Posts Tagged: America


Neiman Marcus in China

US Luxury Retailer Neiman Marcus Closes China Warehouse, Changes Strategy

The century-old US luxury retailer Neiman Marcus launched in China very quietly late last year after...

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  • May 23, 2013
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BootstrapAccelerator Asia launch 2013

From Silicon Valley With Love: BootstrapAccelerator Asia Launches for Southeast Asian Startups

Silicon Valley-based BootstrapLabs has announced today that it’s bringing the 12-month BootstrapAc...

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  • May 1, 2013
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Vizio phone China launch

3 Months After CES Teaser, Vizio Phone Finally Goes on Sale in China

A few days into the new year, American TV maker Vizio revealed its first ever venture outside of the...

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  • April 23, 2013
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Just.me app launch

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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  • April 17, 2013
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Airbnb Asia

Interview: Airbnb’s Plans in Southeast Asia (Live Blog)

We’ve seen US-based vacation home rentals site Airbnb pushing into Southeast Asia recently, so...

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  • April 5, 2013
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Tencent WeChat America office

China’s Tencent to Open Office in US Devoted to WeChat App

Tencent (HKG:0700), makers of the popular WeChat messaging app, is to open an office in America this...

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  • February 25, 2013
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TuJia Gets Series B Funding For its Vacation Home Rentals Service, HomeAway Again Joins In

After attracting its first major financing in May of last year, the Chinese vacation home rentals st...

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  • February 17, 2013
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Canalys, Chinese smartphone brands

Canalys: China’s Huawei, ZTE, and Lenovo Now Among Global Top 5 Smartphone Makers

The research firm Canalys has unveiled new data for Android shipments in Q4 2012. With Android now p...

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  • February 8, 2013
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Videogram's New iPhone App

Playing Around with Videogram’s New iPhone App

Will Bohn is an entrepreneur working in Tokyo for a digital marketing firm. He loves startups, Asia,...

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  • May 13, 2013
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500Startups Dropmysite

Singapore’s Dropmysite Drops a Bomb, Now Funded By 500 Startups

We’ve been following the progress of Singapore-based Dropmysite pretty closely in the past yea...

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  • April 25, 2013
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Cisco 20 years in Singapore, new office

Cisco Celebrates 20 Years in Singapore With Huge New Office

Networking equipment maker Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) is celebrating 20 years of operating in Singapore wit...

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  • April 17, 2013
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Kabam games fund for Japan

Kabam Launches $50 Million Fund to Bring Japanese Games to the West

California-based game studio Kabam has set up a $50 million fund aimed at getting Japanese games int...

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  • April 9, 2013
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Lenovo US government sales

New US Law Focuses on China Cyber-Espionage, Could Block Lenovo Sales to Government Departments

With renewed tension and worries over cyberattacks reportedly emanating from state-sponsored entitie...

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  • March 28, 2013
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WalletKit makes Passbook cards

Fresh Out of 500 Startups, India’s WalletKit Wants to Make the World’s Passbook Cards

WalletKit was one of the most recent batch of 500 Startups graduates, emerging from the incubator wi...

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  • February 21, 2013
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JinJin loyalty cards

Appconomy Builds Up its Mobile Payments and Loyalty Cards Service for China

Chinese consumers have plenty of choices if they want to use their smartphones to get discount coupo...

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  • February 13, 2013
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China's Great Firewall

White House Petition Calls for Architects of China’s Great Firewall be Denied Entry to the US

A user-submitted petition has gone up on the White House website that calls for the chief architects...

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  • January 27, 2013
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