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March 20: WebMob Thailand Meetup with Telco AIS and InVent VC
Tomorrow evening, Webmob Thailand is once again having its monthly networking event in Bangkok, this time jointly organised with Thailand’s largest telco AIS and its holding company, Intouch. This...
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After Indonesia, Freelancer Takes Aim at Neighbor Malaysia
After planting its feet in Indonesia, global outsourcing online marketplace Freelancer plans to venture into neighbor Malaysia as early as next week with localized language on the site. We’ve been told...
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IG9, Vietnam’s First Crowdfunding Platform Launches Today
Today, Vietnam’s finally got a crowdfunding platform. The full-time team of seven come from a motley crew of startups based out of Hanoi including Dynabyte and The Missing Corner. The company is...
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Kleii, Vietnam’s Dropbox, Will Soon Reach 1 Million Users (Despite 1 Week of...
Kleii, the Vietnamese Dropbox I wrote about in January just had one week of downtime where users were unable to access their files. It left some users scratching their heads and some pissed off. Well,...
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Youku Tudou Signs Exclusive Deal To Stream Popular Hong Kong TV Content
China’s top video-streaming company Youku Tudou (NYSE: YOKU) has signed an exclusive two-year deal with Hong Kong channel TVB. If you’re Chinese, you’ve most likely watched at least one or two popular...
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Stream-to-TV Xiaomi Box Finally Up for Pre-Order, But All 10,000 Snapped Up
The Xiaomi Box for streaming content to TVs. After a delay of several months caused by China’s media regulator, the stream-to-TV Xiaomi Box is finally available for pre-order online, costing US$63 in...
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How to Stop Chinese Copycats from Stealing Your App
On Monday, my colleague Steven wrote about a cool new gaming platform inside of WeChat, and in the comments the estimable Serkan Toto rightfully pointed out that one of the games looked an awful lot...
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American Copycat: MessageMe is Just a Clone of Popular Asian Chat Apps
American mobile chat app MessageMe has been generating a lot of buzz since its launch just a couple of weeks ago, and with good reason. TechCrunch reports the app has already garnered more than a...
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Rumor: Baidu Interested in Buying Aibang
TechWeb yesterday reported quite an interesting rumor: Baidu is interested in buying the commerce search and group buy company Aibang. Aibang representatives declined to give TechWeb a comment on the...
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MOL Acquires AyoPay, Confirms Indonesia is Top Priority This Year
Malaysia’s leading payment service giant, MOL, has acquired Indonesia’s AyoPay for an undisclosed sum. AyoPay is a 20-man team business-to-business payment distributor who has been working...
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World Startup Report: Your 15-Minute Guide to India’s Startup Scene and Culture
At the start of this year we talked to American entrepreneur Bowei Gai as he kicked off his worldwide, nine-month odyssey for his World Startup Report project. Amid of all the globe-trotting and...
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China Mobile Finally Has Over 100 Million 3G Subscribers
It took over three years to materialize, but finally it’s happened: China Mobile now has over 100 million 3G subscribers. The milestone is revealed in the newest China Mobile (NYSE:CHL; HKG:0941)...
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Axiata Offers Free Mobile Access to Wikipedia
Yesterday, mobile telco Axiata (AXIATA:MK) and the Wikimedia Foundation announced that they are working together to bring free mobile access to Wikipedia. Axiata customers in Indonesia, Cambodia, and...
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Singapore’s AdzCentral Raises $3.2 Million From Electric Sheep Capital and DMP
Singapore-based AdzCentral has concluded a SG$4 million (US$3.2 million) financing round with Electric Sheep Capital and Digital Media Partners (DMP). AdzCentral in a nutshell provides clients with a...
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Brand24 Monitors Social Media Activity Lightning Fast for Brands in Indonesia
Brand24.co.id, an Indonesian company that specializes in monitoring online social marketing – and the company which brought us Jakarta’s social infographic – has opened its doors last week. Brand24 is...
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Forget the iWatch, China’s Shanda is Launching its Own Smart Watch Running...
China’s Shanda has made e-readers for years, and launched an Android-based smartphone last year. Its next hardware venture will be much smaller and actually wearable – a smart watch. According to...
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Indonesia’s 37th Richest Man Joins Jakarta Founders Institute as Mentor
Indonesian entrepreneur Sandiaga Uno – the 37th richest man in the country according to Forbes in 2011 – will join the pool of mentors at Jakarta Founders Institute (JKTFI) to help incubate its spring...
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Hailing WeChat and Mobile Progress, Tencent Posts $7 Billion in 2012 Revenues
Tencent’s iconic penguin gets to grips with the company’s latest full-year financials. Hong Kong markets have just closed, and Tencent (HKG:0700), China’s biggest web company, has released its 2012...
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Want to Learn More About Crowdfunding? Attend #crowdfundasia
I personally like the idea of crowdfunding. Apart from being able to raise money, you get a ready audience who are keen to try and validate your product. For entrepreneurs who are keen to find out more...
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Tencent: Mobile Gaming Platform For WeChat to Begin Testing Soon
Tencent’s (HKG:0700) full-year 2012 financials came out this evening, showing that the web giant’s mobile services grew a mere 14 percent in terms of revenue in the past year. But that might change in...
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