Posts Tagged: around asia


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Photo App PicMix Goes Viral and Passes 8 Million Users

Indonesian-made photo app PicMix impressively passed eight million users last month in just nine mon...

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  • February 5, 2013
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Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s Supreme Leader, Carries a HTC Smartphone

I’m not sure if this will be a boost to HTC’s sales or not, but it appears that Kim Jong...

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  • February 5, 2013
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The Start Network: Building Ho Chi Minh City’s Entrepreneur Ecosystem

If you’re coming to Ho Chi Minh city and you want to learn about startups, the Start Center, a...

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  • February 4, 2013
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Microsoft Singapore to Award Founder Institute Scholarship in App Dev Contest

Microsoft Singapore recently introduced the BizSpark Launch Academy, a Windows developer competition...

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  • February 4, 2013
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KakaoTalk Releases K-Pop Star Emoticons for Indonesian Users

Korea-made chat app KakaoTalk today launched sets of Korean pop star emoticons that are localized fo...

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  • February 4, 2013
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8 Startups in Asia That Caught Our Eye

Here’s the list of startups which we have written about in the past seven days. For tips and stori...

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  • February 3, 2013
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Tech in Asia: Our Picks for News of the Week [Feb. 2, 2013]

This week’s bloggers’ selections span more of the continent than usual – all the w...

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  • February 2, 2013
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Smartfren’s New Andromax-u Handset Looks Promising

Indonesian handset manufacturer and telco Smartfren released an Android handset yesterday called the...

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  • February 1, 2013
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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
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Zalo: Vietnam’s Flagship Mobile Messaging App Has Arrived

If Vietnam’s got a heated battle for messaging app dominance, where is the Vietnamese contende...

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  • February 5, 2013
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Singapore’s Redmart Gets Bigger Team, Bigger Warehouse, Bigger Revenue

Singapore-based online supermarket RedMart seems to be doing very well these days. At least everythi...

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  • February 4, 2013
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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
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How The Mobile Gamer (TMG) Hustles For Growth in Southeast Asia

Singapore-based startup The Mobile Gamer (TMG) has come a long way since it was founded in December ...

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  • February 4, 2013
  • at 9:27 am
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VanityTrove Buys Glossybox Taiwan, Now Has “A Few Thousand” Subscribers

On a peaceful and lazy Saturday afternoon, beauty box subscription commerce startup VanityTrove anno...

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  • February 2, 2013
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KakaoTalk social gaming launch iOS and Japan

KakaoTalk Launches Social Gaming Platform on iOS and in Japan

Korean-made messaging app KakaoTalk launched its Game Platform on Android in its home country last J...

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  • February 2, 2013
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Singapore’s Pirate3DP Gets Seed Funding for its Disruptive 3D Printers

3D printing promises a world of amazing possibilities, bringing small-scale manufacturing onto your ...

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  • February 1, 2013
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