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KakaoTalk and Indonesian Telco Axis Partner Up
Korean-made chat app KakaoTalk is throwing its hat into the ring in Indonesia, as it has been announced that mobile operator Axis will be the app’s official partner in the country. The partnership...
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Alibaba Capital and Citi Ventures Lead Series D Funding into China’s DDMap
Just six months after Chinese deals and listings company DDMap attracted $40 million in funding, it has now wrapped up another major round, now series D, that was led by Alibaba Capital, the VC arm of...
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Japan’s DeNA Unleashes ‘Hellfire’ Worldwide
Japan’s DeNA (TYO:2432) is announcing today that it has released a new fantasy title, Hellfire, on its Mobage platform. The game was developed by the ngmoco studio, under the oversight of Takeshi...
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Playstation 3 Gets Certification in China, Ban on Gaming Consoles May Be Ending
Click to enlarge. Sony’s (NYSE:SNE) Playstation 3 gaming console has received regulatory approval in China, it has emerged today. The ‘China Compulsory Certificate’ (CCC) document shown above is,...
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Microsoft Partners with Japan’s NTT Docomo on LTE Windows 8 Tablets
Docomo at CEATEC 2012 As we mentioned yesterday, Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows 8 got off to a bit of a rocky start in Japan recently. A few unfortunate consumers didn’t quite understand that...
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China’s 360Buy Teams Up With Video Site, Puts Discount Coupons in Movies
Chinese e-commerce site 360Buy has teamed up with video-streaming service LeTV (SHE:300104) for a novel approach to video shopping. On a new mini-site on 360Buy, at shipingou.360buy.com (pictured...
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Opera Observes Increased Mobile Traffic to E-Commerce Sites in India
Opera’s latest State of the Mobile Web report has some good insights into mobile browsing trends in India. And perhaps one of the most interesting shifts that was observed is that users are...
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iPad Mini For Sale at all Courts Stores in Singapore on November 2
Apple fans in Singapore take note, from Courts: You can buy the Wi-Fi version of the iPad mini, starting from November 2, 8am at Courts Orchard and Courts Funan Digitalife Mall, and 10am at all other...
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Zhou Hongyi Aiming for 15-20% of China’s Search Market
Qihoo’s 360 Search has been at battle with Baidu since its launch, and thanks to the fact that it has been built into software lots of Chinese people use, it grabbed a quick ten percent of the market....
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Puffant is a Cafepress-Like Startup for China (Finally!)
I have always liked customizing things. Cafepress was a godsend to me when I first discovered it, and I even ran a little shop on the site for a while making money selling funny t-shirts to strangers....
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5 Game Dev Startups Spotted at Jakarta Game Show 2012 [UPDATED]
Yesterday marked the second day of the Jakarta Game Show 2012. We will take a look specifically at five game developer startups that were exhibiting there. Altermyth This game developer (pictured...
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Cinemacraft Launches Videogram: A Slick, Multi-Thumbnail Web Video Interface
Yesterday we mentioned Taiwan-based startup Cubie, which had been accepted into the 500 Startups Accelerator program. Another Asia-based company that is also joining the program is Cinemacraft. In...
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Australian Startup Kickfolio Raises $100,000, Enters 500 Startups
What’s better than kick-starting the day with a double-dose of good news? Our friends over at Kickfolio, a Melbourne-based startup that allows you to create kickass portfolios within 30 seconds, has...
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Chinese Search Engines Sign Code of Conduct, Agree to Ease Up on the...
Chinese web companies have a bad reputation for back-stabbing and skullduggery – but that might be about to change, at least for China’s search engines. The country’s top 12 search engines [1]...
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Yahoo Japan To Soon Start Selling Genetic Testing Kits
From The Japan Times: Internet giant Yahoo Japan Corp. will market to the general public a medical test kit intended to help individuals identify their genetic risk for contracting various diseases,...
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Augmented Reality Headset from Japan Supersizes Food, Makes You Eat Less
Here’s a really clever use of augmented reality technology from Japan [1], which tries to trick the user into thinking they have eaten more than they actually have. A special headset with a built-in...
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Cacoo Goes to Indonesia, Strengthens its Community Outreach
The online diagram collaboration tool, Japan-based Cacoo, is now setting its eye on Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia. Recently, I talked to Tabata Shinsuke (the CMO of NuLab) about the startup’s...
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iCarsclub: Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing in Singapore
iCarsclub is an online marketplace that allows car owners to monetize their “free” car time through its car sharing scheme. Drivers who want to rent out their car when it’s free can do so, and those in...
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Chat Apps are Everywhere. What’s Next?
In Asia, chat apps are popping up everywhere. In China, we have WeChat. In Korea, we have Kakaotalk. In Japan/Korea, we have Line. Throw in Whatsapp, and there is no shortage of choices for the...
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Xiaomi TV Box Spills its Guts In Possible Leaked Photo
With rumors swirling that Xiaomi, China’s disruptive phone-maker, is about to release an Apple TV-esque set-top box, and today Sina Tech reports that photos of the device may have emerged. Well, its...
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