Posts Tagged: around asia



Kleii, Vietnam’s Dropbox, Will Soon Reach 1 Million Users (Despite 1 Week of Downtime)

Kleii, the Vietnamese Dropbox I wrote about in January just had one week of downtime where users wer...

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  • March 19, 2013
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Veritrans, Indonesia’s Payment Gateway, Relocates Office While Growing 100% Every Month

Indonesian payment gateway for credit cards, Veritrans, just held a get together yesterday to celebr...

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  • March 19, 2013
  • at 5:00 pm
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Indonesia Loves to Guess: See Which Locally-Made Game Booted WeChat from Top Spot on iOS

Do you guys remember the Indonesian game Icon Pop Quiz which received props from Korean singer PSY i...

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  • March 19, 2013
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Rumor: ZTE Executives Detained in Mongolia Bribery Investigation [UPDATED]

It seems every day we come across another rumor about Chinese telecommunications firm ZTE, but unlik...

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  • March 19, 2013
  • at 9:00 am
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Indonesian Top Internet Service Providers Accused of Spying on Users

Three Indonesian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Telkom, Biznet, and Matrixnet Global are somewhat...

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  • March 18, 2013
  • at 7:30 pm
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Vietnam’s Microchip Industry Keeps Getting Bigger

If you know anything about the beginning of Silicon Valley, you know that it all started with a grou...

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  • March 18, 2013
  • at 1:28 pm
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KakaoTalk: From Startup to a Giant Mobile Platform (Startup Asia Preview)

KakaoTalk has been around slightly more than 1,000 days. In those three short years, the Korean mobi...

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  • March 18, 2013
  • at 9:29 am
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Staff Picks: 8 Top News Stories this Week in Tech in Asia

When historians in decades to come look back on this week, they will agree that it was indeed a week...

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  • March 16, 2013
  • at 9:38 pm
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IG9, Vietnam’s First Crowdfunding Platform Launches Today

Today, Vietnam’s finally got a crowdfunding platform. The full-time team of seven come from a ...

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  • March 19, 2013
  • at 8:01 pm
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In Vietnam, TapMee Uses Locations To Help You Meet New People

Tapmee, a new Vietnam-made location-based social networking app just launched today on Android. The ...

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  • March 19, 2013
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Nonstop Games Raises $2.9 Million, Makes Singapore Home

Singapore-based Nonstop Games has raised a $2.9 million seed round led by Creandum and Lifeline Vent...

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  • March 19, 2013
  • at 10:46 am
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How To Get Featured On The Google Play Store: Lessons from Cubie Messenger

I’ve been watching the messaging app battle for a few months now and it’s really hard to...

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  • March 18, 2013
  • at 9:10 pm
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Samwer Brothers Kickstart $193 Million Global Founders Capital

The makers of Rocket Internet, Oliver Samwer and Marc Samwer, together with Fabian Siegal, co-founde...

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  • March 18, 2013
  • at 6:07 pm
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Let the Online Price Comparison Battle in Southeast Asia Begin

The price comparison site battle in Southeast Asia is heating up. OK, maybe the battle isn’t in fu...

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  • March 18, 2013
  • at 10:30 am
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10 Startups in Asia That Caught Our Eye

Here’s our newest weekly list featuring a bunch of hot startups from all over Asia. For tips and s...

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  • March 17, 2013
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Restaurant Booking Site Chope Raises $2.5 Million Led By Singapore Press Holdings

Singapore’s restaurant booking site, Chope, has concluded a US$2.5 million round led by Singap...

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  • March 16, 2013
  • at 1:02 pm
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