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Crowdsourcing Week to Hold First Global Conference in Singapore

Yesterday, the event known as Crowdsourcing Week announced its first ever global conference on crowd...

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  • December 18, 2012
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China Mobile Brings Dual-Mode 4G to Hong Kong Tomorrow

Hong Kong’s 4G landscape will get a bit more inclusive tomorrow with the roll-out of China Mob...

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  • December 17, 2012
  • at 1:44 pm
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Stock Trading Platform 8 Securities Raises More Funds, Will Soon Launch in Japan

We’ve been following the progress of Hong Kong-based 8 Securities for about a year, and the so...

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  • December 14, 2012
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China’s App Apocalypse? Regulators Explain, Developers Worried

The announcement that China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) will move...

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  • December 14, 2012
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Shanghai’s Mailman Group Launches New Fund, Looks to Invest in Asian Startups

Shanghai-based online media company Mailman Group launched its startup fund a couple of days ago to ...

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  • December 13, 2012
  • at 6:34 pm
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Will Regulation Kill China’s App Market or Save It?

Yesterday, I wrote about MIIT’s plans to regulate China’s app markets and the mobile app...

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  • December 13, 2012
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PicXplorer: More Fun with the Foursquare API in the Philippines

A while back we previewed the Foursquare Hack Day Philippines event, which has since taken place wit...

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  • December 12, 2012
  • at 9:35 pm
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Google Shopping Search Engine for China to be Shut Tomorrow?

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is believed to be shutting down its Google Shopping search engine for China tom...

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  • December 11, 2012
  • at 10:18 pm
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Golden Gate Ventures Scores a Triple Turkey: Coda Payments, RedMart, and TradeGecko

It’s an early Christmas for three startups and a triple turkey for the Golden Gate Ventures (GGV) ...

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  • December 18, 2012
  • at 8:00 am
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For the First Time Ever, an Apple Store Will Open Tomorrow in China’s Wild West

Mainland China gets its eighth – and most far-flung – official Apple Store tomorrow with...

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  • December 14, 2012
  • at 11:56 pm
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Korean Government Awards Google for Helping Spread Korean Culture

Korean pop star PSY’s smash-hit Gangnam Style video (sorry if I just got it stuck in your head...

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  • December 14, 2012
  • at 10:25 am
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iPhone 5 Finally Launched in China, No Reports of Violence

In the early hours of the morning today, the first official iPhone 5s went on sale in China. Unsurpr...

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  • December 14, 2012
  • at 5:30 am
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Japanese Animation Studio Has Global Potential, Receives Silicon Valley Investment

Recently Silicon Valley-based Fenox Venture Capital announced its investment in Japan’s Dream ...

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  • December 13, 2012
  • at 2:40 pm
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You’ll Never Guess What The9 and ZTE Are Teaming Up to Work On

The9 is one of China’s biggest gaming companies. ZTE is one of its biggest handset and telecom...

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  • December 13, 2012
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Will Mobile Apps Soon Need to Register With China’s Government?

China’s mobile app market has developed with remarkable speed over the past few years. That se...

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  • December 12, 2012
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Zalora Joins Many Indonesian E-Commerce Sites in 12-12-12 Sales Spectacular

Tomorrow is the wonderful date of the triple twelves – 12-12-2012 – and to make sure the...

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  • December 11, 2012
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