NoLimit Analyzes the Conversation on Indonesian Social Media
An infographic created with NoLimit data reports Lots of people are interested in the Indonesian market and want to know what Indonesians are talking about on social media. But the language can be a...
View ArticlePerkStash Will Help Singaporean Vendors Keep Their Customers
Gary Gan and the team from PerkStash, a Singapore-based startup, took the stage at Startup Arena this afternoon to pitch their product. In short, PerkStash is a service that helps metchants retain...
View ArticleTripid Wants to Solve Traffic Problems in Southeast Asia
Tripid’s CEO took the stage at Startup Arena to address what he calls an “endemic problem” in Southeast Asia: traffic. Jakarta’s traffic is certainly quite miserable. Tripid tries to help resolve this...
View ArticleWakuWakuw Helps Local Communities and Groups Get Organized, Raise Funds
As we heard yesterday from some of Indonesia’s startup luminaries, communities are important. WakuWakuw wants to be a platform and useful social website for any kind of group – from a local karate...
View ArticleJapanese Startup Moso Walks Away With US$10,000 as the Winner of Startup Asia...
Moso founder Shinji Murakoshi accepts his $10,000 prize When all was said and done at our Startup Arena Jakarta competition, video editing startup Moso (http://www.mosoapp.com) has walked away with...
View ArticleSquareCrumbs Helps Teachers Conduct Outdoor Learning Trails with Students
Prior to developing The Remember App, the three-man team we wrote about last week has also developed another application called SquareCrumbs. In short, SquareCrubs is a mobile HTML 5 app which...
View ArticleA Final Roundup of Startup Asia Jakarta
Our Startup Asia Jakarta 2012 event this past Thursday and Friday was a great success for us at Tech In Asia. Speaking for our editorial team, it was a really great learning experience to come here...
View Article19 Asian Startups That Caught Our Eye This Week
Startup Asia Jakarta 2012 has finally come to an end — A big thank you to all speakers, participants, partners, and sponsors for the support and kind words. It’s been a great pleasure organizing...
View ArticleJack Ma: ‘If You’re Not Arguing, You’re Not Doing Business’
If you’re looking for advice from people who have had success in the Chinese internet game, you could do a lot worse than Jack Ma. His company Alibaba does pretty well, so he probably knows a thing or...
View ArticleEvernote Reaching Out to Indonesian Users in Bahasa
Guest author Sartika Kurniali enjoys exploring new opportunities and ideas at work. She is also a faculty member, computer and internet book author, and occasional public speaker. She is passionate...
View ArticleTenda33: A mig33 Fan Club Cafe
Mobile social network, mig33, was mentioned again and again at Startup Asia Jakarta last Thursday and Friday. The mig33 love doesn’t just happen at our conference. Users love the service so much that...
View ArticleHuawei, ZTE Execs Sentenced to Ten Years for Corruption in Algeria
Chinese mobile phone giants Huawei and ZTE have been met with more than a little skepticism in their efforts to move beyond the Chinese market. But suspicions of corruption and spying are one thing,...
View ArticleJapanese Real-Time Avatar Web Cam Brings Endless Possibilities to Gaming
Here’s an amazing demonstration video of new avatar web camera technology from Yasue Mitsukura and the folks at Keio University in Japan. The system presents an animated avatar which responds in...
View ArticleStartup NoLimit Makes Indonesia Proud
We took a lot of time preparing the startups who are competing at Startup Arena. It was my favorite segment of the Startup Asia conference. While the front stage looks slick and clean, there was a lot...
View ArticleNTT Docomo Acquires Additional Stake in Tower Records Japan, Makes it a...
NTT Docomo (NYSE:DCM) has announced this afternoon that it will be acquiring additional shares in Tower Records Japan Inc. According to Reuters, the company will increase its stake to 50.3 percent from...
View ArticleBeijing Police Arrest iPhone-Thieving Subway Gangs
iPhone users in Beijing can breathe a little easier after the announcement that Beijing police have arrested 332 thieves stealing iPhones on the Beijing subway so far this year, including one gang of...
View ArticleReport: Baidu Tried to Acquire Rival Sogou Earlier This Year
Reports are emerging that Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), China’s most-used search engine, tried – but failed – to acquire its smaller rival, Sogou, earlier this year. The opportunity is said to have come and...
View ArticleHan Han Teams Up With Tencent, Launches Online Magazine
Han Han. He’s China’s most famous blogger-cum-race-car-driver, accomplished writer, and a bit of a misogynist. He’s now also an online social magazine — or something — thanks to Tencent, which is the...
View ArticleGREE Talks Global Expansion at E3
While our content was dominated by our Startup Asia Jakarta 2012 event last week, E3 was going on in Los Angeles, and Japan’s GREE (TYO:3632) was there showing off its global gaming platform. The folks...
View ArticleResumonk Helps You Create a Professional Resume in Minutes
India-based Resumonk is a simple online builder that helps you create a professional resumes in just a few minutes. The basic service comes with several slick templates for you to choose from. Using...
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