Posts Tagged: LBS


China Beidou vs GPS

Get Lost, GPS: China Invests $810 Million to Create Products for Homegrown Navigation System

Always concerned about being reliant on foreign technology, China has been developing a homegrown sa...

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  • May 2, 2013
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Kuaidi Dache app

Chinese Taxi Booking App Flags Down Funding, Alibaba Rumored to be Along For the Ride

Chinese startup Kuaidi Dache (meaning “fast taxis”) has flagged down seed funding to help the ta...

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  • April 11, 2013
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Wooplr app social shopping

From Malls to Markets, Wooplr Brings Social Shopping to India

Most people turn to friends and online buddies for shopping recommendations of all kinds. India-base...

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  • April 1, 2013
  • at 8:00 pm
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Guanxi.me dating app

For Some Reason, a Chinese Hook-Up App Has Made a Music Video About the Dangers of Hooking Up [VIDEO]

Getting tied up by a girl who’s into Fifty Shades of Grey, losing a kidney, getting an STD, ending...

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  • March 12, 2013
  • at 9:32 pm
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Baidu developers tools now in English

China’s Baidu Reaches Out to World, Makes Developer Tools Available in English

China’s leading search engine, Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), is reaching out to developers around the w...

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  • February 27, 2013
  • at 8:59 pm
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Burpple Android app

Get a Taste of Burpple’s Brand-New Android App

It has been nine months since I first wrote about the foodie app Burpple, and in that time the Singa...

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  • February 5, 2013
  • at 12:50 pm
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Just Short of 2 Years Old, WeChat App Surpasses 300 Million Users

The makers of WeChat said recently that the messaging app will likely soon surpass 300 million regis...

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  • January 16, 2013
  • at 11:38 am
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Momo app local listings and check-ins

From Foreplay to Foursquare: China’s Top Dating App Toys With Local Check-Ins

What do you do when your young app has 20 million users and you need a path towards monetization? Go...

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  • January 3, 2013
  • at 1:30 pm
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Burpple Find, Singapore restaurant reviews

Burpple Challenges Yelp in Singapore, Brings Restaurant Reviews Outside the App

After making fast progress from first launching its foodie-oriented photo app in May 2012, now Burpp...

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  • April 18, 2013
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Qlubbr app

Qlubbr is the Nightlife App for Singapore’s Party People

Here’s an app definitely not designed for me: a new social nightlife app called Qlubbr. Made b...

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  • April 8, 2013
  • at 9:00 pm
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WeChat look around for BlackBerry

Time For Southeast Asia to Get Flirty: WeChat Adds ‘Look Around’ Feature on BlackBerry

The China-made messaging app WeChat launched on BlackBerry late last year, taking aim at potential u...

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  • March 25, 2013
  • at 4:37 pm
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Tianji Acquires Business Networking App as Battle Rages to be China’s Top LinkedIn Site

It’s all too rare that a Chinese startup gets the satisfaction of an exit in which it’s ...

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  • March 5, 2013
  • at 12:33 pm
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Baidu mobile apps

Baidu Reaches 80 Million Mobile Apps Users, Reveals Full 2012 Financials

China’s top search engine Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) cranked out its full-year and Q4 2012 financial ...

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  • February 5, 2013
  • at 5:25 pm
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pvz-nut

Pure Social, Location, and Mobile: A Tough Nut to Crack

‘Social, location, and mobile’ is often dubbed SoLoMo for short, and it’s one of the most anno...

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  • February 4, 2013
  • at 1:20 pm
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sprooki-yfind

Singapore’s Sprooki Hooks Up With YFind on Indoor Positioning Technology

We just received word from a representative of Singapore-based startup Sprooki that it will be partn...

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  • January 4, 2013
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Aiming at Indonesia and Beyond, WeChat Launches Beta BlackBerry App

We know that the China-made messaging app WeChat has global ambitions, and that’s made even more c...

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  • December 21, 2012
  • at 8:55 pm
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