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Zanadu Brings a Curated Luxury Travel Service to Monied Chinese Consumers
Just as luxury e-commerce is taking off in China, it should be no surprise that opulence-oriented travel sites are a potential boom area as well. And with that in mind comes Zanadu, launching this...
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Netease’s Cloud Notes App Hits 2 Million Users, Chasing After Evernote
With smartphone usage in China on the rise, Netease (NASDAQ:NTES) has today announced that its Evernote-style cloud notes app, Youdao YunBiJi, has reached just over two million users. The service...
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Flipkart’s Music Store Takes Flyte, Aims to Surpass Amazon, iTunes
Indian e-commerce leader Flipkart has today launched its licensed music store, Flyte. It immediately becomes India’s largest legal MP3 source, in a major challenge to both Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) music...
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DeNA Partners with Qihoo 360 to Push Mobage Further in China
We’ve recently told you about DeNA’s (TYO:2432) multi-pronged efforts to push its Mobage gaming platform in China. It was just last week that we saw the company partner with manufacturer Huawei...
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Facebook Testing Disaster Message Board in Japan
So I noticed something interesting when I logged into Facebook today. I’m in Japan, and it seems that the social network has added a Disaster Message Board, which it is testing today and tomorrow (see...
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Sina Weibo and the Coming Weipocalypse
This morning, Sina’s (NASDAQ:SINA) quarterly earnings call turned more than a few heads. The company actually posted a profit, but is forecasting a less pleasant Q1 2012 thanks to the approaching...
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Peppermeet: LBS App Could Help Japan’s Disaster Response
Rocket Staff is a young, Tokyo-based startup which has introduced a location-based iPhone app called PepperMeet. With GPS technology, the app allows you to chat and share pictures with any other users...
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UK E-tailer Net-A-Porter Ready to Buy Its Way Into Chinese Luxury E-Commerce...
The couture e-tailer Net-A-Porter is rumored to be entering the Chinese e-commerce market with the purchase of a local fashion site named Shouke. If this transpires to be true, it’ll be the UK-based...
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Turn HR into Your Startup’s Competitive Advantage
After 15 years of working for someone else Mikaal Abdulla finally got smart and started his own company. He is the co-founder and CEO of 8 Securities and his journey has taken him through Silicon...
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Japan’s Prime Minister Noda Getting No Views on YouTube
The Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihiko Noda, is apparently having difficulties drawing the public’s attention over on YouTube. The most recent posting to the Prime Minister’s Office channel last week...
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Chinese Man Disappeared, Detained by Police for BBS Repost
How careful are you about the things you retweet online? A Foshan man named Shang Laicheng learned the hard way that in China the simple act of reposting something can be a serious crime after he was...
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Net-A-Porter Brings The Outnet to China With Local Luxury E-Commerce Acquisition
In a big vote of confidence in the luxury e-commerce sector in China, the UK e-tailer Net-A-Porter has today confirmed its acquisition of a Chinese high-fashion online mall, Shouke (after hearing...
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Komli Media Acquires Admax, Reaches 150 Million Unique Monthly Users
Komli Media has acquired Admax Network, a leading digital media network in Southeast Asia for an undisclosed fee. Komli Media claims to have 120 million unique monthly users while Admax has 90...
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Australian Startups Have Global Vision
Picture taken from cebit.com.au I made a trip down to Sydney last week and met up briefly with Kim Heras, the co-founder Of PushStart and former editor of The Next Web Australia, to understand a little...
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How InMobi’s Smartpay and Opera Mini Will Enable Online Payments for...
The Indian online ad and payments platform InMobi has announced that it’s teaming up with Opera, makers of the popular Opera Mini mobile browser, to enable online payments for digital goods for...
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Epic Meal Time Going to Japan
Big Mac Sushi Roll, from Epic Meal Time Next Time Productions, the folks doing their best to overdose you on bacon and cheese on their Epic Meal Time YouTube channel, are partnering with a Japanese...
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In Beijing, Toilets Just a Text Away Starting May 1
Last November we reported on a government plan to create a text message system that would allow visitors to find the nearest public toilet via their phones. It wasn’t really clear how all this was...
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A New Chapter For HomeShop18 As It Launches a Huge New Online Bookstore
Indian e-commerce site HomeShop18 is today launching a new online bookstore that’s incorporated into its site coming stocked with over 10 million titles across more than 100 genres. Although...
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Singapore’s RealU Releases First Gameplay Trailer for Otherland
Are you a fan of MMORPGs who’s looking for something a bit less, erm, Warcrafty than what’s out there right now? Singapore’s RealU has got you covered. They’re working on an MMO based on Tad William’s...
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Nundino: A Microblog For Stock Trader Geeks
I’m not much of a stock trader but I do tweet from time to time. Nundino, comes from the Latin verb ‘nundinor,’ is a new vertical of microblog that targets traders and bankers who like to tweet....
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