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63% of Asian Telcos Working on 4G Networks, Not Many Yet In Action
Right now across Asia, 63 percent of mobile telcos have rolled out 4G LTE services, or are now conducting trials or have firm plans. That’s the finding of ABI Research in a new paper on the...
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Dell’s XPS Ultrabook Challenge is Not So Ultra
Probably worthy of a better marketing campaign We were recently contacted by someone working on behalf of Dell (NASDAQ:DELL), pointing out a recent campaign the company ran in Singapore, called the...
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Mig33 Scores in India, App Preloaded on G’Five, Intex, and Zen
Mobile social network mig33 is betting big on emerging markets still using feature and/or Android-based phones. Previously, we learned that it has partnered with 12 Asian handset brands in Indonesia...
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The First Smartphone with Intel Inside to Launch in India [VIDEO]
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) has announced today, in cooperation with Lava International, that the XOLO X900 will go on sale on April 23 in India. This will mark the first time that Intel, the maker of...
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Cool Amazon Ads in the Beijing Subway
Ever since it shed its Joyo moniker this fall, Amazon China has been on a marketing push to get people in China to respond to Amazon and the url z.cn as a brand. Today, on the way to repair my...
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Tencent’s Group Messaging App Gets English Name, WeChat, Support for More...
Just as we’d heard was about to happen, Chinese social media giant Tencent (HKG:0700) has renamed its group messaging app, Weixin, as “WeChat” for international users. This comes in a new update to...
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GREE Looks North With Investment in Vancouver-Based IUGO Mobile Entertainment
Not long after investing in Tokyo-based game developers and HTML5 experts Wizcorp, Japanese social gaming company GREE (TYO:3632) has just announced a minority investment in Vancouver-based developer...
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Another Japanese Gaming Company Expands Abroad: Gumi Opens Korea Office
Gumi Korea CEO Gibon "Peter" Chang Earlier today we noted GREE’s investment in IUGO Mobile International, the latest step from the social gaming company in its expansion from Japan to overseas markets....
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The Story and Future of Kaskus
Kaskus is a familiar and admired internet brand in Indonesia. Behind this giant internet company is an inspiring story of hard-working entrepreneurs building an internet startup back in their college...
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Dropmyemail Passes Half Million Users, is Working on Second Round of Funding
Just 50 days into launching the Dropmyemail service for email cloud backup and migration, the Singapore-based startup has announced its 525,000th user, averaging the addition of 10,500 new users per...
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Free WiFi Coming to Beijing Buses
Squeezing yourself onto Beijing’s crowded public transportation just got a little more rewarding: soon, at least some buses will be free wifi hotspots. Beijing, it seems, is finally getting into wifi;...
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Rumor: 360Buy Wants to Outsource Its Daily Deals Portal
There’s a rumor in China’s online retailing industry that 360Buy, the country’s second-biggest B2C e-commerce site, is seeking to outsource its daily deals business, perhaps to 55Tuan or Lashou. The...
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10 Things Chinese Startups Can Learn from Facebook
Facebook is blocked in China. But that doesn’t mean that Chinese companies can’t learn from it, and today, Sina tech is featuring a post by blogger Wang Huai about what Chinese companies can learn...
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China Mobile to Launch 4G LTE in Hong Kong Next Week
China Mobile (NYSE:CHL; HKG:0941) has announced that it’ll launch its 4G mobile data service over the border in Hong Kong starting next week. The 100 MBps next-generation LTE will start on April 25th,...
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Welcome to Facebook and Twitter, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
I’m not into politics but I know social media has played a huge part in Singapore’s last election. It looks like Singapore’s Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, has joined the Facebook party — just an...
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It’s Your Loss NUS, Alvin Deserves Better
I admire people who have balls and the just-do-it attitude. And here’s one: a 21-year old Singaporean, Alvin Wang, who set up HelpAlvinGetIntoSchool.com. Alvin recently got rejected by the National...
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Rakuten to Close its China E-commerce Venture with Baidu
Rakuten (JSD:4755) announced on its website today (pdf release) that the company would be closing the ‘Lekutian’ e-commerce venture that it had in partnership with Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) in China....
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Brand Survey Shows Economic Diversity in Asia, Affinity for Apple, Nokia
Sony was perhaps the most consistent brand, ranking in the top ten in most regions Japan’s Nikkei BP Consulting has released the result of an interesting Asia-wide brand survey today. Its “Brand Asia...
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Google+ Targets Emerging Markets with SMS Functionality
There’s good news for Google+ users around the world today, particularly for those in emerging mobile markets. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is rolling out its SMS notification feature in 41 countries today,...
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24% of Web Content is Now in Chinese, Will Soon Surpass English [Infographic]
The Infographic of the Day series visually expresses important stories from Asia and the world of technology. A new infographic shows that Chinese will soon overtake English as the dominant language...
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