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Stilomo Aims to be Indonesia’s Food Directory, Now Has 2,500 Users
Stilomo, one of the first graduates from the Jakarta Founders Institute, launched its mobile site for daily deals last month. The startup’s site not only lists its own food and beverage promotions...
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China’s Alibaba Refocuses its AliExpress Site as a Global Shopping Marketplace
Alibaba has restructured and refocused its English-language AliExpress site so that it focuses more on global shoppers. Previously aimed more at wholesale buyers around the world to source from...
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Jongla Pushes into Asia, Focuses on Content in Messaging App Battle
The world’s top messaging apps might have over half a billion users between them, but plenty of startups still see room for growth – especially in Asia. That’s the case with Finland-based Jongla...
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Announcing Our New Voluntary Subscription Option
Along with our shiny new design, you may notice we have added a voluntary subscription option to the site. You might be wondering why we’ve done that, and there are a couple of reasons. The biggest is...
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Axis Enters E-Payment Battle, Users Can Register Via Facebook
IndoTelko reported yesterday that Indonesian telco Axis has launched its e-payment gateway called “Bayar Pake Axis” (meaning “pay with Axis”). For now, users can associate their credit cards with a...
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Smartisan OS, China’s War on Apple, and the Hype Train
Yesterday, China’s Hammer Technologies announced a new mobile operating system called Smartisan OS. At a big, showy press conference that ironically looked a lot like some of Apple’s announcements, CEO...
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Court Rejects Qihoo 360 Lawsuit Against Tencent, Orders Qihoo to Pay Legal Costs
Qihoo 360 is a company that doesn’t have many friends in China’s tech space, and Tencent definitely falls into the company’s ‘enemy’ category. That’s one reason why Qihoo sued Tencent in a case that...
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TradeHero’s Users Transact $5 Billion Virtual Currency in 3 Months
Singapore’s TradeHero, a virtual stock trading mobile, seems to be doing well. Recently we learned that its 50,000 users have transacted over $5 billion worth of virtual currency over 350,000 trades in...
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KT Care Fights to Improve Computer Literacy in Myanmar
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of startups that put solving problems ahead of acquiring buckets of money, and KT Care jumped out at me right away. The Myanmar-based NGO is fighting to improve education...
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Groovy, Baby: DeNA Launches Social Music App for Japan
When the Japanese social gaming giant DeNA (TYO:2432) rebranded a couple of months ago, it also teased an upcoming social music service. Today it has launched, using the not very groovy name ‘Groovy’....
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Indonesia’s Largest Telco Blocks Vimeo, Why?
Image source credit: joinnetworkmarketing.files.wordpress.com (Update: The Indonesian ICT minister Tifatul Sembiring tweeted earlier today that the Vimeo blockage is done by each Internet Service...
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Firefox OS is the Only Chance at a ‘Homegrown’ Mobile Platform for China
You might think that a country needs a homegrown mobile OS like a tiger needs a cage, but that’s not how China sees it. That rumbling sound you hear in the distance is the drums of war, and the noises...
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Startup Lessons from Evernote (VIDEO)
Last Thursday marked our first meetup in Bangkok where we were pleased to have Evernote’s Tiang Lim Foo for a coffee chat to share with our participants some interesting insights on the company’s...
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Bali-Based Game Studio Goes Bananas for the World’s Hottest Dance Crazes
Bali-based game developer Dragon Game Studio has been quite busy recently, releasing its first-ever two games in the last couple of days. The new startup is using the hype around two global dance...
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IFJ Launches Interactive Site for Tracking China’s Press Freedom Violations
Have you ever wanted to be able to visualize where and when Chinese authorities violate the freedom of the press? No? Well, too bad, because the International Federation of Journalists has created a...
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Staff Picks: 7 Top News Stories Of The Week [March 30, 2013]
Just five days away from Startup Asia and the news is still hot this week! Besides the whole team preparing for our event, we caught up on some pretty interesting news. And since I’m out here in cool...
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China’s B2C E-commmerce Giant 360buy Rebrands
Jingdong’s new logo One of the largest B2C e-commerce sites in China has rebranded to JD.com from 360buy.com. The old domain, 360buy.com, remains and will be redirected to JD.com upon visiting. The...
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12 Startups in Asia That Caught Our Eye
We hope you’re loving our new site makeover! As always, here’s our weekly list featuring a bunch of hot startups from all over Asia. For tips and stories suggestions, feel free to email us....
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7 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week
In no particular order, we’ve got some really cool China tech news this week, with tons of numbers and neat charts for you to get a glimpse of China’s latest trends. 1. Now China Seems to be Targeting...
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China Should Be Worried About Google, Not Apple
When Google left China’s search market back in 2010, it seemed like an end to the company’s attempts to seriously engage with the China market. Yet somehow, just a few years later, Chinese people are...
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