KakaoTalk Reveals $45 Million Revenue, $7 Million Profit
Kakao co-CEO Sirgoo Lee revealed that KakaoTalk made $7 million in profit in 2012, from revenue of $...
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Chinese Web Game Developer Linekong Online Shifts Focus to Mobile Gaming
Earlier this week, Linekong Online was one of China’s best known and biggest developers of web...
Singapore Startup BillPin Acquires Larger Rival BillMonk
It’s not too often that an acquisition happens around here – even less so do we see a st...
Are China Telecom and Netease Taking on WeChat with a New Mobile Chat App?
We’ve written a bit lately about how China’s major telecoms are upset with WeChat and ot...
KakaoTalk Hits 10 Million Downloads in Japan
KakaoTalk says in a blog post today that it has hit 10 million downloads in Japan.
Japan’s Cutesy Photodeco App Hits 500,000 Downloads
Made by Japanese mobile giant I-Freek, the photo customization app Photodeco has hit 500,000 downloa...
Japanese Photo App DecoAlbum Gets Funding, Because Kawaii Never Goes Out of Style
Japanese photo app DecoAlbum has just revealed the finalization of $100,000 in seed funding from Eas...
Firefox OS is the Only Chance at a ‘Homegrown’ Mobile Platform for China
You might think that a country needs a homegrown mobile OS like a tiger needs a cage, but that’...
Coffee Chat: KakaoTalk’s Growth From Startup (Live Blog)
Next up on stage, Sirgoo Lee. He’s the Co-CEO of popular South Korea social messaging applicat...
WeChat Begins Real-Name Verification for Open Platform Users
Tencent’s WeChat mobile chat app is quickly becoming much more than just a chat app, and one o...
Fearing Chat Apps, Vietnam’s Telcos Hike Prices
Across the region, telcos are in a quandary as to how to deal with chat apps like Line, Whatsapp, an...
Baidu Working on Google Glass-Like ‘Baidu Eye’ (UPDATE: Confirmed)
(UPDATED on April 3rd: A Baidu representative confirms to us that this is a genuine – though e...
The Rise of Mobile Apps in India (INFOGRAPHIC)
Mobile apps are getting big everywhere, but it was just a few years ago that you might have been for...
From Malls to Markets, Wooplr Brings Social Shopping to India
Most people turn to friends and online buddies for shopping recommendations of all kinds. India-base...
Pony Ma: WeChat Helps Tencent Become an International Brand
At a summit for IT leaders yesterday in Shenzhen, China, Tencent founder and CEO Pony Ma said that m...
Indonesia’s Largest Telco Blocks Vimeo, Why?
(Updated on April 10th: Vimeo is no longer being blocked by Telkomsel. Hat tip: Ferdinand Zebua for ...
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