Posts Categorized: Asia



Dangdang Gets Into Bed With the Enemy, Launches Storefront on Rival Tmall

The Chinese web business is usually characterized by price wars, feuds, and bitching. But at least t...

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  • October 30, 2012
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Cambodia Generates a Quarter of All Web Traffic on Mobiles [INFOGRAPHIC]

Cambodia is unusual in Asia for having a largely rural population – only 20 percent live in an...

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  • October 30, 2012
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WePin App Hopes to Overcome China’s Reluctance to Carpool

Carpooling might still be something relatively foreign in China. Issues such as mistrust of stranger...

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  • October 29, 2012
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New Shenzhen Apple Store Set to Open November 3rd

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has set an official opening date for its seventh store in mainland China –...

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  • October 29, 2012
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Groupon China’s New Owner Nets $40 Million in Funding for Daily Deals Expansion

You might recall that in June of this year, Groupon China was merged with larger daily deals rival F...

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  • October 26, 2012
  • at 9:53 pm
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iCard English: Daily Micro Lessons to Perfect Your Spoken English

Within a month of its official launch, iCard English has garnered a total of 70,000 users. As its na...

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  • October 26, 2012
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RealLifeConnect Launches its Check-In Stations in China, Adds Sina Weibo Support

Austrian startup RealLifeConnect is adding support for China’s Sina Weibo to its social media ...

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  • October 26, 2012
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Urban Qurban App Encourages You to Donate a Goat on Eid Al-Adha

Here’s an interesting Android app created by three Indonesian development companies to make tomorr...

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  • October 25, 2012
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Top Football Clubs Looking to Strengthen Brands in Indonesia Through Social Marketing

Indonesian soccer fans who are still talking about Torres’ dismissal in last weekend’s Barclays ...

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  • October 30, 2012
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China’s 360Buy Reportedly Acquires Online Payments Company

360Buy, China’s second-biggest B2C e-commerce sites, looks to have acquired an online payments...

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  • October 29, 2012
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Gaming Giant Netease Decides It Needs to Be Lucky in Love

The green-eyed monster of jealousy is never an attractive thing – especially in relationships....

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  • October 29, 2012
  • at 1:20 pm
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asia startups weekly feature

7 Startups in Asia That Caught Our Eye

Another week, another fun batch of startups scouted by our TechInAsia team. Here are some of the mor...

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  • October 28, 2012
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Stop a Stolen Car Via SMS: Indonesian Students Create Brilliant Anti-Theft Device

Modem Microcontroller SMS Sender is an interesting product created to fight car theft. It basically ...

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  • October 26, 2012
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SingTel Innov8 Leads Series A Funding into Chinese Business Networking App

“Guanxi” is the Chinese word for a relationship – and also the broader concept of ...

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  • October 26, 2012
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Hands-On with Microsoft Windows 8, Now Available in Asia Pacific [VIDEO]

There has been much buzz around Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows 8. Yesterday we reported that Chines...

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  • October 26, 2012
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Chinese Stores Start Selling Microsoft Surface RT Early, Pull in Queues of Eager Buyers

Enthusiast queues of gadget buyers in Beijing are greeting the launch of Microsoft’s Surface R...

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  • October 25, 2012
  • at 9:55 pm
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