1 Month After Reported MNC Split, Rakuten Issues Statement About Commitment to Indonesia
Nikkei first broke the news last month that the joint venture between MNC and Rakuten (JSD:4755) is ...
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GREE’s Founder Sees Stake Dip to $1.4 Billion Valuation: Can It Fight Back?
What goes up must come down and that unfortunately is happening to GREE
By Willis Wee
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- April 24, 2013
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Scoop Raises $2.4 Million from Indonesian Media Giant Kompas Gramedia
Magazine and e-book reader app Scoop has raised S$3 million ($2.4 million) from PT Gramedia Digital,...
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- April 24, 2013
- at 9:00 am
E-Commerce Giant Alibaba Works With Chinese Government to Bring Down Piracy in China
China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba is working with five Chinese government agencies to fight piracy ...
By Willis Wee
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- April 23, 2013
- at 9:43 pm
Foodpanda: Rocket Internet’s Play At Food Delivery in Asia
Rocket Internet’s online food delivery website, Foodpanda, was launched last year in April and...
By Willis Wee
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- April 22, 2013
- at 10:39 pm
Dreamdays Tracks the Dates and Events That Matter
Built by the Guxiu team of three in Beijing, China, Dreamdays helps users remember and be alerted of...
By Willis Wee
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- April 22, 2013
- at 10:00 am
Beijing Startup Makes Invisible Masks To Protect You From Air Pollution
If you’ve been to Beijing, you know the air sucks. Many folks wear masks to protect themselves fro...
By Willis Wee
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- April 19, 2013
- at 3:30 pm
Food App Burpple Featured in 14 Countries in Apple App Store
Singapore-made food app Burpple was featured on the front page across 14 countries in Apple’s App ...
By Willis Wee
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- April 18, 2013
- at 9:08 pm
Startup Asia Singapore 2013 In An Infographic
Startup Asia Singapore 2013 summarized in a sweet looking infographic designed by the good folks at ...
By Willis Wee
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- April 18, 2013
- at 9:58 am
GREE is Secretly Pushing Tellit, Its Mobile Messaging App
Japanese mobile gaming giant, GREE, has been secretly pushing its mobile messaging app, Tellit (Tell...
By Willis Wee
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- April 17, 2013
- at 8:42 pm
It’s Official: Spotify Launches in Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong
We mistakenly leaked last week that Spotify is set to launch in Singapore. So today’s launch b...
By Willis Wee
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- April 16, 2013
- at 11:58 am
Dish Offers $25.5 Billion For Sprint, Disrupting the American Dream of Japan’s Softbank
Softbank (TYO:9984) offered $20 billion for mobile telco Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) last year, but the d...
By Willis Wee
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- April 15, 2013
- at 10:30 pm
China’s DailyCost Personal Finance App Has Over 240,000 Users Worldwide
China's DailyCost is an iOS app that helps you track your daily expenses.
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- April 15, 2013
- at 9:58 pm
ZipDial Receives Funding From Jungle Ventures, Launches in Sri Lanka
ZipDial is a unique company from Bangalore, India that monetizes from missed calls.
By Willis Wee
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- April 15, 2013
- at 3:33 pm
Do You Suck at DIY? You Need Taiwan’s Leading Home Repairs Marketplace
5945 is Taiwan’s up and coming online home repairs marketplace startup. The model is similar t...
By Willis Wee
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- April 15, 2013
- at 9:01 am
LongPlay Allows Peers To Listen To Your Music While On The Move
LongPlay is a mobile app that allows your peers to listen to your music on the move.
By Willis Wee
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- April 12, 2013
- at 5:48 pm