Posts Categorized: Business


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Why Spotify Chose To Launch in Singapore and Malaysia

Spotify picked Asia because piracy is high in this part of the world.

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  • May 13, 2013
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Report: More Layoffs at Renren, Signs of a Strategic Shift?

Renren, ‘the Facebook of China’, has been struggling a bit over the last few years as it...

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  • May 11, 2013
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Rebright Partners: Our New Fund Can Grow the Southeast Asian Market

Rebright Partners, a Japan-based incubator and one of the parties behind Indonesian VC firm Batavia ...

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  • May 10, 2013
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DeNA Hits Record $2 Billion in Revenues for 2012, But Quarterly Profits and Income Slip Again

Japan-based social gaming platform DeNA (TYO:2432) has just rolled out its Q4 and full-year 2012 fin...

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  • May 9, 2013
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Baidu, Qihoo, and Tencent Fighting to Acquire Sogou

Rumor: Baidu, Qihoo, and Tencent Fighting to Acquire Sogou

Boy, there are a lot of acquisition rumors flying around in the Chinese press these days! First ther...

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  • May 9, 2013
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China’s Baidu Just Made its First (Very Stealthy) Move into Indonesia

While we were doing our usual browsing of the web we stumbled on something very interesting: a new s...

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  • May 8, 2013
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After 1 Year in China, Evernote Reaches 4 Million Chinese Users

Last time we got some China numbers from Evernote, makers of the notes syncing service, it had hit 1...

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  • May 7, 2013
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China Mobile Planning Final $6.7 Billion Push to Launch 4G in 344 Cities This Year

Despite a lack of regulatory approval yet, the world’s biggest mobile telco by user-base, China Mo...

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  • May 6, 2013
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Why Alibaba Invested in AutoNavi

Alibaba has been throwing money around like it’s going out of style recently, and the latest c...

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  • May 13, 2013
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Alibaba Explores Online Mapping, Takes Stake in Autonavi For $294 Million

You can wait years for a big deal to hit the Chinese web, but recently the blockbuster moves are com...

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  • May 10, 2013
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Is the Indonesian Government Hurting Or Helping the E-Commerce Industry?

The debate in Indonesia about the upcoming government regulations for the e-commerce industry is sti...

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  • May 9, 2013
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New Shanghai Incubator Seeks Startups With Big Ideas For the Global Supply Chain

With plenty of support already existing for consumer-oriented startups in China – with things ...

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  • May 9, 2013
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China’s Top 3 Most Profitable Web Companies

China’s Top 3 Most Profitable Web Companies

The companies that make the list of China’s top tech earners shouldn’t come as much of a...

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  • May 9, 2013
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How KakaoTalk Grew From a Startup to a Giant Mobile Platform (INTERVIEW)

Like any startup, Kakao’s road to success was paved with blood and sweat.

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  • May 8, 2013
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Baidu Acquires PPS for $370 Million, Claims It’s Now China’s Biggest Video Platform

Well, the rumors are true. Chinese search company Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) announced today that it has ac...

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  • May 7, 2013
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How Memebox Bootstrapped to Become a $1 Million Company

How Memebox Bootstrapped to Become a $1 Million Company (VIDEO)

We had our second ever Tech in Asia Meetup in Singapore. This one featured Hyungseok Dino Ha, CEO an...

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  • May 6, 2013
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