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Nir Eyal and Sangeet Paul Choudary to Hold Workshop in Indonesia Next Week
A couple of months ago we announced that Silicon Valley entrepreneur, investor, and mentor Nir Eyal (pictured above, left) is going to hold a free workshop in Indonesia to talk about how to design...
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Blackberry Z10 Comes to Indonesia in March
Kompas reported today that Indonesian telco Indosat has confirmed that the Blackberry Z10 will arrive at the end of next month. How about the other new BB10 phone? Detik cited Indosat director and...
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Project Lana Launches a New Challenger in Vietnam’s Online Lingerie Market
Project Lana, is the team that spund off of Web Tre Tho, Vietnam’s largest women’s forum, and now it has a new venture: an online store selling lingerie. It’s called Foreva and it launched quietly...
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KakaoTalk Challenges Apple and Google with New Digital Publishing Platform
The Korean-made messaging app KakaoTalk has over 70 million users and a social gaming platform running in a couple of countries. But the app doesn’t stop there. KakaoTalk has launched Kakao Page as a...
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Brad Pitt Banned From China Again (This Time From Sina Weibo)
American actor Brad Pitt has been banned from China proper for some time thanks to his performance in Seven Years in Tibet, a film that China’s government was not a fan of (to put it mildly). But now,...
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An Apple iWatch Could Really Sell in China
One iWatch mockup If you follow tech you’ve probably had a hard time not noticing that the world is presently overflowing with rumors that Apple is working on some kind of smart watch that will...
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Kobe Bryant Joins Sina Weibo, Says Nothing, Gets Many Followers
It seems like every day another Western celebrity is joining Sina Weibo, and LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant chose this Valentine’s Day to hop on the love train. His official account features a cute picture...
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Meet Plan9, Pakistan’s First Technology Startup Incubator
Headed by Nabeel A Qadeer, an experienced entrepreneur himself, Plan9 is Pakistan’s first technology startup incubation program, and it’s being run by the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB)....
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The Nuffnang Founders’ Story
Most bloggers in Southeast Asia will have heard of Nuffnang, if they are not already using it. To date, it is arguably the largest blog ad network in Southeast Asia, delivering a whopping 13 million...
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Gamasutra: Nintendo Sold as Few as 45,000 Wii U Consoles in January
Nintendo‘s (TYO:7974) newest console, the Wii U, is proving to be a hard sell now that most casual gamers have moved onto smartphone gaming. How bad is it for Nintendo? A source tells Gamasutra that...
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Lessons in Monetizing Apps and Games in Smartphone-Mad Korea and Japan...
Japan and Korea are at the forefront of Asia’s rush to smartphones, and are also markets where app developers can seriously monetize. As such, it’s worth noting the quirks in each market so that...
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TouchTen Brings Prizes to its Loyal Gamers with Gimmie Tie-Up
Indonesian game developer TouchTen has announced today that the startup has made an exclusive partnership with Singapore-based loyalty app Gimmie. At the same time, the game developer revealed that...
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Own a Piece of British Premier League Players with New ‘Football Trader’ Game
What was the highlight of this week for you? If your answer is the Champions League action, then this game, Football Trader, which was beta launched last weekend, will suit you just fine. The...
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Startup Jobs Asia: A Hiring Solution for Startup Founders
Hiring talent with the right fit of skills and outlook is always a constant, pressing issue for startup companies. Ben Chew, an entrepreneur and angel investor, founded StartupJobs Asia to help...
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Google Now Supports Balinese Language
Trenologi reports today that Google Indonesia has an additional localized language for Indonesian users: the Balinese language. It’s being made available in the hope of helping preserve the local...
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Anybody Nostalgic for Some Tamagotchi? It’s Now On Android
I’m not gonna lie. When I was in middle school in the States, Tamagotchi was the coolest thing. It was either Pogs or Tamagotchi. My classmates and I would carry the little plastic nuggets in our...
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Deng Fei Launches Weibo Campaign to Share Images of Water Pollution
Web journalist/activist Deng Fei is already a pretty famous guy in China’s cyberspace. In part through social media, he’s orchestrated a number of online campaigns, most of them targeted at helping...
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Tech in Asia: News Of The Week [February 16, 2013]
So most of the team is finally coming off of New Years break. Here in Ho Chi Minh city most people are still coming out of the lazy holiday haze and people will officially start break on Monday....
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China’s 360Buy Unwraps Massive New Funding Round of $700 Million
It was only three months ago that 360Buy, China’s second-largest online store, wrapped up $400 million in funding. Today 360Buy has confirmed an even bigger injection of capital with a fifth round of...
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TuJia Gets Series B Funding For its Vacation Home Rentals Service, HomeAway...
After attracting its first major financing in May of last year, the Chinese vacation home rentals startup TuJia has announced today that it has wrapped up series B funding. The startup had not...
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