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BREAKING: Installing Windows 8 Will Not Transform your PC into a Touchscreen...
An NHK news report warns that installing Windows 8 will not turn your PC display intro a touchscreen. I love that they used the yellow alert graphic! And the host doesn’t look condescending at all!...
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Era of Free MP3 Downloads in China is Over, Paid Subscriptions Coming Next Year
It was only last summer that China entered the era of legal – and free – MP3 downloads, courtesy of web portals such as Baidu Music. But that heyday is already close to being over, with major sites...
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LG Confirms: Nexus 4 Coming to Indonesia This Year
It is confirmed: The LG-made Nexus 4, Google’s new flagship Android phone, will be available for sale this December in Indonesia. This was announced by Denny Muliawardana, the sales head of LG Mobile...
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Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition 2012: Applications Now Open!
Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition, organized by the Singapore Management University Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, is in its seventh edition and is currently calling for...
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Entry to the Quad-Core Club Now Costs Just $160 With ZTE U950 Launch in China
ZTE (HKG:0763; SHE:000063) has managed to steal some thunder from China’s Xiaomi Mi2 phone by unveiling the cheapest quad-core phone in China (and maybe the world) – the new ZTE U950. It’ll cost just...
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Pixaroll is On a Roll, Now Ships Your Printed Photos Across Asia and Australia
Last month, my colleague profiled the Singapore startup Pixaroll, which had just launched its photo-printing app and service in the island state. Now Pixaroll is rolling out to the rest of Asia – and...
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Work Hard, Play Hard: Koprol Founders Launch Ice House With a Halloween Party
Ice House, an Indonesian software development startup for the mobile web, wanted to display the Silicon Valley ‘work hard play hard’ ethos yesterday, holding a launching event in the afternoon...
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Online Security Startup Anquanbao Secures Series B Funding
The Chinese online security outsourcing company Anquanbao.com has secured series B investment, for an unknown sum, led by Northern Light Ventures. Beijing-based incubator Innovation Works also...
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Japanese Chat App ‘Balloon’ Raises $1.25 Million in Funding
For those of you who thought that the mobile messaging application space in Asia was crowded already, there aren’t really any signs that it might thin out anytime soon. With Line, KakaoTalk, WeChat,...
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NowFloats App Focuses On the Here and Now, Offers Up Local Deals
As much fun as global social media can be – showing you photos of what some dude you sort of know on Twitter is eating for breakfast in Chicago – it’s usually not very relevant to where we are and...
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Panasonic’s Woes Continue, Will Cease Smartphone Sales in Europe
Back in February Panasonic (TYO:6752) announced that it was targeting the European market with its Eluga smartphone. The sleek, waterproof Android handset is doesn’t look like a bad phone, but it...
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China’s Top Pinterest Clone Mogujie Confirms Series C Funding, Now Valued at...
Just as the rumors said a couple of months back, China’s top Pinterest-like social commerce site, Mogujie, has secured a major series C funding round. It was led by IDG. The funding was confirmed...
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Sina Weibo Adds Overseas Real-Name System, But Not Really
As part of yet another drive to make Sina Weibo more “honest,” the company has upgraded its real-name verification system once again. In a report on its own site, Sina claims the system finally...
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Skillcity.cn is a P2P University With Courses That Are Actually Interesting
It’s an idea that most internet users have seen before: an online training center that capitalizes on its students to serve as both teachers and pupils. You sign up for an account and then you can set...
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Twilio Partners with KDDI Web Communications to Push its API in Japan
San Francisco-based Twilio has struck a deal with Japan’s KDDI Web Communications for distribution of the Twilio API to developers in Japan. Just last month Twilio partnered with AT&T in in a...
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Taiwan’s Chat App ‘Cubie’ Raises $1.1 Million, Joins 500 Startups Accelerator
Haven’t heard enough of mobile messaging apps this week? The Next Web is reporting that Taiwan-based Cubie has just raised $1.1 million in series A seed funding from a group of investors, including B...
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Japan’s Business Collaboration Tool ChatWork Has 110,000 Users, Eyes...
Japan’s ChatWork is an easy-to-use business communication and collaboration platform. The functions are simple, allowing businesses to set up private chat discussion groups which can be accessed via...
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Kaifu Lee on What Drives China’s Entrepreneurs
Kaifu Lee speaks to the BBC about the state of innovation in China, and what’s currently lacking in terms of how it develops technology: Companies like Apple and Google are innovative from their very...
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Are Beijing ISPs Cutting Internet in Run-Up to China Leadership Handover?
This morning we’ve spotted some interesting reports from a few of Twitter’s Beijing denizens: internet connections are acting weird. For example, Jeremiah of Jottings from the Granite Studio and...
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EBay Set to Return to China This Month With E-Commerce Tie-Up
US auction site eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) looks set to attempt a fresh push into the China market, and will soon announce a tie-up with the Chinese e-commerce site Xiu.com. The cooperation has been confirmed...
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