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Beijing Net Cafes Promise to Help Workers Buy Train Tickets Online
via LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images In response to complaints from migrant workers like Huang Qinghong, whose open letter to the Railway Ministry has gained national attention, Beijing’s Internet Cafe...
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Groupon is Rocking the Daily Deals in Taiwan, Now Boasts Over 50% Market...
Here’s a sentence we’ve never uttered before: Good news for Groupon in Asia! Yes, the American group-buying service Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN) has extended its lead even further in the Taiwanese daily...
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Dangdang’s Upcoming E-Reader Shown in Leaked Photo, Coming to China in April
This is what purports to be Dangdang's upcoming e-reader hardware. Dangdang (NYSE:DANG) launched its e-book store and smartphone apps on December 21st last year, and made it clear that an actual...
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Chinese Net Security Expert: Don’t Trust Online Banking
A series of high-profile hacking incidents of late has tested Chinese net users’ trust in the safety of the online services they use. Thus far, online banking and financial information seem to have...
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WorldCosplay: A Multi-lingual Cosplay Community for the World from Japan
Popular animation and vocaloid characters are a part of Japanese culture, and even outside of Japan cosplay is wildly popular. And a new website called WorldCosplay aims to capitalize on that...
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China’s Xiaomi Phone Gets Cloned, But Probably an Online Scam
It's a scam! The Dami phone spam ads that use photoshopped Xiaomi images. The Chinese startup Xiaomi seems to have hit the big-time – it now has its own local clone. Or, rather, it appears to have a...
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When Founders Meet Investors…
We blog a lot. But most wouldn’t know that behind the scenes, we’re occasionally used as the Asian bridge to help entrepreneurs connect with investors (and vice versa). We love to help, because we...
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4 Startups That Caught Our Eye Last Week
We have a few Asian tech startups on our radar but just specifically China and Hong Kong for this week. For folks who are interested in investing or partnering with these startups, drop us an email —...
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7 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week
Here’s a quick round of of some of the more notable China tech stories we covered for the first week of 2012! 1. China Implements Real-Name Registration, Online Ticket Sales for Trains, Buses China’s...
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Foursquare Introduces Sakura Badge To Tokyo Users
Is Foursquare trying to become the mayor of Asia? It kinda looks like it. After introducing a special Lion City badge for Singapore users, Foursquare launched the Sakura Badge this past Friday evening...
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Over a Billion People Have Visited China’s Train Ticket Site
More than a million people have visited China's online ticket sales portal, and plenty of them got error messages like this! We’re nearing the two week mark and China’s new online train ticket sales...
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10 Predicted Trends In Indian Social Media for 2012
Indian social media grew by leaps and bounds in 2011. Indians witnessed the true power of social over the course of the year – whether it was bolstering the IAC movement in India or MTV India being...
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Microsoft’s WP7 Prepping Launch in China and Across Asia, Stricter App Rules...
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced that app developers on its Windows Phone 7 (WP7) platform can now enable their apps and games to be distributed in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines,...
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How China’s Smaller Cities Can Be a Sweeter Deal for Startups
Chinaccelerator's funky offices in Dalian, Liaoning province - far from the usual startup hubs in pricey, overcrowded Beijing or Shanghai. We’ve seen recently that Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong are...
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Chinese Startup Green Bullet Aims to Help Net Users Get Green
It’s no secret that China has, erm, some environmental issues. But what can regular people do to try and fix them, or at least keep from making them worse? That’s the question that Green Bullet, a...
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China Gaming Market Worth $7.1 Billion in 2011, Still Growing Fast
A character from a Chinese MMO game. The 2011 China Game Industry Annual Conference is being held in Xi’an in northern China today and tomorrow, and it kicked off with some eye-watering, huge stats for...
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Reflecting on the Real Cost of Owning Apple
totally unidentified iPad owner The This American Life podcast always makes for an interesting soundtrack for my Mondays. I’m a big fan of their story-telling, though it seldom touches on technology,...
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Dianxin Shows Off Android 4.0 ROM, Promises Actual Phones Coming Soon
The Chinese mobile startup Dianxin – which is called Tapas in English – has today shown off its Android 4.0 ROM, which is ready to be ‘flashed’ onto a number of Android phones to give users a taste of...
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INDOMOG Aims to Solve Indonesia’s Online Payment Woes
Payment gateways have always been a curse for the Indonesia online ecosystem. We spoke with Wendy Vega, the founder and owner of INDOMOG which has done exceptionally well in terms of revenue, and it...
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Openbar App Wants to Go Drinking with You in Hong Kong
I have a bit of a weakness for ‘hyperlocal’ websites and apps that map important information about cities that others can benefit from. In the few years that I lived in Dalian, China, me and some...
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