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Sina Weibo Allows ‘Real Name’ Registration Via SMS, Can Be Cheated
China’s top microblog services, such as Sina Weibo, are just two days away from enacting new ‘real name’ regulations that will effectively block users from tweeting/posting if they haven’t submitted...
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Attack of the Clones: Rocket Internet Hiring in Thailand
China does not have a monopoly on copying American websites. German company Rocket Internet is literally “cloning the web” as a recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek put it, so far making...
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Microsoft and US Embassy in Indonesia Launch iMULAI 4.0
Microsoft Indonesia and the United States Embassy through USAID have launched iMULAI 4.0, an annual ICT-based business innovation competition. Taking place at @america, Pacific Place Mall Jakarta, the...
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Apple Hong Kong Stymies Scalpers, Scalpers Respond in Stupidest Imaginable Way
Official notice saying there will be no lining up for the new iPad this time. (via Engadget) With the launch of a “the new iPad” (I’m putting that in scare quotes because I think it’s a stupid name) in...
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Japan’s Docomo Hits 60 Million Mobile Subscribers
Japan’s NTT Docomo (NYSE:DCM) announced today that it has hit the 60 million mobile subscribers milestone on March 11 [1]. Our readers may remember that we took an animated walk through Japan’s mobile...
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Meizu’s Flyme Store Hits 100 Million App Downloads, Looks Towards a Billion
Chinese phone-maker Meizu has today announced that 100 million apps have been downloaded from its own Flyme store for Android apps. The lucky downloader – one Mao Zeying from Tianjin who snagged the...
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Two VC Firms Give Push-Up Support to Zivame, Online Bra and Lingerie Retailer
The Indian e-commerce site Zivame, which specializes in selling premium lingerie items, was only launched in August 2011 but has already wrapped up some major series A funding from IDG Ventures and...
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Moneyleo Lets you Compare and Apply for Bank Loans in One Application
Whether it’s for your home, education, or property, it can be frustrating to research and apply for loans. The criteria set by each bank is different and applying for loans one by one can be torture....
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Beautecam App Wants to Make Skin Care Social
Have you ever struggled with finding the right make-up for your skin type? Who hasn’t, right? [1] Japanese company Rakuraku Corporation is releasing an app at SXSW 2012 in Austin Texas in an effort to...
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Chinese Ministry of Industry and Commerce Wants to Regulate Group Buy Industry
The M.I.C. opinion Group buy sites haven’t been doing super-well in China over the past six months. In fact, what with all the bankruptcy and fraud, it almost seems like it would be easier just to let...
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China’s Social Media and Web Landscape in 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC]
The Infographic of the Day series visually expresses important stories from Asia and the world of technology. Here’s a very handy cheat-sheet – created by CIC, the Chinese social business analysts –...
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Eye See Tohoku: Helping Children Through Photography
Photo: Sony The other day I noted the difficulty of recording and archiving information related to last year’s tragic earthquake and tsunami in Japan. So I was pleased to stumble across this initiative...
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MyLuxBox, in New Subscription E-Commerce Craze, Brings Luxury to Your Doorstep
In the booming world of e-commerce, a new trend is emerging: so-called subscription e-commerce, whereby users get a regular box of goodies – usually monthly – for their membership fee. The Hong Kong-...
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Weipocalypse Now: With Real-Name Deadline Looming, the Numbers Don’t Look Great
Tomorrow is March 16, the deadline imposed by the Beijing government for the implementation of real-name registration on microblogs like Sina Weibo. Yesterday, we wrote about how Sina is making things...
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China Unicom: Downloading iPhone or iPad Apps Exceeding 50MB on 3G is Fine...
China Unicom (NYSE:CHU; HKG:0762), the country’s first partner with Apple for the iPhone, has said that it has negotiated with the Cupertino company to allow users to download and update apps larger...
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JWT Acquire Magnivate Group Through XM Asia
XM Asia Pacific Pte Ltd announced that it has acquired PT Magnivate Group, one of Indonesia’s most successful (if not the most successful) digital and social media marketing agencies. This move will...
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TMG Boasts 3 Million Users, 100x Growth in a Year
If you pay attention to startups in Singapore and Indonesia, you have probably heard about The Mobile Gamer (TMG), a startup that builds mobile games on platforms like mig33, as well as, Kotagames,...
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Google Indonesia Launched, Rudy Ramawy Chosen as Country Head
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has officially launched its office in Jakarta today, and has chosen Rudy Ramawy to be the country head. Now that Google is here, it aims to boost the whole tech and internet...
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HTC One Series Boasts Better Camera Functions than Apple iPhone 4S
We wrote about Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC (TPE:2498) and its new One Series a couple of weeks back during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. And today in Singapore, the HTC One X (the flagship...
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Sina, Tencent Weibo Punished for Spreading Rumors [UPDATED: All Comments Banned]
According to a Xinhua report from late Friday evening, a spokesman from China’s National Internet Information Office has announced that several internet companies, including Sina (NASDAQ:SINA) and...
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