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Singapore’s Sprooki Hooks Up With YFind on Indoor Positioning Technology
We just received word from a representative of Singapore-based startup Sprooki that it will be partnering with YFind Technologies to offer its indoor positioning technology within its mobile,...
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China’s Biggest Tech Trend of 2013 Will Be ‘The Wall’
It’s no secret that I’m pretty pessimistic about 2013. Just a week ago, I said it would be the worst year ever for China tech. But I want to delve deeper into the reason that 2013 is going to be...
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The PropertyGuru Story, as Told by Co-Founder Steve Melhuish
Co-founders of Propertyguru: Jani Rautiainen (left) and Steve Melhuish (right) Singapore’s leading online property portal, PropertyGuru, was founded in May 2007 with its site officially launched in the...
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China’s Biggest Web Company Celebrates New Year with Giant, 3 Ton QR Code...
Tencent (HKG:0700) takes huge slices of lots of Chinese online markets (social media, online gaming, e-commerce, etc), but earlier this week the company was instead giving out slices of cake. They...
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Survey Says Japan is Now Using Far More Chat Apps
From MMD, with some labels translated from Japanese As we pointed out yesterday, 2012 was a pretty big year for NHN Japan’s Line chat app. But if you need further evidence of its popularity, MMD...
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Google Didn’t Kill off Alibaba’s Smartphone OS, New Phone Hardware Due Soon
A Lephone-made device. Will one soon be a vehicle for Aliyun OS? China’s Alibaba, the nation’s biggest e-commerce business, might have suffered the indignity and hassle of having its flagship phone...
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East Ventures on 3rd Anniversary: 26 Startup Investments, Big Focus on...
This month marks the third year of life for East Ventures, the early-stage fund that focuses on Singapore and Indonesia. So it’s a good time – as with any birthday or anniversary – for the team to...
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Japanese Mobile Social Gaming: 2012 in Review
It has been a pretty busy year in the mobile space in Japan. While the prevailing narrative in most western media has been the demise of Japanese tech companies, it’s important to note that there are...
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Are Foxconn’s Indonesian Expansion Plans in Doubt?
There’s yet another twist in the Foxconn-Indonesia saga as there’s a rumor flying in that the company’s plans to build a manufacturing plant in the country is in doubt now. WantChinaTimes cited an...
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Vietnamese Tech News Sites, Give Us More Vietnam and Less Silicon Valley
In Vietnam, if you want to read information about the technology industry, there are tons of sources. News has been on the frontlines of Vietnam’s Internet boom since the very start. A quick look at...
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This is the Year that China’s Coolest Music Streaming Startup Should Come of...
The Jing.fm player can be made wider, but here it is with the settings open. Click to enlarge. Jing.fm was one of the coolest new startups to emerge in China in 2012, a music-streaming service sort of...
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Indonesia’s Multiply To Start Taking LG Nexus 4 Pre-Orders Tomorrow
After a one-month delay, Google’s flagship handset, the LG Nexus 4 will finally make its way to Indonesia next week. Indonesian e-commerce store Multiply will become one of the first online stores...
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Tmall Now Lets US Food Companies Ship Directly to Chinese Consumers
A new e-commerce business model? The Tmall promo page for pre-orders of American food products. China’s top online store, Tmall, is trying out a special promotion that will see American foods sold...
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Chinese Broadband Customers Finally Getting the Right to Choose Providers
Life can be difficult for broadband internet users in China. Speeds are increasing fast, but they’re still well below the international average, and many Chinese users live in residential communities...
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‘Good Doggy’ is a Chinese Mobile Startup Especially for Dog Lovers
As a relatively new dog owner, I’ll be honest — I haven’t really integrated my dog ownership with my digital life all that much. Aside from spamming my Facebook friends with pictures of our puppy, I...
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Tech in Asia: Our Picks for Story of the Week [Jan 5]
Things were a little slow getting back into gear after the holiday break, but there was still some interesting tech news happening over the past week. And when there wasn’t we took a moment to reflect...
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8 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week
For those of you who were still in holiday mode during the past week, we’ve done our best to keep tabs on what was happening in the China tech space. Looking ahead to the new year, we expect that...
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9 Startups in Asia That Caught Our Eye
Welcome to the start of a brand new year! Here we have for you a compilation of all the startups in Asia which we have covered this week. For tips and stories suggestions, feel free to email us....
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Gangnam Style is Now an iPhone Game
Well, I guess it was only a matter of time before this happened. Korean pop star PSY has been a phenomenon over the past year for his infectious Gangnam Style hit song, but now he’s getting the...
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New Study Proves that Twitter Users in China are Rare Birds
We recently looked at some stats compiled by a Chinese netizen that showed a mere 18,164 Twitter users active in China. That bit of number-crunching inspired Jason Q. Ng, a keen analyst of social...
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