RIP: MediaCorp’s ilovebooks.com Now in Deadpool
First launched in May 2012, MediaCorp’s e-book store ilovebooks is now in the deadpool.
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China’s Social Media Landscape 2013 (INFOGRAPHIC)
The good folks from CIC have just released their refreshed China social media landscape infographic ...
By Willis Wee
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- April 2, 2013
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Rakuten Travel Sees Huge Revenue Growth in Southeast Asia and China
Rakuten isn’t all about e-commerce or its Kobo e-reader. It also runs Rakuten Travel, an onlin...
By Willis Wee
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- April 2, 2013
- at 8:08 pm
KakaoTalk Hits 10 Million Downloads in Japan
KakaoTalk says in a blog post today that it has hit 10 million downloads in Japan.
By Willis Wee
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- April 2, 2013
- at 3:39 pm
The Future of Sanook: Thailand’s Largest Web Portal
Led by Tiwa York and Krittee Manoleehagul, Sanook.com attracts 18.5 million unique visitors generati...
By Willis Wee
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- April 2, 2013
- at 2:00 pm
Perk by Kate: The Lingerie E-Commerce Site For Women in Singapore
Perk by Kate is Singapore’s representative lingerie e-commerce site.
By Willis Wee
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- April 2, 2013
- at 1:18 pm
SPH Acquires SgCarMart for $48 Million
Yesterday Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) announced that it has acquired SgCarMart.com, a popular onl...
By Willis Wee
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- April 2, 2013
- at 12:38 pm
Serial Entrepreneur Paul Srivorakul: His Admax and Ensogo Story
Serial entrepreneur Paul Srivorakul (pictured), who founded and exited Admax and Ensogo, was born in...
By Willis Wee
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- April 2, 2013
- at 10:08 am
Japan’s Cutesy Photodeco App Hits 500,000 Downloads
Made by Japanese mobile giant I-Freek, the photo customization app Photodeco has hit 500,000 downloa...
By Willis Wee
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- April 1, 2013
- at 9:03 pm
Singapore’s Design-Focused E-Commerce Site HipVan Launches Today
HipVan is a design-focused e-commerce site in Singapore that went live today
By Willis Wee
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- April 1, 2013
- at 4:07 pm
Pony Ma: WeChat Helps Tencent Become an International Brand
At a summit for IT leaders yesterday in Shenzhen, China, Tencent founder and CEO Pony Ma said that m...
By Willis Wee
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- April 1, 2013
- at 11:07 am
China’s B2C E-commmerce Giant 360Buy Rebrands
One of the largest B2C e-commerce sites in China has rebranded to JD.com from 360buy.com. The old do...
By Willis Wee
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- March 30, 2013
- at 9:20 pm
TradeHero’s Users Transact $5 Billion Virtual Currency in 3 Months
TradeHero's 50,000 users have transacted over $5 billion worth of virtual currency over 350,000 trad...
By Willis Wee
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- March 29, 2013
- at 10:38 am
Filipino Startup OfferChat Offers Forever Free Live Chat Software for Websites
OfferChat is a made-in-the-Philippines live chat software. And guess what? The software is free. Not...
By Willis Wee
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- March 28, 2013
- at 10:38 am
Tech in Asia Gets a New Design
We’ll keep working hard to make Tech in Asia a smooth reading experience for all readers.
By Willis Wee
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- March 28, 2013
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Between has 200,000 Downloads in Southeast Asia, 2.9 Million Globally
(Update: @sonofsarah says that all download numbers are BS. True. So here you go: Between has over 9...
By Willis Wee
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- March 27, 2013
- at 10:47 pm