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Malaysian TV’s ‘Make The Pitch’ Finalists FashionValet Pocket Some Serious...
Season two of the Malaysian startup pitching TV show Make The Pitch has just wrapped up with two of the six finalists securing some serious seed funding from MyEG (MYEG:MK), the e-services provider...
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Endeavor Indonesia: These Three Tech Entrepreneurs Will Change the Country
From the left - Vincent iswaratioso (Indomog), Niki Luhur (Kartuku), and Aldi Haryopratomo (Ruma) Global non-profit Endeavor aspires to be a catalyst for high-impact entrepreneurs around the world, and...
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PandoDaily Sets The GFW to Music
Ever wanted to hear the GFW explained in an animated music video? Well, now you can because — for reasons that are unclear to us — PandoDaily has created one. Cool. The post PandoDaily Sets The GFW to...
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Qihoo’s Zhou Hongyi Needs to Just Shut Up
“Science cop” Fang Zhouzi seems to be remaining quiet after yesterday stating that he planned to sue Qihoo 360 for alleging that he had been hired by Baidu to spread false reports about the safety of...
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Bug or Ban? Weibo Users Report Trouble Registering New International Accounts
After coming across a tip from a user that overseas users might be having trouble registering new Sina Weibo accounts in an earlier article, we decided to do a little investigating. The result? We have...
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Tech in Asia: Our Picks for News of the Week [Oct. 13, 2012]
What are the haps, my friends? These are the haps. The biggest haps. The most interesting haps. These are our picks for the top Asia tech news stories this week. Feast your eyes upon them: Steven’s...
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Hackathon at Startup Asia Bandung: 600 Developers, 128 teams, 24 Hours of Fun
Our Startup Asia Bandung Hackathon finally kicked off yesterday. More than 600 developers have signed up, forming 128 teams who will code and design at the Landmark Convention Hall in the city for 24...
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5 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week
What can we say about this week that hasn’t already been been said before? It came, it saw, it conquered, and now it has passed. But fear not, gentle strangers, for the memories remain. Behold: 1....
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7 Startups in Asia That Caught Our Eye
Here at Tech in Asia, we cover startups like a fat man consumes donuts: frequently and with great relish. Here are the ones we got to this week. For tips and stories suggestions, feel free to email us...
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Our Top 35 Teams For Hackathon at Startup Asia Bandung
After 24 hours of coding, designing, and fun, our sponsors have chosen the top 35 teams to pitch on stage to challenge for our list of lucrative prizes. We have had a total of 600+ developers and...
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CNBC: Softbank Reaches Deal to Buy 70% of Sprint
Late last week NHK reported that Japanese carrier Softbank (TSE:9984) was in talks about acquiring American carrier Sprint (NYSE:S). A few humorous PR statements eventually confirmed that the companies...
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New Apple Store Set to Open in China Next Weekend
Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) Chinese website reveals that a new retail store location is set to open in Beijing next Saturday, October 20. The city’s third store, in addition to the Sanlitun and Xidan...
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Startup Asia Bandung Hackathon: The Winners
After all the coffee, snacks, and code-crunching that more than 600 developers went through at the 24-hour hackathon at Startup Asia Bandung, came the highly-anticipated demo day. All the developers...
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Founder Lei Jun Talks About Xiaomi, China’s Disruptive Phone-Maker [INTERVIEW]
If you’re familiar with the Chinese tech scene, chances are you are also familiar with serial entrepreneur Lei Jun (pictured above). Recently, I had a chance to speak to him to learn more about his...
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China’s Baidu Pushes Into Thailand With Revamped Anti-Virus Apps
China’s top search engine, Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), is pushing into the Thailand web market even more today with a major new version of one of its Windows PC apps. Called Baidu PC Faster (see it here),...
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Dropmyemail Set to Pursue Opportunities in Japan, Brings on New Country Manager
Readers may remember earlier in the year when we featured Singapore-based DropMySite, a startup that aims to back up various aspects of your digital life and work, including email, chat, and...
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Fusing Photos and Voice, PaPa is the Perfect Social App (or Just Nonsense)
Having resisted the temptation to use the tired “China’s something something” format for the headline, I’m going to have to use it in the first paragraph. Here goes. The founder of China’s Tumblr...
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China’s Tencent Sees its QQ Browser Reach 16 Million Overseas Users, Mostly...
China’s biggest web company, Tencent (HKG:0700), has been pushing its cross-platform browser for mobiles, QQ Browser, around the world for quite some time. And now we have some updated stats from...
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Softbank Officially Acquires Sprint, Claims to Be Global Number 3 Mobile...
Softbank's CEO Masayoshi Son, Sprint's CEO Dan Hesse Softbank (TSE:9984) and Sprint (NYSE:S) held a joint press conference in Tokyo to announce Softbank’s $20 billion investment in Sprint. Masayoshi...
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China’s Yihaodian Plans 1,000 Virtual AR Supermarkets Where You’ll Shop With...
At a press conference earlier today, China’s biggest food e-commerce site, Yihaodian, announced plans to form 1,000 virtual supermarkets at locations across the country. These stores, to be called...
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