Posts Categorized: Business



How Startup UniPin Hopes to Solve Payment Hassles for Indonesian Gamers

UniPin is a four-year-old Indonesian payment startup that aims to make payment for online games easi...

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  • May 22, 2013
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As EU Investigates Huawei, is China Gearing Up to Retaliate?

Like I said last week, it never seems to be good news for Huawei and ZTE, does it? The companies alr...

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  • May 22, 2013
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FoodPanda Asia

Foodpanda Merges with Rival, Claims to be Biggest Food Delivery Site in Singapore

Food delivery site Foodpanda has been making headlines a lot recently. First with a $20 million fina...

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  • May 20, 2013
  • at 5:33 pm
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NetQin acquisition rumors

Baidu and Tencent Thought to be Vying to Acquire Mobile Antivirus Expert

Antivirus products and services have been a renewed battleground in China in the past couple of year...

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  • May 20, 2013
  • at 11:38 am
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Malaysian Mobile Game Dev Nexx Snags $250k from Crystal Horse Investments

Nexx Studio is a Kuala Lumpur-based iOS game developer, with titles like Pig Shot, Glow Puzzle (whic...

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  • May 17, 2013
  • at 10:00 am
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The Growth Story and Future of Mobile Chat App Giant LINE

Popular mobile messaging chat app Line was created by NHN Japan, with Japanese and Korean team inspi...

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  • May 15, 2013
  • at 9:08 pm
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SingTel invests in startups

With Only Digital Business Growing, SingTel Sets Aside $1.6B For Startup Acquisitions

The newest earnings report from SingTel (SGX:T48) makes for painful reading. The giant Singapore-bas...

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  • May 15, 2013
  • at 5:05 pm
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Catcha Media and Says.com Confirm $20 Million Merger, Aim To Dominate Digital Advertising in Malaysia

Malaysia’s media giant Catcha Media Berhad and social news network Says.com have today shaken ...

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  • May 14, 2013
  • at 11:59 pm
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Jack Ma Says He Doesn’t Give a Crap About Rival Jingdong or its CEO

Apparently retirement isn’t doing much to keep former Alibaba CEO Jack Ma out of the limelight...

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  • May 22, 2013
  • at 9:30 am
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Shanghai 4G

China Mobile Preps Biggest Ever 4G Trial in Shanghai

With China Mobile thought to be keen to launch its 4G network nationwide later this year, the behemo...

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  • May 20, 2013
  • at 10:37 pm
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Qihoo Q1 2013 financials

Qihoo Sees Record User Numbers (457 Million) But Falling Income in Q1

China’s Qihoo (NYSE:QIHU), a software maker and web portal turned search engine, has reported its ...

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  • May 20, 2013
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Samsung Galaxy S4 sales to hit 10 million in under 1 month

Samsung CEO Hails 10 Million Galaxy S4 Sales in 3 Weeks, Hints at 100 Million in Future

Samsung (005930:KS) co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun has today hailed the company’s new Galaxy S4 phone as it...

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  • May 17, 2013
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Tech Execs Deflect, But Don’t Directly Deny, Rumors of Sogou Acquisition

Rumors have been swirling for several weeks now of an acquisition deal for Sohu search and input met...

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  • May 17, 2013
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Wechat user numbers

Tencent Posts Rocketing Profits, Sees 195 Million Active Users on WeChat

China’s biggest web company by revenue has just posted its Q1 2013 financial report. Tencent (HKG:...

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  • May 15, 2013
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Vietnam: HungryPanda is Rebranded as Foodpanda to Connect with the Regional Rocket Brand

I wrote about Vietnam’s food delivery landscape earlier this month, and already there are some new...

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  • May 15, 2013
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TMI

TMI Invests In 3 Taiwanese Startups: CitieSocial, Driving Curve, and Peeridea

TMI, a Taiwan-based early stage investment firm founded in 2012 by US venture firm WI Harper Group, ...

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  • May 14, 2013
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