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Rovio Offers Special Angry Birds Game Modes in McDonalds China Tie-up
Advertising Age highlights a fun new Angry Birds advertising tie-up that Rovio has established with McDonalds (NYSE:MCD) in China: TBWA/Shanghai and TBWA/Gameplay (which is based in Helsinki and has a...
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Budget Nokia Lumia 510 Priced at $200, Hitting Asia and Emerging Markets Next...
Nokia has been focusing on Asia and emerging markets for its Symbian phones but quite some time – but now it’s doing the same with Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS. The Lumia 510 was unveiled today by...
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Inspired by Etsy, Berbatik Brings Premium Batik Products Online
With the aim to showcase Indonesian batik textiles to the world, the Indonesian premium batik e-commerce platform Berbatik.com has officially launched today. Heri Fikrio, the co-founder of Berbatik,...
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Apple iPad Mini Coming to Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Singapore November 2
Continuing this year’s trend of announcing products that are the same as other products except for slight size modifications, Apple today announced the iPad Mini, a new iPad that’s smaller than the...
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With Social Discounts, Stilomo Hopes to Freshen Up the Indonesian Daily Deals...
One of the first Jakarta Founder Institute graduates, Stilomo.com, which attracted angel investment a few months ago, has finally launched on Android a few days ago. The startup’s daily deals concept...
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In Addition to Layoffs in US, Zynga Contemplates Closing Japan Office
Techcrunch is reporting that Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) is laying off five percent of its full-time employees (about 160 people) and sunsetting 13 of its games. CEO Mark Pinkus’s internal note is cited,...
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Is Social Media Really Media? A Discussion of China’s Weibo Reporting
Image via Jason Lee/Reuters Social media in China — especially weibo — is huge, and much has been said about its ability to replace or at least augment traditional media. In yesterday’s China Youth...
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Japanese Price Site Kakaku Steps Up its Facebook Game
In yet another sign of Facebook’s momentum in Japan, the country’s most popular price comparison website Kakaku.com (TYO:2371) has announced that it will allow for tighter integration with the social...
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China’s Dating App Momo Will Soon Chat-Up International Users in English
The Beijing-based startup behind the flirty hook-up app Momo is preparing to take it international, with an English version of its iPhone app submitted to Apple last week. The dating app has been...
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Australia’s DesignCrowd Launches in Asia, Targets Singapore, India, and...
There’s a lot of talent crowdsourcing going on in Asia this year, and now Australia’s DesignCrowd.com is joining the fray, taking what it calls its “first step into Asian markets” by launching today...
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Can Chat Apps Be Mobile Platforms?
Oh yeah... and Facebook might be affected too: http://bit.ly/RSnwJb Chat apps are everywhere now in Asia. But why is everyone doing that? I have a hypothesis. That is, everyone is looking to be the...
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Huawei Offers Source Code Access to Australia, Admits It Sucks At Communicating
The BBC reports that China’s Huawei is offering Australia “complete and unrestricted access” to its telecoms source code and equipment as it struggles to ease fears over the security of its services....
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Japan’s DeNA Partners with Yahoo Kimo for Mobile Games in Taiwan
More news from the folks at DeNA (TYO:2432) today as the Japanese gaming company is announcing a partnership to bring its Mobage platform to Taiwanese smartphone users, cooperating with leading local...
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Rumor: Footwear E-Tailer OKBuy Out of Cash, Seeks Tencent Acquisition
It’s proving a tough year for Chinese e-commerce verticals, with one struggling site having already exited at a low valuation, and many other specialist sites rumored to be in dire financial trouble....
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Indonesian Online Shoe Store Wins Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards
An annual international business and entrepreneurship competition for women called the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards has picked its new winner from the Asia Pacific region – she is Lianna Gunawan...
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Amazon’s Kindle Finally Coming to Japan, Pre-orders Available Now
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has finally issued an announcement that the Kindle is at last coming to Japan, as well as the Kindle store with 50,000 Japanese titles. The breakdown of the Kindle models for...
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Kezaar Founder: There’s Room For More Female Entrepreneurs in Asia
Readers who follow our blog closely might have read the article where we briefly introduced Kezaar. Kezaar positions itself as Singapore’s marketplace for classes and workshops, where it matches users...
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Printerous Launches to Bring Decor Products to Instagram Users
Weekend Inc’s Instagram printing service Printerous.com has launched this week. The service is similar to Printstagram’s or Instalogi’s concept, allowing users to print pictures exclusively from an...
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China Breaks 200 Million 3G Subscribers
Although 4G is on the horizon — China Mobile has just begun 4G testing in Chengdu — China’s 3G market continues to grow with remarkable speed. According to a Ministry of Industry and Information...
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China is Fine for Startups; Twitter and Facebook Aren’t Everything
Earlier today I came across this piece on ZDNet in which Vinnie Lauria of Golden Gate Ventures talks about his experiences as a VC in Asia. It’s an interesting piece, but I must say I take issue with...
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