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Yotomo Wants To Bring Real Check-in Benefits to Indonesia
Founded in April 2011, Yotomo is a location-based social network similar to Foursquare, Bouncity, or Koprol. It’s a clone but with some localized distinctions, or as the team notes, “Innovation within...
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Japan’s Social Gaming Market [Infographic]
It has been interesting for us to follow the growth of Japan’s social gaming market, particularly the bigger players like GREE and DeNA as they try to translate their domestic successes abroad. One of...
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Green Tech Startups in Indonesia in Focus as IVAP Picks 2 Winners
Back in February we encouraged startups to apply to win a place on the Impact Ventures Accelerator Program (IVAP) which had just launched across Southeast Asia. And now we have word of the two winners...
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China’s High Speed Rail Adding Face Recognition in Stations
If China’s high-speed rail wasn’t high-tech enough for you, you’re in luck, because it’s about to get high-tech-er. This morning, the People’s Daily reports that the Beijing-Shanghai high speed rail...
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Meizu MX Quad-core to Launch in June, Powered by Samsung’s Exynos CPU
Chinese phone maker Meizu has just announced that its new Meizu MX Quad-core will launch in June, thereby becoming the first smartphone to rock Samsung’s (005930:KS) own Exynos A9 quad-core processor....
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Rakuten Teams Up with Japan Post to Make International E-commerce Easier for...
The Yomiuri Shimbun is reporting today that Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten (JSD:4755) will cooperate with Japan Post to help sellers easily deliver to international recipients, and for a cost 20 to...
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Android Doubles Its Market Share in China, Symbian Still Ahead of iOS
New stats from Beijing-based Analysys International show that Google’s mobile OS, Android, doubled its market share in China in the past year, rising to account for 68.4 percent of smartphone sales by...
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MadeiraCloud Helps Better Organize Apps in the Cloud, Releases New Features
I first met Daniel O’Prey, CEO and founder of MadeiraCloud, when I was working with Innovation Works’ startup XingCloud last year, and kept in touch after moving back to Singapore. It’s awesome to...
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Why I Think Real Name Registration Hasn’t Really Affected Sina Weibo
We’ve done an awful lot of talking about weibo real-name registration here at Tech in Asia, because it’s both interesting and important. But one thing we haven’t talked about is how Sina’s half-assed...
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As Facebook and Twitter Grow, Google+ Wants to Be in Japan’s Social Circle Too
Much has been written about Facebook’s impressive growth in Japan recenty, and Twitter too appears to be doing well there too, with CEO Dick Costolo saying today that they will aggressively add sales...
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The Warm and Fuzzy Foursquare Day in Jakarta, Indonesia
I’m loving it here in Jakarta. And I’m also sort of addicted to crashing all types of random networking events and meeting different people from all walks of life. It is mostly still within the tech...
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Mogujie: China’s Biggest Pinterest Clone is a Social Commerce Money Machine
The founder of China’s most popular Pinterest-like startup, Mogujie, has penned a blog post explaining his perceived formula for social media success on the web. Before hearing his idea, it’s worth...
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Zalora Faces Pressure, Oliver Samwer in Singapore To Motivate Team
The folks from Rocket Internet has already made waves in Europe,and they are now putting their clone factory in Southeast Asia. E-commerce players in the region should all tremble in fear. Or should...
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China Needs a Slice of Raspberry Pi
Mmmmmmm, pie. Raspberry pie is delicious, and everyone should have a slice, but the title is not a typo, and what I’m here to talk about today is not real pie. It’s Raspberry Pi, a tiny computer being...
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New iPad Arrives in India, South Korea, More Asian Nations This Month
According to Apple, its new iPad will launch officially in five Asian countries later this month. South Koreans will be among the first to grab one when it rolls out there this Friday (20th), while...
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The Average Chinese Smartphone User Makes $12,698 Per Year
Smartphone usage in China has exploded over the past few years. This year, China finally blew past the US to become the biggest consumer of smartphones, making up 20.7 percent of the global smartphone...
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People’s Daily Online Triples Its IPO Figure, Aims to Raise $238 Million
People’s Daily Online, the news website closely tied to China’s governing Communist party, has just issued a statement saying that it intends to raise as much as 1.55 billion RMB ($238 million) from...
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Amazon Reportedly Making Progress With Japanese Publishers, Kindle Coming…...
Any of our readers in Japan who are waiting for Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) to start selling e-books and its Kindle e-reader the country are very likely running out of patience. We’ve been following Japanese...
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Web-based Game, TouchJam, Brings Indonesian Gaming and Music Together
Indonesia-based game development startup, Touchten, has partnered with music label Aquarius Musikindo to jointly launch TouchJam, a web-based rhythmic game that challenges gamers to match a sequence...
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Fuji Television to Open Six New Channels on YouTube
There’s news from YouTube Japan today that local broadcaster Fuji TV is opening six new channels on the video streaming site, targeting both domestic and international fans. Among the channels to be...
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