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Nexon Gets the Nod From Valve for DOTA 2 Launch in Japan and Korea
Korean games publisher Nexon (TYO:3659) has announced today that it’s bringing the hit game DOTA 2 to Japan and South Korea. The deal with Valve will bring the genre-bending DOTA 2 onto Nexon’s gaming...
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Lenovo Releases Q2 Financials, Mobile Sales Growing at Breakneck Pace
Yesterday Lenovo released its Q2 financials, which are available in shiny powerpoint form here for anyone interested. Among the rest of the generally favorable news, Lenovo notes that it is doing...
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Qihoo Launches New Travel Site, But Offers Little Reason to Visit
Not content to just jump into the search business, Qihoo 360 is moving into another realm of web business: travel. The company has just launched a new travel platform site at go.360.cn called 360...
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Rumor: Foxconn Planning a Factory in the US
Well here’s some news you probably didn’t see coming: Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn is rumored to be planning a manufacturing plant in the United States according to Taiwan’s Digitimes....
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Google and Globe Telecom Introduce Data-Free Mobile Search, Gmail, Google...
While the smartphone revolution is well established in most mature mobile markets, there’s still a long way to go in some countries, particularly in some Asian regions where the transition from...
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What Are Some of the Challenges of Running a Startup in China?
The question “What Are Some Concerns of Operating a Startup in China?” originally appeared on Quora. The following answer was put forth by Grant Prigge, founder and CEO of Socrates MD Inc. By Grant...
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MOGi Mobile Wallet Combines Cashless Payments and E-Coupons
Smartphone users can now bid goodbye to having a thick wallet crammed with cards, vouchers, and cash. Singapore-based Mobile Media Creations (nicknamed M2C) has launched a new product, MOGi Mobile...
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Confirmed: Xiaomi to Take on Apple, Launch TV Set-Top Box on November 14th
The Xiaomi TV teaser photo tweeted out by CEO Lei Jun this morning. Just six days after we gave you an exclusive peek at a new video app from China’s Xiaomi that suggested it might be working on a TV...
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India Passes 60 Million Social Media Users, Still Has a Long Way to Go...
A lot of people – and companies – are watching India closely as its citizens get more wired and engage more with social media. And although India produces some amazing stats in these areas, it’s still...
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Quora on Tech in Asia
Just some of the TechinAsia team, at a recent event in Jakarta. Our team at Tech in Asia has grown fast over the past year, with writers and contributors all across Asia delivering insights about...
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Japan’s Nana Goes Global: Anyone on the Planet can Sing and Collaborate
Tokyo-based startup Nana Music has finally introduced a global version of its iPhone app. It allows users to sing, play songs, and collaborate with other users on their Nana platform. The app was...
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LifeCrumbs Allows You to Savour the Moments in Your Everyday Life
LifeCrumbs is a new social journal that allows you to share memorable moments in your everyday life. It aims to cut through the noise and hassle of all the social networks, presenting you with the most...
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HTC Brings Windows Phone 8 Handsets to Indonesia
HTC has just launched its flagship Windows Phone 8 (WP8) handsets, the HTC 8S and 8X, at an event yesterday evening in Indonesia. Kompas cites Agus Sugiharto, the country director of HTC Indonesia as...
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Blackberry Thinks Pink in Indonesia
In an effort to freshen up its Blackberry Bold 9790 [1], RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) has unveiled a pink version of the handset. It was shown off during Indonesia’s Jakarta Fashion Week, which runs from November...
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What Do Obama and Citibank Have in Common?
Answer: The effective use of technology will determine their triumph or defeat. That’s at least one conclusion that we can draw from the recent Finovate Asia 2012, an event in Singapore focused on the...
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Monster Seeks to Sell Off Ailing ChinaHR
US-based jobs site Monster (NYSE:MWW) has said that it’s seeking to sell its Chinese division, ChinaHR.com. With ChinaHR ailing in recent years, the news sent Monster stocks up 10 percent in...
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Japanese Hit Game ‘Puzzles & Dragons’ Finally Available in US App Store
Social games expert Serkan Toto points out this evening that Puzzles and Dragons has finally made the jump to the Apple’s US app store. The game is one of the most popular in Japan, and has racked up...
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Darisini App Helps Indonesians Find Venues Nearby
You might have had a hard time finding the nearest café with super good wifi to catch up with your work when you trapped in a traffic jam in Jakarta, Indonesia. But this app, Darisini (meaning ‘From...
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DeNA and Yahoo Japan Partner to Offer Smartphone Social Games Next Spring
Today Japan’s DeNA (TYO:2432) has announced that it will be expanding its PC social games alliance with Yahoo Japan (TYO:4689) to include smartphones and smart devices. This will begin in the spring...
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Gay Pick-Up App Hornet Sees 22% of Users in Mainland China
In the busy and very social world of flirtatious chat apps, it’s difficult to stand out. Hong Kong-based Hornet is doing so by not only being a gay app, but also by campaigning vocally on gay issues....
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