Khailee Ng: Indonesian Startups Should Practice Their Pitches More

Indonesia Digital Byte (IDByte) 2013 has found its 12 startup finalists derived from four Indonesian...

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  • May 22, 2013
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Qihoo launches shopping search

Qihoo Works With Alibaba to Launch a Product Search Engine

Qihoo (NYSE:QIHU) already has a search engine and Alibaba already has a product search engine, so it...

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  • May 22, 2013
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Hanoi to Host First Ever Startup Weekend

Last September, the second Startup Weekend was held in Ho Chi Minh city here in Vietnam. Not to be o...

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  • May 22, 2013
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