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8 Tech Startups in Asia That Caught Our Eye This Week

We covered several new and interesting tech startups in Asia this week. Check them all out below. This week also saw Xiaomi raised a whoppin...

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  • July 1, 2012
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FriendPix Lets You Browse Facebook Photos, All in One App

Made in Japan, FriendPix is an Android app that pulls all your friends’ Facebook photos for easy browsing in one single app. Sure, we ...

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  • June 29, 2012
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The Instagram Business Model

“Product first, money later.” This is one of the many lessons highlighted in the book Facebook Effect. I still believe in that s...

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  • June 28, 2012
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With An Eye on Angry Birds in China, An Animated Orange Raccoon Gets Funding

A-Li is a cutesy orange raccoon that lives in Dream City, loves grapefruit, and is best friends with Big Bear. Look how adorable he is. Don&...

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  • June 27, 2012
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PoshVine Receives Seed Funding From MyFirstCheque

PoshVine, a Bangalore-based startup announced this afternoon that it has received seed funding from MyFirstCheque. Details of the investment...

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  • June 26, 2012
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Startup Asia Jakarta 2012 in an Infographic

We’ve received many emails asking when if we were going to post our Startup Asia Jakarta infographic. And here it is, with design credits...

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  • June 26, 2012
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Quafrica Guides Chinese Travelers Around Africa, In Luxury

There’s another contender in the luxury travel e-commerce sector in China in the form of Quafrica, which specializes in adventure tour...

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  • June 25, 2012
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8 Asian Startups That Caught Our Eye This Week

There was no shortage of interesting news from the startup world in and around the Asia region this week, including a fun new music service ...

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  • June 24, 2012
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Kudos For Moving Full Steam Ahead into China

China is one of the mobile markets that looks set for huge growth. And time to time, we hear startups in Southeast Asia wanting to do things...

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  • June 30, 2012
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Wishkoo Lets Friends Pitch In to Make Your Wish Come True

It is very common in Indonesia for friends to pitch in to buy one big gift for a buddy on special occasions, such as birthdays. Traditionall...

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  • June 29, 2012
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Food Journal App Burpple Localizes and Integrates Sina Weibo, Burpin’ its Way Into China

Probably one of Singapore’s hottest startups, Burpple, has officially launched the latest version of its social food journal app with supp...

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  • June 27, 2012
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Summon Auntie Upgrade Lets you Message Car Owners by their Plate Number

Summon Auntie, an app to help Singaporean drivers evade parking meter attendants, has officially launched the fifth version of its app. It h...

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  • June 27, 2012
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SiTF Announces S$1M Challenge For All Tech Startups

To mark Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF)’s 30th anniversary celebration, it has announced a S$1 million ($780,000) challeng...

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  • June 26, 2012
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Chinese Phone-Maker Xiaomi Secures $216 Million in Series C Funding

It has just been announced by Lei Jun, founder and CEO of the disruptive startup phone-maker Xiaomi, that the company has secured a staggeri...

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  • June 26, 2012
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Cool New Karaoke App for iPhone Takes China By Storm

In a way, it’s amazing there wasn’t a good karaoke app for Chinese iPhone users years ago. After all, the KTV (China’s ter...

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  • June 25, 2012
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Can You Measure Happiness? Freehap App Aims to Do So

Wanna be happy? There’s an app for that. Well not exactly, but an app with the ambitious goal of making the world a happier place has ...

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  • June 22, 2012
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