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Notorious Indonesian Hacker Might be Recruited by the Police
Credit: memegenerator.net I read some news today that made me quite happy, and it’s not about the Blackberry Z10 pre-orders in Indonesia. Remember Wildan Yani Ashari? The hacker who defaced the...
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This Is Why Copying is Everywhere in Asia
Copying in Asia? It’s everywhere. Asia is clone central. Although some have stated that the Asian copying era is coming to a close, I think we’re still waiting on that. In Vietnam, where I am, in...
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China’s Tech Ministry Warns of Being Too Dependent on Android
(Pre-photoshopped image from balanceofculture.com) In a recent white paper from China’s tech ministry, MIIT, it warns of China’s huge dependence on Android, Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) mobile OS. It...
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A Revolution in China’s Search Market? Sogou Integrates Search into its Input...
China’s Sogou has been a player in the search market here since the early days. At present, it commands around 8 percent of the search market share, which makes it one of China’s top three search...
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Less Than 14% of Chinese App Developers Make a Profit, Says China Mobile...
Many of China’s tech luminaries are gathered in Beijing for the Two Meetings, and that means they’re all talking to the press. Xu Long, a National People’s Congress rep and the CEO of China Mobile’s...
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Despite Being at War With Everyone, Qihoo Posts Stellar 2012 Financials
Qihoo’s new search engine emerged in mid-2012. Despite every single one of its iOS apps being banned by Apple right now, and a lot of negative media coverage of how its desktop apps threaten user...
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With E-Books, Music, and Apps, Paishouba Aims to be the iTunes Store of China
Despite the abundance of third-party app stores in China, we know that content creators and developers in China are not getting paid. What with rampant piracy and the ‘freemium’ method being hard to...
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Google Maps’ Traffic Feature Now Supports Bandung City in Indonesia
Trenologi reported today that Google Maps’ traffic feature now supports Bandung city. This is great news because there’s a lot of traffic congestion in Bandung, especially during weekends when Jakarta...
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Indonesian-Made Satay Chef Game Hits Blackberry 10
The Blackberry Z10 launch in Indonesia on Monday signals the launch of 4,000 apps made in the country. Yeah, that’s a very nice figure looking at the fact that Indonesia is also Blackberry’s biggest...
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Why Facebook, Google, and Twitter Made It in Vietnam, But Not in China
Oftentimes, people like to compare Vietnam with China. In some ways, the similarities are pretty obvious. The Chinese dynasties ruled Vietnam for one thousand years. Vietnamese people celebrate Lunar...
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Done Deal: Samsung Acquires 3% Stake in Sharp for $110 Million
Sharp (TYO:6753) needs the money, and Samsung (005930:KS) needs the screens. So today’s officially confirmed deal between the two makes good sense, giving Samsung a 3.04 percent stake in Sharp for...
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How 2C2P Plans To Solve Payment Problem in Southeast Asia [VIDEO]
We were happy to run our first ever Meetup in Ho Chi Minh city on the last day of February. Fifty people packed into the Lightbox cafe for a talk with Aung Kyaw Moe. Willis talked with Aung about the...
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Metaps Taps $11 Million in Series B Funding for its Android Monetization...
Android monetization platform Metaps has just announced series B funding worth US$11 million. The Japanese startup, which launched in August 2011, helps developers earn money from their Android apps...
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Spread the Fun: Line Now Has Four Times More Games Than KakaoTalk in Indonesia
Japan-made chat app Line announced today that the company has released two new games onto its social gaming platform, called Dragon Flight and Wind Runner. These now work with the app in several...
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The PropertyGuru Story (Startup Asia Preview)
When people think about recent startup success cases in Singapore, PropertyGuru usually comes to mind. Founded in May 2007, PropertyGuru has come a long way. It recently raised more than S$60 million...
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Government Signals China Might Finally Get a 4G Network This Year
The folks over at China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) sure know how to play hard to get. They hold all the keys to China’s 4G network dreams — without permits issued by...
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Censorship Alert! Academic Study Shows Sina Weibo’s Human Censors Are Pretty...
If you wanted to learn more about Sina Weibo’s censorship patterns, today is your lucky day. A group of computer scientists from Bowdoin College, Rice College, and the University of New Mexico have,...
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Xiaomi Mi2 Owners Updated to MIUI V5 for New Android Customized Goodness
Owners of the China-made Xiaomi Mi2 phones are getting updates to the latest version of the highly customizable Android skin on their phones. It brings some neat features not found on stock Android...
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LotsofButtons.com Sells Lots of Buttons Online
Vertical e-commerce is a trend in Asia. So far we have lingerie, bags, beer, baby products, beauty products, and…uh…buttons! Yes, buttons. Lots of Buttons. Lots of Buttons is a Hong Kong-based...
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Lei Jun Explains Xiaomi’s ‘Selling-Through-Scarcity’ Sales Tactic
Xiaomi’s inexpensive but powerful Android smartphones have been a big hit with Chinese users over the last couple of years. But the company’s sales tactics have also raised questions, especially among...
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