Posts Tagged: startup



Ziuma is a Blatant, Broken Indonesian Facebook Clone

In the process of digging up interesting startups, we come across a lot of bad ones, and that includes a fair number of uncreative copies. B...

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  • March 14, 2013
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SocialCops

Trash-Filled Streets and Potholed Roads? Who Ya Gonna Call? SocialCops!

When faced with a problem or annoyance, it’s sometimes nice (if annoying for others) to vent about it online. For Indian urbanites, th...

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  • March 8, 2013
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Indonesian-Made Satay Chef Game Hits Blackberry 10

The Blackberry Z10 launch in Indonesia on Monday signals the launch of 4,000 apps made in the country. Yeah, that’s a very nice figure loo...

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  • March 6, 2013
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Less Than 14% of Chinese App Developers Make a Profit, Says China Mobile Executive

Many of China’s tech luminaries are gathered in Beijing for the Two Meetings, and that means they’re all talking to the press. X...

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  • March 6, 2013
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Why (Almost) Every Startup Should Be Working From Home

Marissa Mayer may have decided that working from home doesn’t work anymore for Yahoo, but that doesn’t mean that working from ho...

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  • March 5, 2013
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Snaptee app

Hong Kong’s SnapTee Gets Seed Funding for its Custom T-Shirts Store

T-shirts have proved to be a popular way for startups in Asia to meld design and e-commerce. A new site in this fashionable sector is Hong K...

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  • February 28, 2013
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Appconomy Makes Custom Apps for Merchants on China's Taobao

Appconomy Makes Custom Apps for Merchants on China’s Taobao

China’s seminal e-commerce site Taobao, which enables anyone to become an amateur shopkeeper, has over a million merchants on its plat...

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  • February 26, 2013
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MOGi mobile wallet app

MOGi App Checks Out Funding for its Loyalty Cards and Mobile Payments Platform

We recently looked at the MOGi mobile wallet and loyalty cards app, which combines discounts with mobile payments. Today, the startup behind...

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  • February 20, 2013
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Happy Kitten

On Choosing Startup Employment: Why I’m the Happiest I’ve Ever Been

Several recent life events have led me to write this article. Suddenly landing on the cusp of graduation from a local university, employment...

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  • March 13, 2013
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Happy Ending: Vietnamese Startup Uses Sex to Sell Flowers

Sometimes you click around and you stumble upon some really funny websites that you have to share. Well, here’s one: HappyEnding.vn. When ...

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  • March 7, 2013
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Paishouba China app store

With E-Books, Music, and Apps, Paishouba Aims to be the iTunes Store of China

Despite the abundance of third-party app stores in China, we know that content creators and developers in China are not getting paid. What w...

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  • March 6, 2013
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Silverline app for seniors

With Your Second-Hand iPhone and These New Healthcare Apps, Singaporean Seniors Have a Lifeline

“Why build new hardware when the world is full of amazing iPhones and Android devices?” With that idea, one civic-minded startup...

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  • March 5, 2013
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WhiteAsMilk online store

Singapore Parents Can Now Get Babycare Products in Monthly Boxes with This New Startup

We’ve seen subscription e-commerce startups sending tasty or luxury things to people’s doorsteps every month, but how about the ...

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  • March 1, 2013
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Australian Property Listings Startup Welcomes Chinese Buyers to the Land of Oz

One of the most remarkable aspects of the economic boom in China has been the overseas property buying spree among some wealthier Chinese ci...

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  • February 26, 2013
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BillPin app

BillPin Updates Apps, Has Helped Friends Track Over $1 Million in Shared Expenses

Homer Simpson would hate BillPin app; as someone not fond of paying back borrowed money – or returning Ned Flanders’ lawnmower ̵...

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  • February 21, 2013
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Beer E-Commerce Startup Raises Funds for China Expansion

Undoubtedly one of humanity’s greatest ancient achievements was inventing beer. Though humankind then massively messed up by coming up...

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  • February 19, 2013
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