Posts Categorized: Business


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Samsung Looks to Assert its Dominance with Galaxy S4 Launch in Indonesia

The Samsung Galaxy S4 officially launched today in Indonesia. Kompas today quotes Febri Rusli, the p...

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  • May 3, 2013
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China Mobile’s Top Exec in Guangzhou Detained by Police

Report: China Mobile’s Top Exec in Guangzhou Detained by Police

China Mobile, it seems, is in trouble. Last week, China Business News reported that police had detai...

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  • May 3, 2013
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China Telecom Lowers International Roaming Fees

China has been on an official holiday for the past three days, and there hasn’t been a lot of ...

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  • May 2, 2013
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Andi S. Boediman: Multiply’s Demise Could be a Good Thing for Indonesia’s E-Commerce Industry

[Update: Andi has written the English version of his blog. You can see it here.] The demise of e-com...

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  • April 30, 2013
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Alibaba Gets More Social, Takes Stake in Sina Weibo for $586 Million

China’s top e-commerce company has secured what could be the biggest web deal of the year in t...

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  • April 29, 2013
  • at 10:42 pm
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Tight-Lipped Tokobagus Continues To Grow Strongly

Tokobagus continues to grow under the management of Michal Klar.

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  • April 29, 2013
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An E-Commerce Giant in Indonesia Bites the Dust. What Happened to Multiply?

Friday’s news about e-commerce site Multiply closing down is a shocker. No one could’ve predicte...

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  • April 27, 2013
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Japan’s GungHo Hits $10 Billion Market Cap

There is no end to GungHo's Puzzle and Dragons hype in Japan, it seems.

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  • April 26, 2013
  • at 5:18 pm
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Bank Launches Square-like Device in the Philippines

You seldom hear of banks or financial establishments involving themselves directly in technology tre...

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  • May 3, 2013
  • at 6:19 pm
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If the PPS Rumors are True, Could Baidu Beat Out Youku-Tudou?

China’s tech media has been talking for weeks now as though Baidu’s rumored acquisition ...

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  • May 2, 2013
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10 Mistakes Startups Make Promoting Their Mobile Apps

10 Mistakes Startups Make Promoting Their Mobile Apps

With millions of apps in the major app stores – the iTunes App Store, Google Play, and more – ge...

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  • May 1, 2013
  • at 11:35 am
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Huawei Founder Promises No Nepotism and No IPO

Huawei has been having a strange couple of weeks. Last week, there were the reports that Huawei was ...

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  • April 30, 2013
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Line Targets Kids With Toy Smartphone (PICS)

Together with Takaratomy, the popular mobile chat application is targeting kids with its upcoming Li...

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  • April 29, 2013
  • at 7:51 pm
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Very Very Sorry: Qihoo Loses Second Lawsuit This Week, This Time to Search Engine Rival Baidu

Chinese web company Qihoo has lost its second lawsuit and legal tussle this week. This time, Qihoo (...

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  • April 27, 2013
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Foxconn Has No Plans To Make Apple Products in New Indonesia Factory

Foxconn has no plan to export phones from Indonesia and will not make Apple products there.

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  • April 26, 2013
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E-Commerce Marketplace Multiply to Shut Down

We’ve received news from several readers that social network turned e-commerce marketplace Multipl...

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  • April 26, 2013
  • at 4:24 pm
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