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How doodling can make you a millionaire with Line

How doodling can make you a millionaire with Line

The top 10 designers on messaging app Line made over $1 million last year. Sticker team manager Naotomo Watanabe shares how you can too.
Peter Rothenberg · · 4 min read
After building a hospital in Cambodia, this doctor is bootstrapping a new mission in Japan

After building a hospital in Cambodia, this doctor is bootstrapping a new mission in Japan

Hiroaki Ishimitsu plunged $250k and countless hours into developing the service. Now he wants to move quickly and capture the market.
David Corbin · · 5 min read
CASS Report: China’s Microbloggers Are Young, Under-Educated, and Poor

CASS Report: China’s Microbloggers Are Young, Under-Educated, and Poor

Confucius: way older than the average microblogger. WeChat may be the fastest-growing social service in China right now, but microblogging is still huge. But who are the users behind the
C. Custer · · 2 min read
Indian Startup DepartedLife is a Social Network for Dead People

Indian Startup DepartedLife is a Social Network for Dead People

As time goes on, it becomes clear that this whole internet thing isn’t just a passing fad. Yet somehow, as popular as social networking has become around the world, no
C. Custer · · 3 min read

This is the Year that China’s Coolest Music Streaming Startup Should Come of Age [REVIEW]

The Jing.fm player can be made wider, but here it is with the settings open. Click to enlarge. Jing.fm was one of the coolest new startups to emerge in China
Steven Millward · · 3 min read

Hubblr Launches Out of Beta, Ready to Handle Your Social Marketing to China

The Hubblr dashboard now support's China's Renren (pictured) as well as Sina Weibo. Last winter we looked at Hubblr, a dashboard for global social marketing that includes support for China’s
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

DateIITians is an Indian Dating Startup Looking to Go Global

Facebook’s slow transition from a very focused and elite demographic to a broad one proved that there’s some wisdom in going after nerdy college students first when you’re building a
C. Custer · · 3 min read

Facebook Adds 20 Million New Users Across Asia as Social Media Grows Apace [INFOGRAPHIC]

A fresh snapshot of Asia’s social media landscape reveals which service dominates in each country – and it’s especially good news for Facebook, which has added more than 20 million users across Asia in the past six months.
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

China’s Social Media and Web Landscape in 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC]

The Infographic of the Day series visually expresses important stories from Asia and the world of technology. Here’s a very handy cheat-sheet – created by CIC, the Chinese social business
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Momo App Reaches 2 Million Flirty Users, Says Some of its Couples Have Married

The location-based flirting app Momo, which we reviewed last December, has hit an impressive milestone – its user numbers have shot past the two million mark. Momo allows people to
Steven Millward · · 2 min read