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Evernote Has 2 Million Users in Southeast Asia, Thailand Growing Fast
Last night at Tech in Asia’s Bangkok Meetup, Evernote’s Tiang Lim Foo, Asia Pacific Market Development, took the hot seat for more than 40 minutes for an interview followed by a lively discussion with...
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Jack Ma: Alibaba Isn’t as Innovative as Tencent
Alibaba founder and former CEO Jack Ma may have retired, but that certainly doesn’t mean he’s keeping his mouth shut. Earlier this week, Ma spoke candidly about Alibaba’s failures in the mobile arena;...
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Kompas Group’s Gramediana Hints at Emulating Amazon’s Kindle Business Model?
Image source credit: wired.co.uk Indonesian publishing giant Kompas Group launched its digital publishing service Gramediana in beta last month. With the amount of capital and connections that Kompas...
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China’s Online Clothing Sales Hit $50 Billion, But Luxury Fashion Brands Lack...
(Pre-photoshopped image: Jacky Naegelen/Reuters) China’s online sales of clothing were worth $50 billion in 2012, but only 41 percent of luxury fashion brands have any e-commerce offerings of their...
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Before Death, Man In Vietnam Posts Suicide Note On Facebook
As Facebook has increased its reach in Vietnam, the types of uses for the social network has diversified – and, sadly, sometimes it’s tragic. On...
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Anime Pirates Game Lets You be Part of Popular Manga ‘One Piece’ World
Indonesian game publisher Prodigy Infinitech launched a new game a couple of days ago called Anime Pirates. The game is basically a Facebook-based game that’s based on popular Japanese manga One...
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Google Launches Search Engine in Myanmar as Schmidt Warns Against Web Censorship
(File image: Google’s Eric Schmidt) Google’s search engine launched in Myanmar yesterday on the Google.com.mm domain. It’s nothing special to look at, and it’s just in English at the moment, but it’s...
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MNC and Rakuten: Why the Sudden Break Up?
Image source credit: imgix.8tracks.com Last night’s news of Rakuten (JSD:4755) breaking up its joint venture with MNC in Indonesia sent shockwaves through the entire tech ecosystem. It could spell the...
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6 Chinese Social Sites Will Turn Off the Lights Tomorrow for ‘Earth Hour’
Tomorrow, as 8:30pm rolls around the globe, lots of landmark buildings will turn off their lights to observe Earth Hour and remind the world to not waste our vital resources. Many households will...
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China Mobile: Let the Market Decide How to Charge Tencent for WeChat
We’re writing a lot about Tencent’s WeChat these days as it continues to grow in popularity. But the bigger it gets, the more users it pulls away from traditional telecom services and the more...
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5 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week
Although you could say this about almost any week these days, this week was sort of the week of WeChat in China. What went down? Prepare to find out in 3, 2, 1… 1. China’s M-Commerce Shopping Spree to...
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Staff Picks: 9 Top News Stories this Week in Tech in Asia
A lot of things went down this week; so many, in fact, that we’ve compiled them into a list. Granted, that’s something we do every week, but in our defense, lots of interesting stuff happens every...
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13 Startups in Asia That Caught Our Eye
Here’s our newest weekly list featuring a bunch of hot startups from all over Asia. For tips and stories suggestions, feel free to email us. Alternatively, you can send tips here and/or tell us about...
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Social Recruitment Startup TribeHired Raises $560,000 Led By TNF Ventures
Social recruitment startup TribeHired has concluded a US$560,000 seed funding round led by TNF Ventures through the Technology Incubation Scheme (TIS). Angel investors Ben Ball and Ben Chew also...
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The Demographics of Mobile Gaming in China: A Detailed Look
Recently, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) released a lengthy and very detailed report on the world of Chinese mobile games. We hope to dig more into the report for future...
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China Will Have 300 Million Android Users by the End of 2013 (INFOGRAPHIC)
Let’s start Monday morning with some big numbers. Now that smartphones account for 73.2 percent of all mobiles sold in China, and with many locals opting for Android devices across a variety of...
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Thailand’s Chang Allows Followers To Order Home Deliveries on WeChat
Last week, Chang, the largest beverage producer in Thailand (most famous for its beer) joined Tencent’s WeChat with an official account. While most folks think that official accounts (sort of like a...
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Thailand’s Fourleaf Creates Gorgeous Menus on iPads for Hotel Guests
Fourleaf is a Thailand-based startup that helps hotels to create beautiful looking menus on iPads. So, instead of browsing through the usual paper menu, Fourleaf is able to put all these menus — for...
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Upcoming Indonesian E-Commerce Law Doesn’t Look Too Good, Does It?
For those of you who haven’t heard, the Indonesian government is now looking to enforce a new law stating that Indonesian e-commerce sites, or any parties operating “electronic systems” in Indonesia,...
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FPT Hopes to Ship 600,000 Own-Brand Android Smartphones in Vietnam in 2013
The FPT IV smartphone running Android 4.1.2Image: tinhte.vn There are 1.4 mobiles for every person in Vietnam, so there’s obviously a thirst for mobile. And in the status-hungry country, the smartphone...
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