Next-Gen Gaming Consoles Like PlayStation 4 Are Leaving Chinese Players Behind
Video-sharing on the PS4 Sony announced the PlayStation 4 a couple weeks ago, and it looks pretty sweet. Aside from the inevitable graphics upgrade, the console’s biggest change appears to be a...
View ArticleBangkok Meetup: Startup Lessons from Evernote
Hey folks! Our Tech in Asia Meetup events are rolling along, and next we are heading to the capital of the land of smiles – Bangkok. For those of you who are interested to connect and learn more about...
View ArticleProject Eden Shares Lesson in Mentoring Startups
It’s been quite some time since Project Eden, Indonesia’s first startup accelerator, made any announcement on its site. In fact, the last time it did so was back in 2011. What happened? We talked to...
View ArticleViber Has 3.5 Million Users in Vietnam, Way Ahead of Chat App Rivals
Viber’s got 3.5 million users in Vietnam. Besides Whatsapp, whose numbers are still not confirmed, Viber is crushing everybody else in the messaging app battle in Vietnam. We know that both Line and...
View ArticleBaidu Looks Overseas Again, Offers Antivirus App in English
Just a few days after Chinese search engine Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) started to translate its developer tools and resources into English, here’s another sign that the Beijing-based company is looking to new...
View ArticleWant to Learn More About Digital Marketing? Join HelpLearnAsia’s Seminar
Regardless how great your product is, advertising has to be part of your success game plan. Need convincing about how advertising is essential? Read this post by Mikaal Abdulla of 8 securities. Now...
View ArticleHow Ryan Cepada Became a Philippines Viral Sensation on Bubbly
In leadership theory, they call it the ‘first follower’ effect. Just get one other person to support what you’re doing. That’s all you need to start a movement, drive change or in the case of Ryan...
View ArticleHuawei Facing Second Labor Strike in Indonesia
Credit: Okezone.com Huawei’s Indonesian labor union (Sehati) is holding its second demonstration today to protest illegal foreign workers hired by the company. Huawei’s presence in Indonesia is quite...
View ArticleSony to Sell Whole 13% Stake in DeNA for About $438 Million
Troubled gadget-maker Sony (NYSE:SNE) is selling off its whole 13.14 percent stake in Japanese mobile gaming firm DeNA (TYO:2432). As Sony looks to cut costs, it should net the firm 40.9 billion yen –...
View ArticleAs iOS Usage Drops in Singapore, These Are the Top 10 Android Smartphones in...
With the iPhone losing a big chunk of eye-time in Singapore recently – dropping from 72 percent to 50 percent share of web traffic browsing in the country throughout 2o12 – it’s a good time to see...
View ArticleMakers of WeChat App Promise That BlackBerry 10 Version is Coming Soon
The Chinese-made messaging app WeChat got a version for older Blackberry models late last year. But now the makers of WeChat have promised that the app is making its way to the newest BlackBerry 10 OS...
View ArticleThe Pirate Bay Sails to North Korea, Sort Of
Everyone’s favorite longtime piracy headquarters, The Pirate Bay, has reportedly moved from its Swedish hosts to somewhere quite unexpected: North Korea. On Monday, the site updated its longtime...
View ArticleBaidu, Tencent, Xiaomi CEOs Propose New Legislature to Strengthen China’s...
From left to right: Pony Ma, Lei Jun, Robin Li It’s spring in Beijing, and China’s yearly celebrity parties legislative conferences (the “Two Meetings”) are being held in the capital. Among them is the...
View ArticleWhy (Almost) Every Startup Should Be Working From Home
Marissa Mayer may have decided that working from home doesn’t work anymore for Yahoo, but that doesn’t mean that working from home isn’t the best option out there for some tech companies. And for...
View ArticleThailand’s Chiang Mai Now Has a Co-Working Office with ‘Pun Space’
Thai co-working space Pun Space has opened its doors to the public yesterday. The office is located in Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, and co-founder Vichaya Piqué Sirisanthana hopes that they can...
View ArticleTianji Acquires Business Networking App as Battle Rages to be China’s Top...
It’s all too rare that a Chinese startup gets the satisfaction of an exit in which it’s snapped up for its userbase or expertise. But that’s what has happened to the location-based business networking...
View ArticleOpera’s Mobile Browser Is Silently Conquering Asia
In the USA, smartphones already dominate 50 percent of the mobile market. In Asia, smartphones now account for 66 percent of purchases but the overwhelming majority of existing mobiles out there are...
View ArticleCompete With Telcos? You Must Be Crazy! Singapore Startup MyRepublic is Doing...
Management team of MyRepublic MyRepublic is an internet service provider in Singapore that provides high-speed fibre optic web connections for consumers and enterprises. It celebrated its one year...
View ArticleWhy Blackberry Remains Powerful In Indonesia, and How It’s Still Going to Lose
Credit: BlackberryCool.com A lot of my friends have had their fair share of complaints about the Blackberry Messenger (BBM) service in Indonesia, especially about the service’s lagginess. But still, a...
View ArticleWith Your Second-Hand iPhone and These New Healthcare Apps, Singaporean...
A group of Singaporean seniors with their donated phones from the Silverline project. “Why build new hardware when the world is full of amazing iPhones and Android devices?” With that idea, one...
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