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Gotcha Turns Captcha Into Branded Pictures, Lets Website Owners Monetize Blocking Spammers

Though very simple, ‘captcha’ technology has been very important for netizens to filter out spam...

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Just.me Launches as a Messaging App to Kill Off Facebook, Looks to Asia for Big Boost

Oh great, another messaging app. But now that these are clearly ubiquitous social tools, we’ll...

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CNNIC: Chinese E-commerce Market Exceeded $190 Billion in 2012

The China Internet Network Information Center released its numbers for Chinese e-commerce in 2012 an...

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5 Mobile Apps Chinese Smartphone Users Can’t Live Without

Besides WeChat, it’s worthwhile to remind ourselves of the other mobile apps that the Chinese use ...

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The Spark Project: Crowdfunding in the Philippines Lets Many Hands Make Light Work

If two is company, and three’s a crowd, does seven make it crowdfunding? The seven-man team at The...

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PropertyGuru Launches ‘Luxury Gallery’ for Classy Condos and Pricey Penthouses

PropertyGuru announced this afternoon that it has formed a strategic partnership with Far East Organ...

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Studied Abroad And Returned To Vietnam: Startups that Defy the Brain Drain

Two factors draw in great talent into countries: really great projects that react to specific proble...

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Papaya Mobile Launches SDK to Help App Developers Monetize Through China Mobile Billing

Getting your game or app into China’s mobile marketplace can be hard enough, but monetizing th...

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Lean Startup Machine Goes to Tokyo, Launches #LeanTOKYO

Startup friends in Tokyo will be pleased to know that the Lean Startup Machine will be holding its f...

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China’s Ten Most Popular PC Games (March 2013)

Gaming is big in China and only getting bigger. And while mobile gaming is important, the PC is stil...

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Kaifu Lee: Rumors of Weibo’s Death Are Exaggerated

We’ve written a lot about the rise of WeChat and the danger it poses to Sina Weibo. Last night...

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  • April 17, 2013
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Sieu Web, A New Website-Building Platform For Businesses in Vietnam

In my opinion, most websites in Vietnam are crap. They’re ugly, poorly designed, horribly colo...

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CyberAgent Ventures to Increase Fund to US$20M With Strong Interest in Thailand

At the sidelines of the Startup Asia Singapore conference, I had the opportunity to meet Nobuaki Kit...

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China’s Top Apple Hackers Launch a Pirate iOS App Store

Far from being shut down by Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), the Chinese team behind KuaiYong seems to be thrivi...

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Lolabox vs BeautyTreats: Two New Beauty Box Startups Launch in Indonesia [UPDATED]

(Updated on April 18th: BeautyTreats launched last month. The article incorrectly stated that the st...

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It’s Official: Spotify Launches in Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong

We mistakenly leaked last week that Spotify is set to launch in Singapore. So today’s launch b...

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  • April 16, 2013
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