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WeChat first: a new frontier in China beyond Android and iOS

WeChat first: a new frontier in China beyond Android and iOS

As WeChat slowly opens up to the world, no developer that wants to break into China should write it off as too closed to consider.
Paul Bischoff · · 6 min read
These 7 US startups show that your business can survive in China

These 7 US startups show that your business can survive in China

Twitter, Facebook, Dropbox, and nearly everything that Google produces – all blocked in China. But that’s not discouraging some US startups from entering the notorious tricky and divergent Chinese market.
Steven Millward · · 10 min read
Flipboard, “not worried about censorship,” doubles down on China

Flipboard, “not worried about censorship,” doubles down on China

“We’re very careful with following all the right guidelines,” Alexander said, “I’m not really worried about censorship.”
Paul Bischoff · · 2 min read
Hulu founding CTO and Flipboard CTO Eric Feng: Don’t listen to your investors, never stop recruiting

Hulu founding CTO and Flipboard CTO Eric Feng: Don’t listen to your investors, never stop recruiting

Eric Feng spoke to a packed house about the trials and tribulations of his entrepreneurial journey, and gave aspiring entrepreneurs his unique advice about how to approach some common problems.
Jack Wang · · 5 min read

Apps Foundry’s Scoop News generates Indonesian local news in a smart way

(Updated on January 27th: Scoop News is now available for iPhone.) Following the popularity of e-Reader Scoop, Apps Foundry1 launches Scoop News today. This free Android app curates Indonesian local
Dewi Yuliani · · 3 min read

Flipboard Is Now Blocked In China, But Chinese Edition Of App Is Left Unmolested

China’s Great Firewall has been quiet for a few months, contenting itself with its huge swathe of blockages on all kinds of fun or inconvenient sites. But the Great Firewall
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

India’s NewsHunt App Nearly Outflips Flipboard, Hits 10 Billion Page-Views

India’s top homegrown news reader app has hit 10 billion page-views, the startup revealed today. NewsHunt was launched in June 2009 and hit the five billion milestone last October. Available
Steven Millward · · 1 min read

One Chinese App Store Holds a Beauty Pageant for Android Apps

I’ve long believed that Google needs to do more to push for and promote beautiful-looking Android apps – preferably by splashing out a fair amount of its profits to top
Steven Millward · · 3 min read

Flipboard Enlists Dentsu, ADK Group to Help Make it Big in Japan

Japanese ad agency Dentsu (TYO: 4324) and ADK Group have announced (pdf) that they have become business partners for Flipboard in Japan. With this partnership, the companies will help Flipboard
Rick Martin · · 1 min read

Shanda’s Daguan is a Flipboard Clone with Bookmarking Features

Shanda’s Daguan news app aims to give readers a new meaning to, and experience of, reading. It is basically a mobile newsreader, where it provides a wide range of news
Andrew Wang · · 2 min read