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QQ Browser App Goes Global, Now In the Getjar App Store
Tencent (HKG:0700), the Chinese social media giant, is taking its QQ Browser app global having signed a deal with the American third-party Android app store, Getjar. Right now, QQ Browser is being...
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1,483 Chinese Group Buy Sites Closed, 456 in October Alone
via titanicuniverse.com At this point, everyone knows that the group buy market in China is, er, going through a rough patch. The question has long since shifted from “is this going to happen?” to “how...
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1,000 Protestors Gather Outside Taobao HQ in Ongoing New Rules Row [PHOTOS]
As many as 1,000 protesters, comprising small business owners on the B2C e-commerce platform Taobao Mall, have gathered at Alibaba HQ in Hangzhou, eastern China, today. More are expected to arrive...
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Xiaomi M1 Bests Samsung, HTC Smartphones in Browser Benchmarks
China’s homegrown Xiaomi is a bit of an experiment. The limited release — the phone won’t be publicly available for everyone until next month — the lack of traditional marketing, and the low price...
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Fimela.com to Hold FimelaFest in Jakarta on its First Birthday
The FimelaFest flyer - click to enlarge it a bit! Fimela.com is a web portal dedicated solely to Indonesia’s modern, tech-savvy, and mobile women who want a combo of news, fashion, and family tips....
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Alibaba.com International Sees 65% Yearly Traffic Growth, Working on...
Update: The German version of Alibaba.com is actually up! Click here to explore around. On the top, you can actually see there are different language options, including Korean and Japanese. When doing...
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With Android-based iQQ, Does Tencent Finally Have a Mobile Strategy?
Tencent (HKG:0700), China’s social media giant, has been really good at building Android apps of late, but it has always lacked a coherent mobile platform, despite a couple of shaky, flaky attempts....
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Can You Get Online on China’s High Speed Trains?
I shun the plane for domestic travel inside China for a big reason — the fact that they don’t come with connectivity and that you are forced to switch off your phones. It feels like a bit of a...
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iPhone 4S Coming to China Telecom (But When?)
Rumors have been swirling online for a while that China Telecom would be getting a taste of the iPhone 4S action. Now those rumors have been confirmed by China Telecom insiders, but they note that...
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The Real-time Plan
The big battle plan? Credit: wrath85.deviantart.com Do you have a plan for your startup? I bet most of us do. Not just one, but multiple versions. You’re not alone. I’ve learned that having a single...
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Japan’s Mobile Giant I-Freek Opens First International Office in Singapore
I-Freek (3845:Hercules) is a listed company that business revolves around the mobile Internet sector in Japan, including everything from content to games, consulting to marketing. Eyeing opportunities...
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Japan’s Compath.me Helps You Discover Places To Visit
Compath.me, a Tokyo-based start-up from Open Network Lab (a seed acceleration program by Digital Garage and Joi Ito) just brought us the official release of their iPhone app last week. On December 7,...
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Keeping it Simple: Perx Combines Loyalty Program With LBS
Squiryl, a loyalty program mobile app, got some attention after we wrote about it. But one of our readers pointed out that Perx is perhaps the more popular loyalty program app in Singapore right now...
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Will We See a Baidu Yi Handset This Month?
The Dell Streak 5 - a contender for running Baidu Yi. Damn, this is shaping up to be a competitive month for smartphones in China! First we had Xiaomi’s M1, which will finally be available to everyone...
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YourGolf Online: An App That’s Changing How the World Plays Golf
YourGolf Online is a GPS-enabled golf logging mobile app that allows you to record at which courses you have played, how you made approach shots, and how what scores you have earned. Golf players will...
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Insights from Spil Games on Mobile and Gaming in Asia
Thanks to Serkan Toto (@serkantoto on Twitter) for pointing out this talk from Spil Games entitled The State of HTML5 Games in Asia. Of course this will be of interest for game developers with their...
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China’s Daily Deals Market Sees Three Local Winners Emerge
Updated stats for China’s fierce group-buy market seem to suggest that we can now crown a triumvirate of winners – Lashou, Meituan, and 55Tuan. That’s because the trio has finally nailed the holy...
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Goo-goo! Gaa-gaa! Porsche! The Chinese iOS App for Kids That Teaches Car Logos
Goo-goo… gaa-gaa… Porsche… Yes, that could be your baby’s first proper word, if a Chinese app developer has anything to do with it. The BabyTouch app for iOS is designed for kids aged from zero to...
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The9′s Korea Head Tony Park Talks Firefall, the Garena Deal, and More
Shaking hands on the Reg 5-Garena deal The9, a Chinese gaming company, recently established a South Korean branch. Not content with expanding just into Korea, The9 also recently inked a deal for...
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Japan’s Gumi Raises $25 million, Wants to Beat Zynga
A couple of weeks back we had a chance to speak with Hironao Kunimitsu, the founder and president of social game maker Gumi, about the development of his company. As one of the largest game...
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