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Singapore’s Loan Garage Launches Kredit Aja in Indonesia with a Bang

Today Singapore-based Loan Garage, a startup that aims to help people get loans online, announced th...

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  • May 13, 2013
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Why Alibaba Invested in AutoNavi

Alibaba has been throwing money around like it’s going out of style recently, and the latest c...

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  • May 13, 2013
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10 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week

The team has been hard at work this week collecting all the top stories in China, so let’s tak...

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  • May 12, 2013
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Report: More Layoffs at Renren, Signs of a Strategic Shift?

Renren, ‘the Facebook of China’, has been struggling a bit over the last few years as it...

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  • May 11, 2013
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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
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With 1.4 Million Users, Taobao Launches Hong Kong Official Site

E-shopping marketplace Taobao has been aggressively expanding to Hong Kong and Taiwan. With 1.4 mill...

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  • May 10, 2013
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Rebright Partners: Our New Fund Can Grow the Southeast Asian Market

Rebright Partners, a Japan-based incubator and one of the parties behind Indonesian VC firm Batavia ...

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  • May 10, 2013
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Techhub Manchester’s Co-Founder Visits Pakistan, Plans New Co-Working Space

Adam Dawood is the founding partner of DYL Ventures, a Pakistan-centric venture capital and consulta...

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  • May 10, 2013
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Why Spotify Chose To Launch in Singapore and Malaysia

Spotify picked Asia because piracy is high in this part of the world.

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  • May 13, 2013
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14 Startups in Asia That Caught Our Eye

This week, we have a bunch of inspiring founder stories from Singapore and South Korea, as well as i...

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  • May 12, 2013
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Staff Picks: 7 Top News Stories this Week on Tech in Asia

I’m up visiting Hanoi, Vietnam this weekend to check out the startup scene, where there’s clearl...

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  • May 11, 2013
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The Blogshop Phenomenon in Singapore

Blogshops have become a huge phenomenon in Singapore, with four of the country’s ten most-searched...

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  • May 10, 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
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Beware: BSA Raids Indonesian Companies Which Run Pirated Software

I’m not sure how people in general think of Business Software Alliance (BSA), especially those liv...

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  • May 10, 2013
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Vietnamese Nude Model Asks Google To Take Down Photos of Her Posing With A Monk

In university, I majored in history of religion and visual culture, so how can I resist writing abou...

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  • May 10, 2013
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Netease Teases New Mystery Shooter, New Globally-Competitive Game Engine?

Everybody loves a good mystery. And it seems the folks at Netease have gotten people talking about o...

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  • May 10, 2013
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