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Thai Webmaster’s Conviction Means More Self-Censorship for Startups
Byron Perry is the founder of local news and reviews website Coconuts Bangkok. Jiew photographed at work on her site before the ruling today. (Image source: PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/Getty Images) A...
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SkySQL Raises $2.5 Million, Appoints New CEO
Remember SkySQL? The startup that is fighting against Oracle? There’s news from them today saying the company has raised $2.5 million today from California Technology Ventures to enhance its battle...
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5 Tips To Keep Yourself Productive in Jakarta
Some of our team members, me included, have been living in Jakarta, Indonesia, for four months so far. It’s a nice city, but the nasty traffic can be a real pain. That said, there’s no need for it to...
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The Remember App Creates, Curates, and Celebrates Your Family Memories
I generally have a soft spot for apps that encourage family bonding, and the Remember app does just that. The Singapore startup positions itself as a life photo scrapbook in the cloud, documenting...
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Nintendo Says Japanese Authorities Have Arrested Alleged Game Pirate
These cards can no longer be sold legally in Japan (photo akibamap.com) According to Nintendo (TYO:7974), Japanese authorities in Aichi prefecture have arrested a ‘majikon’ vendor for suspected video...
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Cool Data Visualizations Shed Light on Chinese Microblog Censorship
Censorship in China is a pretty frustrating thing (at least for those who live here), not least because the system is so opaque. It’s never entirely clear what the standards are, or why certain things...
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Japan’s Ad Giant Dentsu to Open Singapore Digital Agency Tomorrow
The Japanese advertising agency Dentsu (TYO:4324), which is one of the world’s largest advertisers, is expanding its reach even further having just announced that it’ll open an office in Singapore...
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Amazon’s Fixed Rate SIM Card Released in Japan Today
From B-Mobile's promo page for the new SIM card A Nikkei report on Monday claimed that Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) was about to sell prepaid 500 MB SIM cards in Japan. And today those cards are now available...
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Rumor: Diablo 3 Coming to China This July
Leaked Chinese screenshots and gameplay videos have led to rumors that Diablo 3 could be hitting Chinese servers as early as July. The game still has no official Chinese release date, though.
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Sina Weibo’s User Contract: Let’s All Just Calm Down
At the risk of repeating myself, I think it needs to be said: Sina Weibo’s new user contract and credits system is not a big deal. It’s not even really much of a change. First, a brief summary for...
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Google Brings the Ramayana Story to Life in Amazing New ‘Chrome Experiment’
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has created a new and pretty sweet ‘Chrome Experiment’ – an interactive visualization designed to showcase its Chrome web browser – that tells the Ramayana ancient Sanskrit epic...
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Kompas Celebrates Fourth Anniversary with Facebook Timeline
Kompas, the biggest and the most successful newspaper in Indonesia, celebrates the four-year anniversary of its online news portal with a new feature: the Kompas.com Facebook Timeline. Officially...
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See Docomo’s Transparent Dual-Touchscreen Android Phone Prototype [Video]
Here’s a great video demo of a smartphone prototype from NTT Docomo (NYSE:DCM) which has a see-through display that (like the Sony reach-around PS Vita) accepts touch input on both sides. This allows...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Talks China Manufacturing [Video]
Here’s an interesting clip of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook speaking at the D10 Conference, touching upon the subject of Apple’s manufacturing in China. Of course Apple has been widely criticized...
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After SingTel Acquisition, New Site Under HungryGoWhere Brand Will Be Launched
Last week we wrote about SingTel acquiring Singapore’s food recommendation site, HungryGoWhere.com. Whilst this came as a surprise to many, according to co-founder and managing director of GTW...
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Yahoo Launches Ad Products in Southeast Asia, Focuses on Mobile
At an event this afternoon in Singapore, Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) has rolled out a whole bunch of advertising platform products for the first time in Southeast Asia. The mobile-oriented ads are, says...
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SCOOP App Adds T-Cash by Telkomsel to Its Payment Options
SCOOP, an iOS and Android app for downloading and reading magazines, has just added T-Cash by Telkomsel to its araray of payment options. This is good news for users of its new Android app as it offers...
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Intel Capital Invests $17 Million in Reebonz and VC Corp
Intel announced its investment in two companies yesterday – Singapore-based Reebonz and Hanoi-based Vietnam Communications Corporations (VC Corp). Reebonz is a private sales e-commerce site for luxury...
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Travelogy.com Acquires Nearby.sg
Exclusive – Travel-solution startup, Travelogy has acquired fellow Singapore-based startup, Nearby.sg. The latter is a startup that does location-based mapping and a points-of-interest directory in...
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Chinese Man Tries to Track Ex-Girlfriend via GPS, Loses Hundreds
Qi and his expensive GPS card The advent of mobile phones with GPS technology may have made people easier to track, but even GPS can’t save us from karma. That’s what Mr. Qi, a 45-year-old Chinese man...
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