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Pudding.to Photo App Hits 500,000 Downloads in One Week
Made in South Korea by KTH (KOSDAQ: 036030), the photo-sharing app Pudding.to has proven to be really popular, and the company behind it claims to have attracted more than 500,000 downloads after its...
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5 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week
While the Apple/Proview battle was stealing a lot of headlines this week, there were other things going down in China this week that may have slipped by if you weren’t watching closely. Here’s a recap...
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10 Asian Startups That Caught Our Eye This Week
In the last seven days, we have had a couple of Asian tech startups on our radar, specifically from China, Indonesia, Japan, India, and Singapore. For folks who are interested in investing or...
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Kawaii Twikao Turns Your Face Into An Emoticon
Over on JapanTrends I came across Twikao, an iPhone app that turns your face into an emoticon or kaomoji. You simply take a photo of your own face and let the app do the rest. It’s a little wacky, but...
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Taiwan’s HTC Has High Hopes for its One Series
Photo: HTC Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC (TPE:2498), in the wake of poor Q4 revenue and profits, has unveiled a lineup of handsets that that it hope will turn its fortunes around. At Mobile World...
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Tencent’s Penguin Helps You Find Music on New Song-Recognition Web App
Finding a piece of music can be frustrating if you don’t know the name of it, or even who sung it. But China’s biggest social media company, Tencent (HKG:0700), has the solution with its brand-new...
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Xiaomi Updates, Real and Rumored
Chinese tech blogs are all a-twitter today with the rumored design of the second-generation Xiaomi phone. The design was supposedly submitted to the patent office in September of last year and hit the...
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Shanda Cloudary US IPO is Finally Taking Off
Chinese web giant Shanda (NASDAQ:SNDA) wanted its subsidiary, Shanda Cloudary, to list in the US last year, but plans were cancelled in July when one of its lead underwriters withdrew. But the US IPO...
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Huawei Claims Ascend D Quad Smartphone is World’s Fastest
More news from Mobile World Congress out of Spain, as Chinese manufacturer Huawei (SHE:002502) has unveiled what it claims is the ‘world’s fastest smartphone’ the new Ascend D quad handset. And while...
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Chinese Scalpers Rejoice! Now Everyone Can Buy 840 iPhones
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has always had issues with iPhones being sold on the gray market in China — not a big surprise given that its gadgets tend to come out months late over here. For that reason, sales...
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The Impact Ventures Accelerator Program Hits Southeast Asia, You Can Apply Now
The Impact Ventures Accelerator Program (IVAP) is launching across Southeast Asia today, bringing funding and support to early-stage startups in the region. The initiative is run by LGT Venture...
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REKA Health Receives $4 Million From Tembusu Partners
Singapore-based REKA Health just received $4 million in fresh funds from Tembusu Partners, we learned today. The health technology company provides mobile technology solutions that enable the remote...
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Japanese Startup Phroni Gets Phunded, Raises 70 Million Yen
Anyone who attended our recent Startup Asia conference in Singapore earlier this month will recall Ikuya Yamada, who pitched his solution for a ‘smarter’ smartphone/tablet browsing experience called...
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Pinpuff is ‘Klout for Pinterest’ and It’s Made in India
Loving Pinterest? Then you have to check out Pinpuff, a made-in-India web application that measures your Pinterest score. All you have to do is key in your Pinterest username and leave the measuring...
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Sina Gives Charities a Home on Weibo, and a ‘Donate’ Button
Sina (NASDAQ:SINA) has added a charity platform to its microblogging site that allows users to ‘follow’ and donate to good causes. Called ‘Gongyi’ it’s all a part of its popular Weibo service, which...
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Facebook Mobile Hack Roadshow Coming To Singapore, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo
There are quite a lot of hackathons/hacking sessions in Asia these days, particularly those organized or supported by big companies. And that’s a great thing. The latest hack roadshow in Asia will be...
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Another Day, Another Quad Core Smartphone: ZTE Unveils the Era
Photo: Engadget So for those keeping count, this is the third quad-core smartphone from an Asian manufacturer that we’ve mentioned in the past 24 hours (besides the Huawei Ascend D and the HTC One...
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Vancl Broke 4 Million Mobile Users in 2011
E-commerce is growing fast in China, but the future may be in mobile e-commerce. That’s something experts have been saying for a while, and the latest data from online retailer Vancl certainly seems...
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MockVault Helps Manage and Present Your Designs Professionally
Started by two Singaporean serial entrepreneurs Ben Ho and Melly Fong, MockVault is a platform which lets you manage your designs before presenting them professionally to your clients. It was launched...
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Chinese Government Launches New Internet Porn Crackdown
Fans of internet porn in China, be warned: your days may be numbered. Yesterday, the government announced a new internet crackdown campaign that is to be a cooperative project of nine different...
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