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Rupert Murdoch Says Chinese Still Hacking WSJ, Conveniently Forgets How His...
A tweet posted by News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch today says, in relation to the Wall Street Journal, that “Chinese still hacking us, or were over weekend.” This comes a week after the New York...
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Harpoen One of Three Asian Startups to Win World Summit Awards
The mobile-loving World Summit Awards (WSA) 2013 has finally found its eight winners for each of the eight competing categories, and three Asian startups managed to claim prizes for outright wins....
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New Startup Makes Southeast Asian Short Films More Social and Accessible
Two filmmakers have launched a new site today that aims to be a hub for Southeast Asian short films. Called Viddsee, it will showcase the best indie directors in the region for a worldwide audience...
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Frenzoo Partners With Teen Vogue To Launch 3D Fashion Mobile RPG for Girls
Frenzoo, a Hong Kong-based startup who specializes in 3D lifestyle games for girls, has partnered with Teen Vogue to launch Teen Vogue Me Girl. I tried the game briefly and found that the 3D graphics...
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BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 Coming to Party in Singapore on February 21st
Now that everyone has seen the new BlackBerry (NASDAQ:BBRY) models, the Z10 and Q10, all that remains are the numerous country launches. BlackBerry has sent out invites today for a February 21st press...
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Better Late Than Never, Baidu Launches a Dedicated Product Search Engine
The newcomer: Baidu Shopping launches today, albeit nearly three years after its main product search rival. We’ve seen product search engines becoming a major battleground in China in the past year or...
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Indonesia’s President Will No Longer Use Hacked Website
The website of the Indonesian president, PresidenSBY.info, got hacked a few weeks ago, and is no longer used as the president’s official site. There were actually two official presidential sites, which...
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China Made 1.2 Billion Mobile Phones Last Year
If you needed any more proof that almost everything everywhere is made in China, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) just released some statistics that will help you out: in...
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Scalpers Exploiting Flaw in China’s Train Ticket Sales System to Scalp...
Back by popular demand again, the space train. With Spring Festival just around the corner, China’s 12306 train ticket sales site seems to be doing at least a little better than it did last year, but...
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Lonely for the Holidays? Rent a Boyfriend on Taobao!
Spring Festival is fast approaching, and for China’s younger generation, that often means returning home to an extended family that’s ready to spend a full two weeks badgering you about when you’re...
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Chinese Chipset Maker to Embed Facebook in Smartphones, But Obviously Not for...
With a view to the “world outside of China,” Chinese chipset maker Spreadtrum (NASDAQ:SPRD) has announced a tie-up today with Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) to embed Facebook in its Android-oriented chipset...
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9 Popular E-Commerce Sites in Indonesia
Our listing of popular e-commerce sites in Indonesia back in 2011 proved popular – but now it’s 2013 and time to update it. Recently we’ve seen several sites rise in the country, while others stumbled....
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NHN Japan Focuses on its Chat App With “Line Corp” Spin-Off Company
Regular readers will know that the messaging app Line now has over 100 million registered users. That makes it hugely important to its makers, NHN Japan. That’s why NHN has announced its decision to...
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Xiaomi Confirms April Phone Launch in Hong Kong and Taiwan
The relatively new Chinese phone-maker Xiaomi teased a possible expansion into Hong Kong and Taiwan a while back – and now we finally have a date for Xiaomi’s first ‘overseas’ push. Xiaomi team member...
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Docomo Invests in 500 Startups as it Readies $109 Million Venture Fund
Japanese telco NTT Docomo (NYSE:DCM) announced today that the company is ready to open the 10 billion yen (US$109 million) venture fund that it teased back in October. To make it happen, Docomo,...
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DeNA’s Revenue Hits $567 million in 3Q, Operating Profit Dips 3% on...
Update, 12.37am: A DeNA representative further explained on my note about the company’s slight dip in operating profit. He stated that one huge contributor to the profit dip was because of the baseball...
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India’s HolidayIQ Raises Series C Funding, De-Merges From Singapore’s Wego
Bangalore-based online travel community HolidayIQ has announced today that it has raised series C financing from Tiger Global Management and Accel Partners. While the investment amount hasn’t been...
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Ho Chi Minh City Meetup: How 2C2P Aims to Solve Payment Problems in SEA
Hello folks! In the next stop for our TechinAsia Meetup events, we are heading to Ho Chi Minh city. Recently, we have been paying a lot more attention to the startup scene in Vietnam and it will be...
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Terra Motors And Asia’s Electric Motorbike Horizons
I love the feature-length documentary Revenge of the Electric Car, which centers around the return of electric cars, as seen with Tesla. So when I met Shingo Hayashi, I was delighted. He’s the general...
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Reuters: A Pulse from Sony, But Condition Still Critical [VIDEO]
One year after Kazuo Hirai was announced as president and CEO of Sony. Is the company still surviving? Reuters explores. The post Reuters: A Pulse from Sony, But Condition Still Critical [VIDEO]...
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