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Indosat and Mandiri Partner to Offer Indonesia’s Most Affordable iPhone 5...
Apple’s third carrier partner in Indonesia for the iPhone 5, Indosat, is going to begin accepting pre-orders tomorrow. The operator is working with Mandiri Bank’s e-commerce store Tokone.com to sell...
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Vietnam’s Website Domain Registrations Grow 172% Annually
In Vietnam, where research is still maturing, the publishing of white papers of any kind is a welcome surprise. The VNNIC, the center that monitors and issues domain names in the country, has released...
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Nokia Has an Unwelcome New Neighbor as China’s Huawei Invests $90M in...
Chinese telecoms firm and phone-maker Huawei has just announced its intention to open a research and development (R&D) center in Helsinki, Finland. It’s a move dripping with symbolism, as it’s...
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Going More Social and Mobile, Sina’s E-Payments Service to be Rebranded WeiboPay
When Sina (NASDAQ:SINA), makers of the Twitter-like Weibo, launched its social gaming platform and virtual currency in July of 2011, it already had an online payments service in place so that it...
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Sogou Invests Big in Voice Assistant Software Research
Recently, Sogou mobile GM Ru Liyun revealed that the company plans to invest heavily in the voice recognition field, and established a research center last March that it has been pouring money and...
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Travel Discovery Startup Flocations Receives $573,000 in Funding
Co-founder Tudor Coman smiling happily on the right with his other partners. A happy holidays ahead, huh? Type in your budget and Flocations will map your possible travel destinations within your price...
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Japanese Travel Sharing Service Meetrip Releases 12 Android Apps
Creating unique travel experiences with Meetrip will now be a little easier, thanks to the release of 12 new Android apps. The apps were released today in cities across Asia, in the countries of...
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Is Firefall, The9′s Free-to-Play FPS Gamble, Any Good?
I’ve been excited about Firefall for a while now. The game, developed by The9-owned Red Five studios, is a free-to-play shooter the company has big plans for globally, including throughout East and...
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Disney to Acquire Korea’s Studio Ex, Plans to Develop More Games for Asia
The folks over at AllThingsD report today that Disney (NYSE:DIS) will be acquiring Studio Ex, a game developer based out of South Korea, in order to make a push into the Asian market. Terms of the...
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Tencent’s WeChat is a Threat to Everyone
We have written a lot about WeChat, Tencent’s mobile chat app (it’s called Weixin in China). As its user count grows, it’s beginning to get a lot of attention elsewhere, too. Interestingly, though,...
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Pandora Fully Expands Services in Australia, New Zealand with Support for Mobile
Internet radio service Pandora (NYSE:P) has just fully launched in Australia and New Zealand, which means that users can now access it using iOS and Android apps on their smartphone [1], in addition...
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Sina Weibo Android App Adds Support for Social App Recommendations
Friends and online contacts are a great source of app recommendations. And Sina Weibo, China’s top Twittery service, seems to agree. In the newly updated Sina Weibo for Android (v.3.2.0 beta 1), the...
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Foody Fights to be Vietnam’s Best Food Recommendation Service
Food is one reason why I love Vietnam. It has lots of variety in its cuisine, and it’s always tough to decide what to eat. During my stay in Ho Chi Minh, I was fortunate to meet up with Minh Dang, the...
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Singapore-based FlowerAdvisor Has Big Plans for 2013
Flower and gift e-commerce service FlowerAdvisor.com just revamped its website interface last month, and things appear to be going well for the startup recently. It generated SG$1 million last year,...
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Zalora Joins Many Indonesian E-Commerce Sites in 12-12-12 Sales Spectacular
Tomorrow is the wonderful date of the triple twelves – 12-12-2012 – and to make sure the day becomes even more special, seven Indonesian e-commerce stores are planning to hold online promotions and...
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iPad Mini Prices Drop in Vietnam
Contrary to what some analysts are seeing in the US, the iPad Mini isn’t doing too well in Vietnam. The consequences? Only 20 days after the Mini launched, and when it should be a hot-ticket item from...
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Noda vs Abe: Japanese PM Candidates Face off in Fun Web Game
We have featured more than a few awesome news animations from from the folks at Taiwan-based NMA. Many of the company’s short CG clips have attained viral video status, and the world edition of its...
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Google Shopping Search Engine for China to be Shut Tomorrow?
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is believed to be shutting down its Google Shopping search engine for China tomorrow (December 12th). According to QQ Tech, Google has notified some merchant partners of the...
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Chinese Startup Fantibody is a Search Engine for Antibodies
In my line of work, you come across some unexpected startup ideas, but even I was a bit surprised by the idea of an antibody search engine. So when I came across Fantibody, a Chinese antibody search...
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O Check-In All Ye Faithful: Jiepang and Starbucks Tie-Up For More Christmas Fun
Coffee chain Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) is keeping its relationship with Jiepang, China’s top Foursquare-esque check-in service, brewing for yet another year. This year’s Starbucks-Jiepang social...
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