Posts Categorized: Mobile


KakaoTalk social gaming launch iOS and Japan

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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  • April 4, 2013
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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...

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  • April 4, 2013
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BillPin app

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...

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  • April 3, 2013
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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...

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  • April 3, 2013
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KakaoTalk Hits 10 Million Downloads in Japan

KakaoTalk says in a blog post today that it has hit 10 million downloads in Japan.

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  • April 2, 2013
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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...

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  • April 1, 2013
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DecoAlbum app

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...

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  • April 1, 2013
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Firefox OS China

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’...

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  • March 29, 2013
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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...

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  • April 4, 2013
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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...

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  • April 4, 2013
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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...

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  • April 3, 2013
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Baidu Eye prototype

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...

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  • April 3, 2013
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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...

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  • April 2, 2013
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Wooplr app social shopping

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...

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  • April 1, 2013
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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...

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  • April 1, 2013
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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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  • March 29, 2013
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