SnapDish Adds 7 Languages And Comes to Kindle Fire
Snapdish, the photosharing app for food lovers, is now coming to the Kindle Fire along with broader language support across all its platform releases. The app allows users to share food photos and...
View ArticleQihoo Double Blow as iOS Apps Banned by Apple, China Warns of...
One of China’s top web companies, Qihoo (NYSE:QIHU), has been hit with a significant double blow. First, it was given an official warning about unfair competition with its desktop products; then, in...
View ArticleWhat is the Difference Between Chinese Netizens and US Net Users?
This question originally appeared on Quora, and the answer that follows was provided by Linus Chung, an avid user of Chinese and US internet products; he has lived in China for over three years, and is...
View ArticleFord and Baidu Buddy Up in Hackathon for In-Car Apps
Those in blue vests are Ford support engineers. China’s top search engine, Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), held its first ever hackathon in conjunction with another company over the weekend, buddying up with...
View ArticleAnother Indonesian Flash Game Ripped Off by Copycat Developer
It seems that having your games copied and stolen by another developer is becoming a more regular thing nowadays. We looked into Indonesian Flash-based game Chase Burger a few months ago when it was...
View ArticleTomorrow’s Blackberry 10 Global Launch to be Live-Streamed Online
The much anticipated global launch of Blackberry 10 is only one day away. You can watch it live via webcast tomorrow at 11PM Singapore time. The launch will sync with cities across the world including...
View ArticleThe World’s Largest Barcamp is in Myanmar
From facebook.com/barcampyangon. Myanmar has made some stunning changes in the past two years. And this is the backdrop to BarcampYangon’s explosive growth into one of Asia’s largest tech conferences...
View ArticleMore Indonesian Websites Defaced in Protest over Hacker’s Arrest
Remember when the Indonesian president’s website was hacked a couple of weeks ago? The Indonesian cyber crime police unit finally got their man as they arrested hacker Wildan Yani Ashari a few days...
View ArticleShanghai Authorities Confirm Apple Opening R&D Center in China This Summer
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) currently has eight official Apple Stores in mainland China, and now the Cupertino company looks set to open a very different kind of facility in the country – a research and...
View ArticleChina’s Ministry of Culture: We’re NOT Considering Lifting the Game Console Ban
As we wrote earlier this week, an anonymous source in China Daily supposedly inside the Ministry of Culture claimed that the Ministry was considering dropping China’s decade-long ban on the sale of...
View ArticleBillPin CEO Darius Cheung: Being a Second-Time Entrepreneur is a Double-Edged...
If you’re well-versed in the Singapore technology startup scene, you probably know Darius Cheung. He is the co-founder of tenCube, which was acquired by McAfee back in 2010. At present, he is embarking...
View ArticleOh My God, Shut Up About China’s Game Console Ban Being Lifted
Ever since the news broke that an anonymous source thinks China’s Ministry of Culture is considering lifting China’s decade-long ban on game consoles, the world has gone a little crazy. Somehow, a...
View ArticleBlackberry 10 Likely Coming to Indonesia in March
Credit: usefulagenda.blogspot.com While the Blackberry 10 (BB10) global launch is now less than 12 hours away, it is understood that the handsets could arrive in Indonesia in March. IndoTelko spoke to...
View ArticleJapan’s Docomo Looks to Expand E-Commerce Efforts With Acquisition Offer
Japanese telco NTT Docomo (NYSE:DCM) has been diversifying a lot recently, notably launching online shopping through its ‘dmarket’ content portal back in December. Today Docomo has put forward an...
View ArticleHackers’ Protests Continue as Several Indonesian Government Sites Are Defaced
While Indonesia was sound asleep last night, a group of Indonesian hackers who call themselves Anonymous Indonesia were waging a silent war with at least seven notable government domains, which they...
View ArticleLenovo: A Record High of 14.1 Million PCs Shipped in Previous Quarter
“For 13 consecutive quarters, Lenovo has been the fastest growing major PC company.” So boasts Chinese computer maker Lenovo (HKG:0992) in what it calls its Q3 2012/13 results up to December 31, 2012....
View ArticleNoyyo: Vietnam’s First Lingerie-Only E-Commerce Site
If you’re a woman in Vietnam looking for lingerie, you need look no further than the new Noyyo store. The e-commerce startup launched just six months ago and is one of a handful of vertical (ie:...
View ArticleWinner of Hackathon Bandung Launches TaTao, a Tug-of-War Feature Phone Game
We held a hackathon in Bandung, Indonesia three months ago, and I have been informed that one of the winning teams from that event is continuing their project. TaTao is a game made for feature phone...
View ArticleSkunkworks Isn’t Shutting Down, It’s Rebooting
There are a lot of rumors flying around Saigon right now about Skunkworks, and I thought I’d try to get to the bottom of things since I have a few friends in the team. For those who are not familiar...
View Article170,000 Users Strong and Profitable: Piktochart Rolls Out Upgraded...
It’s always heart-warming to see a startup growing from a paper idea into reality and success. Alright, success is subjective. But I think the folks at Piktochart have done quite a phenomenal job so...
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