Musical Acts Wimp Out On Japan, NMA Animates It
After a number of musicians cancelled Japan tour plans due to radiation concerns, Taiwanese animatio...
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A Look at Jiayuan.com, the Latest Chinese IPO
China’s most popular dating website, Jiayuan.com, is set to IPO tomorrow. It’s a free service, b...
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- May 10, 2011
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Alibaba Group Confirms Acquisition of CNZZ
Rumors have been swirling since February about Chinese internet commerce giant Alibaba acquiring tra...
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- May 10, 2011
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China’s Zhongguancun One Step Closer to Silicon Valley
Last week posted about our recent visit to Zhongguancun while we were in Beijing. Commonly referred ...
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- May 10, 2011
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Beijing Hungry for iPhone Cookies
Apple has been doing well in China recently. Just the other day Beijingers were fighting it out as t...
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- May 9, 2011
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LinkedIn Coming to Japan, Hiring
Joi Ito, who was just recently announced as the new director of MIT’s Media Lab, has written over ...
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- May 9, 2011
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Softbank’s Ted Matsumoto on his CEO and the Japan Earthquake
At the Global Mobile Internet Conference last week, we had a chance to sit down with Softbank Mobile...
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- May 9, 2011
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Chinese Censorship Pushes Further Amid Foreign Concerns
For those of you keeping an eye to censorship in China, it has been an interesting week. On Wednesda...
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- May 7, 2011
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Surprise Apple! Smartphone Makers Samsung, HTC Show More Growth
Research firm IDC just released its smartphone shipment information for the first quarter of 2011. A...
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- May 6, 2011
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US Senator Pressures China’s Baidu on Protecting Human Rights
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin has written an open letter to Robin Li, CEO of Chinese search giant Bai...
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- May 5, 2011
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South Korea Wins Internet Speed Race
Akamai just released its quarterly State of the Internet report, and we were curious to look at the ...
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- May 5, 2011
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Social Media Win or Epic Fail? Singapore PM Lee Tries Facebook Chat
The Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, just finished up an hour-long Facebook chat with t...
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- May 4, 2011
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World of Warcraft Pet Purchase Proceeds To Aid Japan
While the Japan earthquake has been pushed out of the news cycle over the past few days, people ther...
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- May 4, 2011
- at 11:16 am
How We Live-Blogged GMIC With TextMate
A few people have been asking about how we live-blogged the Global Mobile Internet Conference last w...
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- May 4, 2011
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Tudou’s Stalled IPO Could Be Due To Lawsuit By CEO’s Ex-Wife
The tech world has been wondering about Chinese online video site Tudou and why its long-awaited IPO...
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- May 4, 2011
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China’s Ctrip Launches Hotel Group Buy Site
Adding to the group buying frenzy in China and around the rest of Asia, Chinese travel service Ctrip...
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- May 3, 2011
- at 9:38 pm