Tencent’s WeChat Has 1 Million Users in Malaysia
MIS Asia is reporting that Tencent (HKG:0700) claims 400 percent growth for its WeChat app in Malays...
Posted by Rick Martin
Toxic Roots: The Challenge of China’s Tech Expansion
Recently there have been a number of Chinese technology companies that have enjoyed moderate success...
By Rick Martin
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- November 19, 2012
- at 9:30 pm
DeNA’s Chat App ‘Comm’ Doing Well Thanks to TV Ad Spot
We previously told you about DeNA’s new voice and chat application, Comm, which launched about...
By Rick Martin
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- November 19, 2012
- at 10:57 am
Amazon Announces Cloud Drive for Japan, Tip-Toes Around Topic of Music
Now that Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has finally brought its Kindle Line to Japan, it is following up with ...
By Rick Martin
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- November 16, 2012
- at 7:30 pm
Docomo to Launch Compact ‘Femtocell’ Base Stations to Improve Indoor Network Connectivity
Japan’s NTT Docomo (NYSE:DCM) has announced today that it will soon be commercially launching ...
By Rick Martin
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- November 16, 2012
- at 3:00 pm
Blood Donors Network: A Simple Social Innovation that Can Go a Long Way
Social Innovations Camp Asia was recently held in Kuala Lumpur, and a while back we previewed the si...
By Rick Martin
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- November 16, 2012
- at 12:30 pm
Mobile Video Service Vuclip Raises $13M, Targets Emerging Markets
Mobile video service Vuclip has announced that it has raised $13 million in series D funding. The in...
By Rick Martin
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- November 15, 2012
- at 6:40 pm
GREE Quarterly Financials Dip Once Again, But Company Foresees Recovery Trend
Japanese mobile social gaming giant GREE (TYO:3632) announced its FY2013 first quarter financial res...
By Rick Martin
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- November 15, 2012
- at 2:30 pm
Japanese App Gets You There with Hybrid Map and Augmented Reality Display
A company in Japan is offering a clever mobile map alternative that combines a conventional map disp...
By Rick Martin
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- November 15, 2012
- at 11:00 am
iPhone 5 Has Yet to Launch in China, But Already Looks to Have a Foothold
Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone 5 has yet to officially launch in China, but that hasn’t ke...
By Rick Martin
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- November 14, 2012
- at 9:00 pm
Japan is Best Prepared to Capitalize on Cloud Computing
The business of cloud computing is projected to generate more than 14 million jobs around the globe ...
By Rick Martin
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- November 14, 2012
- at 10:30 am
Hit Japanese Game ‘Dragon Collection’ Arrives in US App Store
Konami (NYSE:KNM) is announcing today that its popular Dragon Collection game is now available in No...
By Rick Martin
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- November 14, 2012
- at 7:30 am
Davinci Note iPad App Lets You Publish Quick, Beautiful Notes
Writing on an iPad can be very tricky, given the smaller screen size. If I must write on an iPad, I ...
By Rick Martin
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- November 13, 2012
- at 9:00 pm
GREE Advertising Ties Up With Korea’s AppDisco on Mobile Ads
We haven’t heard too much about GREE Advertising, the ad subsidiary of the Japanese gaming gia...
By Rick Martin
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- November 13, 2012
- at 2:45 pm
Pair of Mobage Games Rule Android Top Grossing Charts
DeNA (TYO:2432) points out today that its mobile RPG Blood Brothers reached the top of the Google Pl...
By Rick Martin
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- November 13, 2012
- at 11:20 am
UCWeb Passes 100 Million Android Users
Big news today from the folks at UCWeb, the makers of the popular UC Browser, who tell us that it ha...
By Rick Martin
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- November 12, 2012
- at 8:45 pm