Cool Amazon Ads in the Beijing Subway
Ever since it shed its Joyo moniker this fall, Amazon China has been on a marketing push to get people in China to respond to Amazon and the url z.cn as a brand. Today, on the way to repair my computer, I happened across a pretty cool advertisement for the company in the Beijing subway.As you can see, Amazon has erected fake shipping boxes with Amazon's familiar logo around a few of the pillars in the Guomao station, and probably elsewhere as well. It's pretty eye-catching for people who ride ...
Amazon Reportedly Making Progress With Japanese Publishers, Kindle Coming… erm… Later
Any of our readers in Japan who are waiting for Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) to start selling e-books and its Kindle e-reader the country are very likely running out of patience. We’ve been following Japanese news reports over the past six months or so, and more than once we’ve heard that its coming soon only to be later disappointed .Taking a look back at previous news reports, we can see that the delays are getting more than a little tired:October 2011: Nikkei Business Daily says Amazon is in late stage negotiations, ...
Amazon China CEO: B2C is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
B2C in China is big business, and it's a big business that Alibaba's Tmall is currently kind of dominating. Taking a gander at the chart below might be intimidating for anyone running a B2C site in China that isn't Tmall, but it doesn't phase Amazon China's CEO Wang Hanhua. In an interview with Southern Metropolis, he said that B2C is a marathon, not a sprint:I'm most concerned with whether or not you've prepared for the marathon, whether or not you will be the final victor. When there are three ...
Rocket Internet’s Amazon Clone, Lazada, Hits Indonesia
Rocket Internet recently launched fashion e-commerce site Zalora, and now it has brought out another e-commerce venture that’s focused on selling electronics. It’s called Lazada. The word ‘lazada’ itself is the Spanish word for loop, and it is another clone made by the notorious Samwer brothers, ostensibly following Amazon’s model this time. Which is a polite way of saying it looks almost identical to the old Amazon.com before its recent refresh - or to the current UK version of the site (pictured above). Based in the Middle East - Dubai ...
Volpen: An Online Collaboration Tool for Writing Stories
I’m beginning to appreciate the beauty of online collaboration tools of late. Our own team here at Tech in Asia uses online collaboration tools since we are all located in different countries. Collaboration breeds creativity, and there are many online tools which facilitate this process.A writing collaboration service from Indonesia recently caught my attention. It's called Volpen, and it aims to unite casual writers all over the globe to create the next epic literary work, one book at a time.It strikes me as a little odd, but also cool ...
Amazon China and Suning Quit Selling iPads in Ongoing Trademark Battle
Two Chinese B2C e-commerce sites, Amazon China and Suning.com (SHE:002024), have removed the iPad from sale in an apparent move to avoid implication in the Apple versus Proview legal battle over the use of the iPad name in mainland China. Today, a search for ‘iPad’ or ‘iPad 2’ or any relevant permutation yields results only for accessories for (or rivals of) Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iconic tablet on both those sites (pictured above).Just two days ago, an Apple reseller in a city in central China was raided by authorities and had 45 ...
Japan to Get Kindle Touch in April? [REPORT]
The Nikkei Business Daily is reporting that Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) will start selling its Kindle ebook reader in Japan as early as April, with pricing falling somewhere in the 10,000 to 20,000 yen range ($130 to $260). The Kindle Touch will likely be the company’s flagship device, and will reportedly have free data access via Docomo’s (NYSE:DCM) 3G network.Sale of the device would of course require that Amazon first nail down a deal with Japanese publishers for its e-book service in the country, something which has proven elusive for the ...
Will 2012 Be a Tough Year for Chinese E-Commerce Sites?
2012 is still young, especially in China, where the new year doesn't really start until Spring Festival has wound to a close. And while the last few years have seen massive expansion in the e-commerce market and new companies springing up right and left, could 2012 be the year that sees that trend reverse? The China Business Journal thinks so.The paper ran a lengthy article today with predictions for 2012's e-commerce market. While e-commerce as a market is likely to continue to grow, that may not be enough to rescue ...
Amazon Launches Junglee.com for Indian Market
Last summer there were reports that Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) would be entering the Indian market in early 2012. This has turned out to indeed be the case, as this past week the company finally launched its online shopping website junglee.com to serve Indian consumers.Amazon says that the new web service will offer over 12 million products from 14,000 brands, and will allow customers to buy from retailers including “Homeshop18, UniverCell, Hidesign, Gitanjali, The Bombay Store, Fabindia, Bata India Limited, Dabur Uveda, Microsoft India Store, Reebok, and Amazon.com.”The Junglee website offers a ...
GREE Brings on Assortment of Partnership To Support Global Platform, Includes Amazon, Microsoft
Japanese mobile social gaming company GREE (TYO:3632) has announced a number of global partnerships that will bring support tools as its prepares to launch its global gaming platform.There are 20 new international partners coming on board with GREE to assist with development, most notably Amazon and Microsoft. Other companies highlighted in GREE’s announcement are as follows:table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 4px; margin: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;} .tableizer-table th {background-color: #104E8B; color: #FFF; font-weight: bold;}LocalizationServer-side infrastructureDebuggingUser support Digital Hearts Co. Ltd. Amazon Data ...
Social Tipping Platform Grow! Officially Released in Japan
Today, social tipping platform Grow! made its official launch in Japan. We have previously covered Grow here, as a platform that allows users to donate money to publishers. The Grow button has been placed on more than 3,600,000 pages as of January 6th, 2012. There are some key differences we see about the newborn Grow, one being its website design. User can see the archive of all contents that they 'Growed' (Grew?) in a timeline format. By following other users on Grow, you'll see what kinds of content people feel is worth paying for. So ...
7 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week
Here’s a quick round of of some of the more notable China tech stories we covered for the first week of 2012!1. China Implements Real-Name Registration, Online Ticket Sales for Trains, BusesChina’s online real name requirements look to be spreading to many corners of the internet, and early in the week we saw that this included China’s online train system, and before long there will be real name requirements to online payment systems (like Alipay, for example) as well. As for microblogs, we also found out this week that the ...
Chinese Vacation Home Rental Service Tujia Receives Series A Investment
May 16, 2012
May 16, 2012
Indonesia’s Fimela Adds E-commerce to its Services With FimelaShop.com
May 15, 2012
Mixi Denies Nikkei Report that CEO Wants to Sell 55% Stake
May 15, 2012
Wolianxi App Helps you Organize Outings Fast
May 15, 2012
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