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Vietnam’s Pinterest Clones and Why They Suck
Pinterest is now valued at US$2.5 billion. Whether you use it or not, this is a staggering number for a website that just lets users collect and share pictures. But I’m a big fan of Pinterest, and...
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Zalora Indonesia Looks to Increase its 1,000 Daily Sales with Mobile Commerce
Fashion e-commerce site Zalora Indonesia is going to celebrate its first anniversary on February 24th by holding another sales program for its customers. The Rocket Internet portfolio company used the...
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Of Sina Weibo’s 500 Million Registered Users, Are 90% Actually Zombies?
As we explained way back in 2011, if someone wants to boost their popularity on Sina Weibo, they can buy new followers. But those will be zombies – soul-less Weibo accounts that post no original...
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Vietnam’s Not Done With The Harlem Shake Meme Yet [VIDEO]
Steven already covered the growing Harlem Shake trend in China, but let me tell you it’s getting big in Vietnam too. The absolutely ridiculous and outrageous dance meme is here to stay –...
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Tech in Asia: Our Picks for News of the Week [February 23]
Acquisitions, lawsuits, smuggling, and kicking Zuckerberg’s butt. Such were the central themes of this week’s Asia tech news. Minh’s pick: CareerBuilder acquires VON to expand job recruitment in...
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Duable Chinese Makes the Internet your Language-Learning Textbook
If you’re starting to learn Chinese today, you’re probably facing one of two big hurdles – getting your head around those tones, or making the leap from words and bigrams to constructing full...
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8 Startups in Asia That Caught Our Eye
Here’s our newest weekly startup list, once again with a number of startups receiving rounds of investment. For tips and stories suggestions, feel free to email us. Alternatively, you can send tips...
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9 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week
This week’s China tech news is made up of a mix of corruption, scandal, huge numbers, and beer. Business as usual, then. 1. A shocking expose of China’s ‘black PR’ industry implicates government...
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Huawei Launches Ascend P2, Says it Sold 32 Million Smartphones in 2012
The new Huawei Ascend P2 revealed today at MWC 2013 (Image: Engadget) Chinese phone-maker Huawei unveiled its new Ascend P2 today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Then Huawei revealed some...
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Startups: If You’re Going to Copy, You Have to Do it Better Than This [UPDATED]
We write a fair amount about copycats — see this story from early last week, for example — but it’s rare you come across one so audacious that it almost takes your breath away. That was what happened...
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Why the WeChat vs. Weibo War Will Be the Year’s Biggest Story, and Why Weibo...
Weibo and WeChat are in an old-fashioned duel. When it comes to Chinese social media, it’s increasingly clear that there are two real players: Sina Weibo and Tencent’s WeChat. Oh, sure, there are...
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Maskool.in Becomes the Second Fashion Startup Portfolio Under Grupara
Indonesian venture capital firm Grupara announced today that the company has invested in men’s fashion e-commerce site Maskool.in for an undisclosed amount. This is Grupara’s first announced...
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North Korea Set to Offer Uncensored 3G to Foreign Visitors Next Month, But at...
Starting next week, foreign visitors going into North Korea will no longer be entering a digital void. The Korean-Egyptian joint venture company Koryolink has, after a year of negotiations, set up a...
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TeknoUp Earns Tens of Thousands of Dollars Every Month, Now Accepts Credit...
Indonesian gadget review and e-commerce site TeknoUp.com (1) announced on Friday that it now accepts payment by credit card, which is powered by Indonesian payment gateway Veritrans. TeknoUp CEO Citra...
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NulisBuku Responds to New Rivalry from Gramediana, Now Has 27,000 Members
Indonesian self-publishing service NulisBuku has been making steady progress since we covered the company in 2011. Co-founder (Ollie) Aulia Halimatussadiah spoke with us and shared some details of the...
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Third-Party Mobile Browsers Dominate on Asia’s Smartphones
Spencer Ng is a client service associate director at TNS – a global market research firm. He is interested in anything mobile and currently runs Mobile Behave (A smartphone usage metering program) in...
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No Guts, No Glory: Pitch at Startup Arena Singapore 2013
Startup Asia Singapore 2013 will be held on April 4 and 5 at Biopoli Matrix, Singapore. One of the highlights is Startup Arena, our annual pitching competition in Singapore. We have received over 200...
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3 Telcos in China, Korea, and Japan to Launch Cross-Border Wi-Fi Hotspots...
Customers of China Mobile, KT Corp, and NTT Docomo, will soon be able to enjoy cross-border wi-fi hotspots across China, Korea, and Japan. The three telcos say they’ve agreed to the deal and hope to...
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VIP Travel Site Privepass Wins Thai Pitching Contest
Thai tech blog Thumbsup wrapped up its third ever Start it Up, Power it Up earlier this month. Over 200 participants listened to points of view and advice from guest speakers from all over the...
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China’s Tencent to Open Office in US Devoted to WeChat App
Tencent (HKG:0700), makers of the popular WeChat messaging app, is to open an office in America this year as the Chinese company focuses on taking WeChat global. This was confirmed by Tencent...
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