Clik here to view.
Zalo: Vietnam’s Flagship Mobile Messaging App Has Arrived
If Vietnam’s got a heated battle for messaging app dominance, where is the Vietnamese contender? Well, just a few days ago, Zalo released a big update to its mobile messaging app (on Android, iOS and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beijing Startup Tries to Crowdsource Financing Round on Taobao
Crowdsourcing has become an increasingly popular way to raise money for new ideas in the West, but the concept hasn’t really taken hold in China yet. But that doesn’t mean there’s no desire to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Should China’s Net Cafes Be Age-Restricted?
Chinese students are headed home (or already there) for the winter holiday break, and many of them are spending their free time playing games at internet cafes. This has led to a spirited discussion...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s Supreme Leader, Carries a HTC Smartphone
via article.joinsmsn.com/ I’m not sure if this will be a boost to HTC’s sales or not, but it appears that Kim Jong-un, the supreme leader of North Korea, carries a HTC phone. North Korea’s Central News...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Get a Taste of Burpple’s Brand-New Android App
It has been nine months since I first wrote about the foodie app Burpple, and in that time the Singapore-based startup has had a rapid and calorie-filled journey. Now it has hit a new milestone with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
China’s Top Online Travel Site to Set Up Investment Subsidiary
China’s largest online travel agency, Ctrip (NASDAQ:CTRP), has outlined plans to set up an investment subsidiary later this year. It’s part of a plan for Ctrip to be, according to CEO Fan Min,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Huawei Teams With Microsoft to Launch WP8 ’4Afrika’ Phone in (Yes, You’ve...
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) launched its new 4Afrika Initiative today, and Chinese phone-maker Huawei is the first to join in and make a low/mid-spec Windows Phone 8 (WP8) device for the African...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photo App PicMix Goes Viral and Passes 8 Million Users
Indonesian-made photo app PicMix impressively passed eight million users last month in just nine months since the app’s inception, with more than 108 million photos posted on the app so far. All this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Opera Puts TV App Store in MediaTek Smart TV Chips
Opera is working with Taiwanese semiconductor company MediaTek (TPE:2454) to integrate the Opera TV Store (pictured) within its chips. Manufacturers who use MediaTek chipsets — be it TVs, set-top...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Baidu Reaches 80 Million Mobile Apps Users, Reveals Full 2012 Financials
China’s top search engine Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) cranked out its full-year and Q4 2012 financial report yesterday. Before looking at the conventional figures, let’s look at how Baidu’s mobile apps and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
G-Startup is Looking for Startups to Pitch in Beijing
GMIC Beijing 2013 is 90 days away and it’s calling for startups to pitch at its G-Startup competition. Great for startups who are exploring the Chinese market. You can read more about it in the link...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ideosource Incubates 6 Startups from 120 Submissions
Indonesian incubator Ideosource has announced today its choice of six startups from the company’s incubation audition which was held in September. Next month, the six startups’ businesses will be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sri Lanka’s InstaWaves Turns Instagram Hashtags into a Pictorial Story (Sort of)
InstaWaves is an interesting website submitted to us from Sri Lanka. It’s created by Sapumal Ahangama, who wants to track trends on Instagram with hashtags. Ahangama said that even though Instagram...
View ArticleClik here to view.
North Korean Propaganda Goes Digital, Attacks America in YouTube Viral Video...
Today, the Western media is all over the North Korean propaganda video posted to YouTube that shows the United States under missile attack, with explosions and skyscrapers on fire. According to a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
China’s Top Video Site Adds QR Codes to Help Viewers Go Mobile
China’s top video site, Youku (NYSE:YOKU), has added QR codes to every video on its desktop website so as to help users continue viewing while mobile, on their smartphone or tablet. It’s a small...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is Gaming in China Getting Too Expensive?
The latest edition of Netease Games’s ongoing “Dispute” discussion series (see here for our previous coverage) tackles a question that’s on the mind of every developer trying to design and market...
View ArticleClik here to view.
With 500,000 Downloads, SCOOP Launches Web Store in Exclusive Partnership...
App Foundry’s SCOOP, a made-in-Indonesia e-reader, has quite an announcement to make this morning. As some of you might know, Scoop has always been on native applications (iOS and Android). Today, it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
JFDI Picks 8 Startup Teams for 2013 Bootcamp
The Singapore-based JFDI nurtured and graduated its first ever batch of incubated startups last May, and now it’s time for JFDI to pick out its next bunch of hopefuls. In a new blog post today, JFDI...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Report: ZTE Shuts R&D Lab and Scales Down Operations in India
India’s Economic Times cites sources who claim that Chinese telecoms firm and phone-maker ZTE (HKG:0763; SHE:000063) is shutting down its research and development (R&D) operations in India. In...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Monster’s China Dream Shattered, Its $240 Million Site Sold Off for $30 Million
After months of confusion, and weeks of crises that culminated in protests and guards posted at the office doors, the troubled jobs listing site ChinaHR has finally been sold off. Previously owned by...
View Article