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China’s Censors Leap to Defense of Failed State-Run Search Engine
In China’s competitive search engine market, three of them are state-run products. Unfortunately for authorities, who want to control every aspect of what Chinese people consume and say on the web,...
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Security Researchers Track Down Chinese Hackers, Claim They’re “Soldiers” in...
(Image via deepbluehorizon.blogspot.com) There’s a lot of concern around the world about hack attacks emanating from China, especially after the attempted hacks on the New York Times recently. The...
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Second Time Lucky: Revamped TokoBagus Android App Gets it Right
Indonesian e-commerce site TokoBagus recently announced its radically revamped Android app, taking it up to v2.0. The company said that this latest version is made from scratch and the effort seems to...
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Beer E-Commerce Startup Raises Funds for China Expansion
Undoubtedly one of humanity’s greatest ancient achievements was inventing beer. Though humankind then massively messed up by coming up with religion and novel ways of murdering people, beer thankfully...
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Watch Out Facebook, Asian Messaging Apps Are Gonna Karate Chop You
Facebook is under siege from every direction. Snapchat’s picking away at the young sexting market, Twitter dominated TV sets at the Superbowl, and Path is building a tiny fortress for close friends....
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Indoor Google Maps For Android Now Available in 22 Shopping Spots in Singapore
Singapore’s shopping centers can be big and confusing. If you’re as lost as me when it comes to navigating when shopping, then Indoor Google Maps feature will be something you need. Google announced...
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YouTube to Bring Music Livestreams and Hangouts to New ‘Asia Pop’ Channel
YouTube has just launched a devoted Asia Pop channel that will showcase the hottest pop music across the region – and give fans a chance to scream deliriously at their idols via Google+ Hangouts. The...
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NTT Docomo Doubles 4G Subscribers in 6 Months, Now Up to 10 Million
NTT Docomo‘s (NYSE:DCM) 4G service surpassed five million subscribers back in August last year – and now just six months later that has doubled to 10 million. Docomo’s ‘Xi’ LTE service was an early...
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China: “Chinese Military Has Never Supported Any Form of Hacking Activity”
This ain’t cool anymore. Let’s go cyber. Earlier today, security company Mandiant claimed that some hacking activities aimed at Western targets can be linked to China’s military. China was swift to...
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China Will Develop Its Own Criteria for Diagnosing Game Addiction
It’s no secret that China has a problem with gaming addiction. OK, every country has problems with gaming addiction, but some people in China really take things too far. To combat this, China has...
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Chinese Check-In Service Jiepang Sums Up 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC]
China seems to have its own take on almost every popular foreign web service, and its take on Foursquare is the widely-popular Jiepang. The company kept very busy last year, making changes like WeChat...
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PayrollHero Raises $1M From 500 Startups, LX Ventures, Futura, and More
Philippines and Canada-based PayrollHero, a startup that aims to optimize work productivity and happiness, has concluded a $1 million CAD (approximately US$1 million) seed round of funding from — deep...
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Beijing-Based Game Developer Cmune Raises New Round of Funding, Bets on...
Cmune, a game developer with offices in Beijing and Berlin, announced today that it has secured a new round of funding from global venture firm DCM via the firm’s Android app-focused A Fund (which...
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3 Videos That Prove China is Hooked on the Harlem Shake
Now that everyone is over a certain horse-riding dance, the next music meme all over the internet is the Harlem Shake. It’s already taking off in China in terms of both being shared over social...
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Sina Reveals Poor Q4 Financials, Admits to Growing Rivalry Between Weibo and...
Chinese web company Sina (NASDAQ:SINA) wheeled out its Q4 and full-year 2012 financials last night, revealing slight growth in net revenues and advertising revenues – but no end to rising operating...
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Line Launches a New Social Network to Challenge Path, Facebook
The Japan-made messaging app Line is once again challenging Facebook, this time by adding a mini social network for its 100 million-plus users to try out. Called Line Band, it’s a social app for...
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MOGi App Checks Out Funding for its Loyalty Cards and Mobile Payments Platform
We recently looked at the MOGi mobile wallet and loyalty cards app, which combines discounts with mobile payments. Today, the startup behind the app, Mobile Media Creations (M2C), tells us it has...
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Sina Weibo Passes 500 Million Users, But Needs to Monetize More on Mobile
So Sina (NASDAQ:SINA) announced its not-so-good Q4 financials today. While the Chinese web company has multiple businesses, all the scrutiny is on its microblog, Sina Weibo. Our friends at 36Kr have...
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Just What You’ve Been Waiting For: Taiwanese Animators Tackle the Chinese...
Yes, a panda slapping Obama. Because NMA can show whatever it likes. So, you’ve read about the report that claims to have tracked down Chinese hackers to a military building in Shanghai? Good. Until...
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China Adds 13 Million New 3G Subscribers in January, China Mobile Sees Big Jump
As February prepares to give up the ghost to March, China’s big telecoms are reporting their final user numbers for January. And, as you would expect, 3G user subscriptions continue to climb across the...
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