Posts Categorized: Mobile


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GREE Shuts Down China Branch (Update: CONFIRMED)

Update: GREE has replied and this is the company’s official statement on the matter: We are re...

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  • May 15, 2013
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KakaoHome launch

Kakao Launches KakaoHome, A Social Android Launcher For Your Smartphone

Kakao, the maker of Korean mobile chat app, KakaoTalk, has launched KakaoHome a launcher for Android...

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  • May 14, 2013
  • at 7:18 pm
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Indonesia’s ICT Minister: BlackBerry Sales Drop 70% in Indonesia

BlackBerry users around the world might be questioning their loyalty after another outage of the pop...

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  • May 14, 2013
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Puzzle & Dragons Maker GungHo Reaches $15 Billion Market Cap, Now Worth More Than Nintendo

Dr. Serkan Toto is a gaming expert and independent consultant based in Tokyo. You can follow him on ...

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  • May 13, 2013
  • at 10:00 pm
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China’s Top Chat App Gets a WeChat-Like Makeover, But Everyone Hates It

Tencent’s (HKG:0700) chat service QQ is used by over half a billion people and is China’s top ap...

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  • May 13, 2013
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Videogram's New iPhone App

Playing Around with Videogram’s New iPhone App

Will Bohn is an entrepreneur working in Tokyo for a digital marketing firm. He loves startups, Asia,...

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  • May 13, 2013
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Vietnam’s Mobile Growth Completely Ignores the Macro-Economy

On the eve of Mobile Day in Hanoi tomorrow, I think it’s worth taking a closer look at mobile ...

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  • May 10, 2013
  • at 5:44 pm
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Line’s Revenue for Q4 2012 Was $58 Million

For the first time since NHN debuted its popular chat app, Line is publicly announcing its quarterly...

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  • May 9, 2013
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Zoolook fashion app

Zoolook Brings Together Fashionistas, Fashion Bloggers, and Brands – All in One App

We’ve seen all kinds of social fashion startups crop up in Asia in the past couple of years. One o...

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  • May 14, 2013
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Money Lover: Vietnam’s Answer to Mint Already Has Over 1.5 Million Downloads

After traveling up to Hanoi last weekend and hunting for cool startups, a lot of the people there ke...

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  • May 14, 2013
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reep

Reep Remembers The Photos You Took A Year Ago

Photos become more meaningful when you look at them in relation to time. Reep is a made-in-Japan mob...

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  • May 14, 2013
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Kpaper: Vietnam’s First Ever Mobile Magazine App Comes To iOS and Android

Kpaper: Vietnam’s First Ever Mobile Magazine App Comes To iOS and Android

If you’re in Vietnam and you’ve got an iOS device, chances are you’re not using Ap...

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  • May 13, 2013
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Just Dial IPO India

India’s Just Dial Ready to Raise $175 Million in IPO Next Week

I know that India’s Just Dial has been on the verge of an IPO before, but this time it’s for rea...

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  • May 13, 2013
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Autonavi apps 100 million users

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
  • at 6:12 pm
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Japan’s Quan Partners with AIS in Thailand for Sticker App

In yet another example of companies from East Asia expanding into the Southeast, Japan’s Quan ...

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  • May 9, 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
  • at 3:32 pm
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