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RIP: MediaCorp’s ilovebooks.com Now in Deadpool

First launched in May 2012, MediaCorp’s e-book store ilovebooks is now in the deadpool.

By Willis Wee

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  • April 3, 2013
  • at 1:01 pm
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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
  • at 9:08 pm

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
  • at 9:38 am
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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