8 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week
All of China was on holiday for half the week, yet it still managed to be a particularly eventful fe...
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Amazon Appstore Opens in China, Leaps Final Hurdle Before Kindle Fire Launch
In a surprise move, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has opened its Android-oriented Appstore in China today. Th...
By Steven Millward
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- May 4, 2013
- at 5:08 pm
Staff Picks: 6 Top News Stories this Week in Tech in Asia
This was a week dominated by big money, big user numbers, and major monetization moves. And those ar...
By Steven Millward
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- May 4, 2013
- at 3:05 pm
SnapWeibo: This Weibo Post Will Self-Destruct in 10 Seconds
If you’re a fan of Sina Weibo but don’t like the idea of your posts swirling around the ...
By Steven Millward
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- May 3, 2013
- at 8:45 pm
Next Version of WeChat Rumored to Have Mobile Payments and Paid Publishing Platform
We know that Tencent (HKG:0700) is working on a social gaming platform for WeChat, its popular socia...
By Steven Millward
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- May 3, 2013
- at 4:30 pm
China’s Top Video Sites Reveal Hundreds of Millions of Mobile Users, Start Race to Monetize Them
We know that Chinese netizens watch billions of hours worth of online videos each month, but how man...
By Steven Millward
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- May 2, 2013
- at 11:34 pm
Game On: KakaoTalk Brings Social Gaming Platform to Indonesia and Vietnam
After months of testing it out in South Korea and Japan, the messaging app KakaoTalk is today launch...
By Steven Millward
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- May 2, 2013
- at 6:33 pm
Get Lost, GPS: China Invests $810 Million to Create Products for Homegrown Navigation System
Always concerned about being reliant on foreign technology, China has been developing a homegrown sa...
By Steven Millward
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- May 2, 2013
- at 4:11 pm
Indian Game Studio Makes Debut on Mac with Real Steel HD
We know that Mumbai-based game studio Reliance Entertainment Digital makes a lot of titles, but it u...
By Steven Millward
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- May 1, 2013
- at 9:00 pm
Line is Growing Faster Than Ever, Now Up to 150 Million Users
Far from nearing a saturation point, the messaging app Line is actually growing faster than ever. Ha...
By Steven Millward
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- May 1, 2013
- at 7:30 pm
From Silicon Valley With Love: BootstrapAccelerator Asia Launches for Southeast Asian Startups
Silicon Valley-based BootstrapLabs has announced today that it’s bringing the 12-month BootstrapAc...
By Steven Millward
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- May 1, 2013
- at 2:15 pm
These Are the 20 Startups Doing Battle at Korea’s beLAUNCH 2013
South Korea’s biggest tech conference, beLAUNCH 2013, opened today in the Gangnam district of Seou...
By Steven Millward
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- May 1, 2013
- at 1:30 pm
With 18,000 Restaurants to Be Listed, Zomato’s Next Asia Launch Will be Jakarta (INTERVIEW)
Delhi-based Zomato seems to be expanding its restaurant reviews platform at a fair speed. After laun...
By Steven Millward
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- April 30, 2013
- at 10:15 am
Alibaba Gets More Social, Takes Stake in Sina Weibo for $586 Million
China’s top e-commerce company has secured what could be the biggest web deal of the year in t...
By Steven Millward
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- April 29, 2013
- at 10:42 pm
China-Axlr8r Seeking Newest Intake, Saves 2 Spaces for Startups Building for Leap Motion
China-Axlr8r – which used to be known as Chinaccelerator – is seeking startups for its s...
By Steven Millward
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- April 29, 2013
- at 1:00 pm
Yongche: Car Rental Startup Gets Massive Funding Round for New Taxi Finding App
Beijing-based car rental startup Yongche has been diversifying recently, launching a taxi finding ap...
By Steven Millward
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- April 29, 2013
- at 11:30 am