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Is Sony Ericsson Hinting at a Windows Phone?
This is the pic Sony Ericsson teased on Facebook. Click to enlarge Sony Ericsson, which in 2011 became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE), just teased on their Facebook site that...
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MiniGames: A Review of Sina Weibo’s Little Amusement Park
In a bid to monetize its user-friendly but financially dragging giant, Sina recently imbued its Weibo microblogging platform with its own currency — the weibi — and games. But are these games actually...
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JiaThis Social Sharing Platform Acquires Startup, Will Soon Feature Comments
The Chinese startup behind the social sharing platform JiaThis has revealed that it has acquired the very young social commenting service Uyan in a bid to consolidate its lead as the biggest indie...
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It’s Official: iPhone 4S Finally Coming to China on January 13
After months of rumors, whispers, and blatantly made-up news announcements, we finally have a real release date for the iPhone 4S in China. Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) latest smartphone will launch here —...
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8 Securities Nails $8 Million in Funding, Ready to Launch to Public Soon
Hong Kong-based startup 8 Securities has recently closed a round of funding worth US$8 million, according to co-founder and CEO Mikaal Abdulla, in conversation with PO. The company’s service is a a...
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It’s Your Trip in a Box: Baidu Adds Travel Features Before Chinese New Year
This past year we took a look at some of the features of Baidu’s (NASDAQ:BIDU) ‘Box Computing,’ an initiative to make its search box smarter, returning more relevant and often interactive results for...
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Nokia Reorganizes: Asia HQ Moves from Singapore to Beijing
A few days ago we reported that Nokia (HEL:NOK1V, NYSE:NOK) was bringing in Gustavo Eichelmann as its new chief executive in China, in an effort to help its operations in the country. And now the...
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China’s Department of Commerce Wants to Get Tough on E-Commerce
The Department of Commerce (via Xinhua) E-commerce has exploded in China, with more and more users buying stuff from clothes to computers online. But as the market expands, so too have customer...
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Will Weibo and Group-Messaging Apps Replace SMS During Chinese New Year?
Tencent's Weixin group-messaging app now has 50 million users in China - can it help kill off festive SMS this Chinese New Year? For some watershed moments, you know what’s coming but just can’t pin...
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CyberAgent Sets Up Company to Run My365 Photo App, Targets 150M Downloads
A couple of months back we told you about a camera app from Japan called My365, which at that time had attracted more than 100,000 downloads over a ten-day span. Since then it has racked up over...
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Real Name Checks on Weibo Won’t Come Cheap for Sina, Tencent
China's national ID card - its number must be given to microblog service providers under new 'real name' web regulations. With it now certain that China’s popular Weibo (microblogging) services – prime...
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The Chinese Internet Takes an Arrow in the Knee
I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee... “Then I took an arrow in the knee,” might just have been the Western internet’s last big meme of 2011, emerging just after the...
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Xunlei Makes File-Sharing Social and Local, Probably Banned from Apple’s App...
The Xunlei Linju app for iPhone - only available for jail-broken devices. Xunlei has added social and location-based (LBS) features to a new file-sharing service, and released an app for iPhone called...
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Migrant Laborer Says China’s Online Ticket System Unfair
No luck at the ticket window China’s online ticket sales for train tickets this Spring Festival have gotten off to a rocky start. The website broke on day one, and despite promises to the contrary, it...
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2012: A Better Year for Startups in Indonesia?
2011 was a great year in many ways for Indonesia. But what will happen in 2012 for the country’s start-up ecosystem as a whole? Will we see more young entrepreneurs and companies take off? We have...
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Japanese Restaurant Site Plagued By Paid Posters
A report from Kyodo today says that Japanese restaurant information and review website Tabelog has had its rankings manipulated by paid review posters. They have found 39 companies which are involved...
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PlayStation Vita Sales Drop in Week Three After Hot Start [CHART]
PS Vita at 2011 Tokyo Game Show Sony’s (NYSE:SNE) new PlayStation Vita is continuing to slide in the Japan sales rankings after a hot start that saw it sell 324,849 units in the first week. According...
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LG Looks to Show off Google TV at CES 2012
LG (066570:KS) has just announced that it will be introducing a Google TV at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas which kicks off next week. The television will feature an Android-based user...
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Real-Name System Coming to Chinese Online Payment Systems Too
China's central bank wants real name registration for online payment systems. China’s internet is quickly becoming real-name only. First there was the news that all microblogs would change to real-name...
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China Unicom Reveals Contract Plans for iPhone 4S, ‘Free’ Comes at a Price
China Unicom (NYSE:CHU; HKG:0762), the country’s second-largest mobile telco, is finally ready to sell the iPhone 4S – next Friday, the 13th – and has revealed its contract plans. Chinese consumers...
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