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India’s MakeMyTrip Acquires HotelTravel.com for $25 Million
Medianama reports that India’s MakeMyTrip (NASDAQ:MMYT) has acquired HotelTravel.com for $25 million: The acquisition is in line with MakeMyTrip’s strategy of strengthening its presence in hotel and...
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Tokyo-based Language Cloud Brings Learning Management Online
Readers may recall education startup Teamie, who won our Startup Arena event in Singapore this past February. They are just one example of many young companies out to change the way we learn through...
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Starbucks Loses Trademark Infringement Case Over Chinese Online Game
This is Starbucks…. er, I mean, ShaBaKe fortress in the game ‘Legends of Mir’. (Updated: This is just our silly photoshop, btw). US coffee store chain Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) has lost a trademark...
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DeNA Picks Up 20 Percent Stake in Cygames for $92 Million
We’ve written much about the success of Cygames’s card battle game Rage of Bahamut both in its home market of Japan, as well as abroad. The title has been perhaps the biggest global hit to date on...
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HTC, Huawei, Nokia Rumored to be Launching WP8 Devices in China in December
L-R: The HTC 8X, the Huawei Ascend W1, and the Nokia 920. An industry source in China, cited by Sohu IT and Marbridge Daily, says that six new Windows Phone 8 (WP8) smartphones are lauching in the...
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ChopChop: Malaysian Loyalty-Card App to Safekeep your Rewards
Launched in November 2011, Malaysia-based startup ChopChop is a loyalty card smartphone application that helps users to keep track of their rewards on-the-go, without the hassle of holding all those...
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India’s 99Labels Launches New E-Commerce Site For Traditional Clothing
Indian flash sales site 99Labels has expanded this month with the launch of 9Rasa.com, which is a more conventional e-commerce site that specializes in traditional-style clothes, jewelery, and home...
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In Email to Employees, Baidu CEO’s Rallying Cry: “Be Willing to Disrupt...
Be more wolf-like. That’s one of the rallying cries of Robin Li, CEO and founder of China’s top search engine, Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), in an internal email to all employees that was sent out today. The...
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Netease Announces New Dating Site Hua Tian
Clearly, Netease is in the mood for love. Just days after the company launched a new iPhone LBS dating app, it has come out that Netease will also be launching dating website. The site, called Hua...
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Taiwan Legalizes Some Uses of “Human Flesh Search Engine”
The “Human Flesh Search Engine” is a concept that originated in mainland China, but according to the People’s Daily, Taiwan has just made it officially legal in cases of public interest. But before...
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Japanese Online Travel Service Meetrip Expands to 10 Asian Cities
Some of our readers may recall reading our past feature about a travel sharing service Meetrip. It bills itself as a ‘travel sharing’ service that matches up travelers and local guides. Thus far it...
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China’s (Don’t Call It a “Games Console”) Eedoo Launches Website, New CT-510...
The folks at Kotaku reported recently that the Eedoo CT-510, China’s home-grown video game console/motion-sensing DVD player (which Eeedoo is now calling a “family room exercise computer”) had sprung a...
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Nintendo Holds Funeral, I Mean, Unboxing for New Wii U Console
Leading up to the launch of its new Wii U game console later this month, Nintendo (TYO:7974) has just released a very unusual unboxing video, starring none other than its president, Satoru Iwata. I...
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Can You Hack It at Startup Weekend Shenzhen, Starting Tomorrow?
If you live in the south of China and you’re a startup, developer, entrepreneur, or general fan of new ideas, then you might want to clear your schedule for Startup Weekend Shenzhen. The format is the...
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China’s Gaming Community YY Launches US IPO Roadshow, Looks to Raise $97 Million
Chinese gaming community portal YY has really got its IPO roadshow rolling, and has filed new documents at the US SEC. The filings reveal that YY – which soon hopes to be hitting the tickers as...
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Sources Point to Amazon Kindle (Touch and Fire HD) Launch in China This Month
A couple of Chinese tech blogs have heard from sources that point to Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) launching its e-reader and tablet in China. It’s suggested this will happen as soon as this month. TheNextWeb...
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Need for Noise: Voice-Controlled Race-Cars from Japan
Here’s a really crazy idea from Japan, the result of a collaboration between Japanese companies Kayac, Nissan, TBWA, Hakuhodo, and Bandai Namco. Voice Driver Cup was developed to promote Nissan’s Fair...
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Fresh Foods E-Tailer RumahSegar Wants Jakarta Residents to Eat Healthier
RumahSegar.com (meaning ‘Fresh Home’) is an interesting e-commerce site that takes care of your food ingredients sourcing if you prefer to cook at home. East Ventures has invested in the startup...
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An Indonesian True Belieber? Mig33 is Giving Away Tickets for Justin Bieber...
Mig33, Indonesia’s largest mobile social network on feature phones, together with Universal Musik Indonesia, launched a competition today called “Mig33 Fanatik.” The competition will send a minimum of...
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Samsung Galaxy S3 is World’s Top Smartphone — But For How Long?
It hardly needs to be said that Samsung’s (005930:KS) Galaxy S3 has been a success for the Korean electronics maker. It was just this past Monday when the company announced that its flagship...
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