Gimmie Funding! Singapore-based Loyalty Service Raises $520,000 for Asia Expansion
Singapore-based loyalty service provider Gimmie has announced that it has received S$639,000 (about ...
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Bangkok Game Studio Releases ‘Lost Cubes,’ A Fun Puzzler for iPhone
Thailand-based game studio Pocket Playlab has recently released a fun puzzle game for iPhone called ...
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- January 10, 2013
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India’s Online Restaurant Guide Zomato Expands to London
India’s popular online food and restaurant guide, Zomato, has announced that it is expanding t...
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- January 9, 2013
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Ford Makes a Play for Chinese Drivers with In-Car Weibo App
While we’re not attending the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, we are paying close atte...
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- January 9, 2013
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Japan’s Line Chat App Wants to Reach 300 Million Users in 2013
It was a pretty big year for NHN Japan and its Line chat application in 2012. And according to a Tai...
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- January 9, 2013
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High Tech Hangers Make Shopping More Stimulating for Men in Japan
The folks at Japan’s TeamLab are a pretty creative bunch. I first met up with them at a Tokyo ...
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- January 8, 2013
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Japanese Social Game Publisher Cygames Has Over 20 Million Total Users
Japanese game developer Cygames (a CyberAgent subsidiary) has announced today that its social games ...
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- January 8, 2013
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In the Smartphone Space, Huawei Hopes Bigger is Better
I really hope that 2013 is not the year that we see the ever so ridiculous term ‘phablet’...
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- January 8, 2013
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China Eagerly Buying Up Bluetooth Headsets After Cell Phone Driving Ban
I was surprised to hear that among a few new traffic safety laws to go into place in China as of Jan...
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- January 7, 2013
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Mobile Gaming Company GREE Apologizes for Charging Minors Beyond Spending Limits
Mobile social gaming giant GREE (TYO:3632) has issued an announcement in Japanese today apologizing ...
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- January 7, 2013
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Gangnam Style is Now an iPhone Game
Well, I guess it was only a matter of time before this happened. Korean pop star PSY has been a phen...
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- January 7, 2013
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8 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week
For those of you who were still in holiday mode during the past week, we’ve done our best to keep ...
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- January 6, 2013
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Tech in Asia: Our Picks for Story of the Week [Jan 5]
Things were a little slow getting back into gear after the holiday break, but there was still some i...
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- January 5, 2013
- at 7:00 pm
Japanese Mobile Social Gaming: 2012 in Review
It has been a pretty busy year in the mobile space in Japan. While the prevailing narrative in most ...
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- January 4, 2013
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Survey Says Japan is Now Using Far More Chat Apps
As we pointed out yesterday, 2012 was a pretty big year for NHN Japan’s Line chat app. But if ...
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- January 4, 2013
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Singapore’s Sprooki Hooks Up With YFind on Indoor Positioning Technology
We just received word from a representative of Singapore-based startup Sprooki that it will be partn...
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- January 4, 2013
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