Google, Baidu and Many Web Companies Set Up ‘People Finder’ Boards After Chinese Quake
Shortly after this weekend’s earthquake near the Chinese city of Ya’an in Sichuan provin...
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How China’s Jingdong is Looking to Overseas Chinese Customers to Kickstart Global Sales
Back in October last year, China’s second-biggest B2C e-commerce site launched a global versio...
By Steven Millward
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- April 22, 2013
- at 2:48 pm
Apple and Samsung Make Donations, Offer Practical Support, in Chinese Quake Aftermath
A powerful earthquake struck the city of Ya’an in Sichuan province over the weekend, not too f...
By Steven Millward
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- April 22, 2013
- at 1:09 pm
Yahoo China to Shut Email Service Ahead of Possible Total Withdrawal
Yahoo China has announced today that its email service in the country will be shut next month. The Y...
By Steven Millward
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- April 19, 2013
- at 9:37 pm
Amazon Rolls Out ‘Cloud Drive’ in China Ahead of Possible Kindle Launch
So it turns out that Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle hardware didn’t launch in China on th...
By Steven Millward
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- April 19, 2013
- at 1:43 pm
Baidu Takes a Dig at Qihoo With Launch of Antivirus Apps in China
After months of testing it in on users in Southeast Asia and then around the world, Chinese search e...
By Steven Millward
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- April 19, 2013
- at 1:00 pm
Xiaomi Sets Date and Prices for Launches in Hong Kong and Taiwan
China’s newcomer phone-maker Xiaomi said a while back that it would make its first ever ventur...
By Steven Millward
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- April 19, 2013
- at 11:20 am
How You Feeling? India-Made Hike App Adds Status Updates and Moods
We saw the India-made messaging app Hike launch last summer and then go global in December. In the f...
By Steven Millward
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- April 18, 2013
- at 10:30 pm
Burpple Challenges Yelp in Singapore, Brings Restaurant Reviews Outside the App
After making fast progress from first launching its foodie-oriented photo app in May 2012, now Burpp...
By Steven Millward
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- April 18, 2013
- at 3:00 pm
China’s LightInTheBox Files for $86 Million US IPO to Expand its E-Commerce Business
If you want to source goods from China, there are other choices beyond Alibaba/AliExpress. One of th...
By Steven Millward
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- April 18, 2013
- at 2:15 pm
Yodo1 Gets $5 Million in Funding From Singtel Innov8, Helps Games Crack the China Market
Monetizing games might be a breeze in South Korea and Japan, but it’s always a struggle in Chi...
By Steven Millward
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- April 18, 2013
- at 11:56 am
No Amazon Appstore for Indonesia and China – Here’s the Full List for Asia
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced yesterday the expansion of its Android Appstore to “nearly 200 coun...
By Steven Millward
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- April 18, 2013
- at 10:37 am
China Names Porn Offenders That Should be Shut Down, Apple’s App Store Included
Tim Cook’s got more explaining to do. Just a couple of weeks after Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL)...
By Steven Millward
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- April 17, 2013
- at 9:20 pm
Cisco Celebrates 20 Years in Singapore With Huge New Office
Networking equipment maker Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) is celebrating 20 years of operating in Singapore wit...
By Steven Millward
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- April 17, 2013
- at 6:00 pm
Korean Supermarket Uses a Guiding Light to Point Out Discounts on Your Smartphone
We’ve seen Korean supermarket chain Emart (KRX:139480) do some innovative stuff before, like its s...
By Steven Millward
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- April 17, 2013
- at 3:00 pm
Just.me Launches as a Messaging App to Kill Off Facebook, Looks to Asia for Big Boost
Oh great, another messaging app. But now that these are clearly ubiquitous social tools, we’ll...
By Steven Millward
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- April 17, 2013
- at 12:00 pm