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Karaoke Gets Even More Social, Competitive, With This Cute Web App
Karaoke is already a pretty social activity, but one Chinese startup wants to make it even more so. iHou allows users to sing pop songs online, get a score for their performances, challenge other...
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A Traveler’s Around-the-World Journey into E-commerce
About a week ago I received an unusual message from a friend of a friend, some guy named Thibaud Clément who was apparently coming to Japan in order to find out more about e-commerce here. It...
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Meituan is China’s King of the Deals, Ending 2011 On a High
The Chinese group-buying site Meituan has ended 2011 as the market leader in this highly competitive sector in the month of December. And so if we look back at the previous year, Meituan can be crowned...
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Singapore’s ‘ACE’ to Provide S$28M to Seed 500 Startups, Removes Age Limit
Chairman of ACE, Teo Ser Luck (speaking) We have good news for our Singaporean friends in the startup community. The chairman of Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE), Mr Teo Ser Luck, announced...
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Concept Lifebook Laptop Unifies All Your Gadgets
When Asus announced its Padphone last year, it turned more than a few heads with its phone-inside-a-tablet design. Say what you will about the appearance, but the idea of shared hardware is a clever...
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12 Startups For JFDI’s 2012 Bootcamp Unveiled
A lazy afternoon, and my hands are oily as I munch my bak kwa while I work. But something interesting just arrived at my inbox with the subject line “JFDI Announces Startups.” There isn’t much...
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Enter the Snapdragon: Qualcomm Sees 32% of Revenue From China
The Hanvon C18, left, and Lenovo K91 Smart TV on the right - both brand-new gadgets for 2012 which use Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor. Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM), the America-based mobile chip maker, has...
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Rumor Suggests Sina Weibo Phone Being Prepped for 2012 Launch
Sina (NASDAQ:SINA) is prepping a ‘Weibo phone’ that runs a customized version of Android, according to rumors in the Chinese media. Due later this year, the phone reportedly exists only as a...
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LG to Launch LTE Optimus Pad, Will Go on Sale Next Week
Electronics maker LG (066570:KS) announced today that it will be releasing an LTE-capable tablet for its domestic market in Korea, the Optimus Pad LTE [1]. This follows the company’s Optimus LTE...
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Japan’s FC2 Video Site Launches in Indonesia, Minus the Sexy Bits
Heard of FC2 Video? I hadn’t, but I know them now. FC2 Video is an online video streaming site similar to YouTube, and is apparently pretty popular in Japan. Alexa ranks FC2.com (including its full...
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Aliyun OS Updated to v2.0, Gets a Revamped, Renamed App Store
Alibaba has updated its Aliyun mobile OS to version 2.0, bringing a bunch of new features and refinements to take it into the new year. The update will eventually be given to users of its first phone,...
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Douban Launches Ebook Store, Reading is the New Rock ‘n’ Roll
Douban.com, the Chinese social media site that’s focused around hobbies such as music, movies and reading, has today launched an ebook store and an accompanying set of apps for iPad (pictured above),...
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Build to Serve, Build to Earn, Don’t Build to Sell
Image: playupl.com From time to time people would say that here in Singapore or Southeast Asia we needed a big money exit – you know, like X acquires Y for $100 million. That would inspire folks to...
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China Has No Innovation? Look Closer
I gave a sharing session at the National University of Singapore last Wednesday about my experience living in China for a year. I am currently in my last semester at NUS majoring in Communications and...
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Attack of the Pinterest Clones, as Qihoo Rolls Out Its Own
Qihoo 360 (NYSE:QIHU), the Chinese anti-virus vendor, has made yet another move into social media with its launch today of a Pinterest clone called ‘I Like.’ Just like the original, the site is for...
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Rovio Unleashes Year of the Dragon Edition of Angry Birds
A couple of weeks back we told you that Rovio was hinting at a new China-themed update. And today we have it, as Angry Birds Seasons has a Year-of-the-Dragon special edition [1]. There are 15 new...
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Sony’s SmartWatch Supplements Your Smartphone
Earlier this week I had a chance to check out Sony’s (NYSE:SNE) new SmartWatch, the successor of the Live View accessory from Sony Ericsson back in 2010. And while I’ve never seen the latter, this new...
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Alipay Enables ‘Red Envelope’ Gifting Via Social QR Codes For Chinese New Year
‘Red envelopes’ – or ‘red packets’ – are a long-standing fixture of Chinese New Year celebrations whereby money is gifted, usually from adults to young relatives. And now Alipay, China’s biggest...
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eYantra Acquires Rewards Management Solution Startup Privilege Corner
eYantra has announced that it has acquired Privilege Corner for an undisclosed sum, we’ve learned today. India-based startup Privilege Corner provides online rewards management solutions through its...
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Looking For Japanese Tech Companies in Singapore? Check Out Crosscoop
Smack right in the center of Singapore at 80 Robinson Road, Crosscoop is a 8,000 square foot hotspot where you can find over 40 Japanese companies. The founder of Crosscoop, Motofumi Shoji, claims...
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