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Alibaba Working on a Set-Top Box to Bring E-Commerce to Your TV?

Alibaba Working on a Set-Top Box to Bring E-Commerce to Your TV?

Last year it was cheap smartphones; this year the China trend — again, inspired by Xiaomi R...

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  • May 16, 2013
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HaiVL: Vietnam’s Funniest Website Gets 2 Million Hits Per Day After Just 1 Year

Content in Vietnam is a wasteland. Most of the nation’s users are flocking to forums where most of...

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  • May 15, 2013
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SingTel invests in startups

With Only Digital Business Growing, SingTel Sets Aside $1.6B For Startup Acquisitions

The newest earnings report from SingTel (SGX:T48) makes for painful reading. The giant Singapore-bas...

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  • May 15, 2013
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China Apple shipments

Canalys: China Bought 82 Million Smartphones in Q1, Apple Back Up to 5th Spot

When we looked at Canalys smartphone data for Q4 2012, we noted that Apple had sunk to sixth spot in...

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  • May 15, 2013
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WeiboSuite Translates Censored Sina Weibo Posts Into English, Is Awesome

The folks at Hong Kong University’s China Media Project have been doing incredible work lookin...

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  • May 15, 2013
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BBM No Longer Shackled to Blackberry Platform: Will Indonesians Rejoice?

I remember a few years ago that there was this constant rumor that Blackberry was going to allow its...

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  • May 15, 2013
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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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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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The Growth Story and Future of Mobile Chat App Giant LINE

Popular mobile messaging chat app Line was created by NHN Japan, with Japanese and Korean team inspi...

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  • May 15, 2013
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Wechat user numbers

Tencent Posts Rocketing Profits, Sees 195 Million Active Users on WeChat

China’s biggest web company by revenue has just posted its Q1 2013 financial report. Tencent (HKG:...

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  • May 15, 2013
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ChatPerk gadget lets your iPhone emit smells

Attach and Sniff: Japan’s ChatPerf Lets Your iPhone Emit Smells (VIDEO)

Using a smartphone is a very sensual and immersive experience, but so far our sense of smell has bee...

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  • May 15, 2013
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Vietnam: HungryPanda is Rebranded as Foodpanda to Connect with the Regional Rocket Brand

I wrote about Vietnam’s food delivery landscape earlier this month, and already there are some new...

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  • May 15, 2013
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Bloody Brawl in Chinese Internet Cafe Starts Over Pocket Change

Last week, an argument between some patrons at a Chinese internet cafe ended in violence when one ma...

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  • May 15, 2013
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500 Startups’s New Batch Includes Plenty of Asian Startups

500 Startups’s New Batch Includes Plenty of Asian Startups

Silicon Valley-based Accelerator 500 Startups has released the list of its Batch 6 startups, and it&...

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  • May 15, 2013
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Catcha Media and Says.com Confirm $20 Million Merger, Aim To Dominate Digital Advertising in Malaysia

Malaysia’s media giant Catcha Media Berhad and social news network Says.com have today shaken ...

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  • May 14, 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
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