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China’s DDcoupon Sees Nearly 10 Million Downloads So Far
DDmap.com, who claim to be China’s largest lifestyle information website, has recently concluded its $40+ million round of funding. We blogged about it about a while ago but it seems that the company...
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Startup ReferralCandy Gets Love From Soulja Boy
It’s always nice to have celebrities using your products. It’s good publicity and it can be a useful testimonial to show off to potential clients. I’m a keen admirer of the folks from ReferralCandy,...
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Is China Excited for Microsoft’s Surface Tablets?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware that Microsoft recently announced two tablets it’s calling Surface. A cheaper model will run Windows NT, a “pro” version will run Windows...
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When Crowdfunding Projects Go Bad
Here’s an interesting article from Akky Akimoto over at The Japan Times [1] that outlines what happens when a tech community recently rallied around the new crowdfunding startup, Studygift, without...
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Language-learning Service Rosetta Stone Poised for Asia Push
Rosetta Stone has just announced that it will be making a stronger push in the Asia region, and is relocating its president of global consumer markets to its Tokyo office to work towards that goal....
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Hello Students, Please Take a Compulsory Internship at Foxconn
Foxconn is a well-known company for many reasons. But it’s not necessary a company where students would like to do their internship. A report from Micgadget wrote that students from Xi’an...
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LG is the Latest Smartphone Maker to Echo Apple’s Siri
Engadget points out today that Korean electronics maker LG (066570:KS) has implemented a Siri-style voice command function which will be soon coming to its Optimus Android smartphone lineup. It’s...
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Noiseless USB Karaoke Mic For iPhone, iPad, and iPod
Here’s a very wacky gadget that recently caught my attention. It’s a noiseless USB Karaoke Mic for the iPod, iPhone, and iPad from Japan. Here’s how it works. You connect the mic, which comes with a...
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Danwei’s Model Worker Awards is a Who’s Who for China News
So the Danwei.com Model Worker Awards 2012 are out. Long-time China watchers will likely be familiar with this, as the roundup of online information sources on China is always a good one. We’re big...
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Alibaba.com Now Officially a Private Company
It’s official – Alibaba.com is no longer a public company starting from today. We learned the news from the Alizila, the group’s own blog which issued a blog post just a couple of hours ago. It’s not...
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Does Ohdio Want to Be Spotify for Indonesia?
Ohdio is a startup from Indonesia that wants to disrupt the domestic music industry by offering an online music streaming service. It’s available only for web right now, having gone into live beta...
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No Deal! Lashou Withdraws Its US IPO Filing
Ooops! One of China’s top daily deals site, Lashou, prides itself on selling attractive deals to its users. But its biggest ever deal – a bid to list on NASDAQ – couldn’t find many enthusiastic takers,...
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Guangdong Mobile Sends 30 Million Warning Texts for Typhoon, Makes Beijing...
Taking cover from Vicente in Hong Kong (Kim Cheng, AP) As China’s southeast deals with the aftermath of tropical storm/typhoon Vicente, Guangdong Mobile (the local division of China Mobile) has...
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Innovation Works Adds $148 Million To Second Fund
We have been hearing that Li Kaifu’s Innovation Works (IW) is working on a second fund. And today we learned more from a Dow Jones report that the Beijing-based venture capital has secured $148...
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LTE Adoption Rising Fast in Asia, as Docomo Passes 4 Million Subscribers
NTT Docomo (NYSE:DCM) is announcing today that its LTE service has passed the 4 million subscriber milestone on July 22, just 44 days after reaching the 3 million subscriber mark back on June 8. July...
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Friday App Remembers, Records, Makes Analytics of Your Life
The Indian startup that created the much-lauded Iris app – aka: “Siri for Android” – has another impressive Android-only creation with the newly-launched Friday. The tagline for the Friday app is that...
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Sina Weibo Launches Discussion Forums, No Longer Any 140-Character Limit
China’s hottest Twitter clone, Sina Weibo, has diversified yet again with the launch of a platform for BBS-like discussion forums. Called “Weiba” (see its homepage here), the forums are open to all...
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Indonesian Healthcare Startup ‘Aibilities’ Has Big Ideas
One of the Jakarta Founders Institute’s graduates, Aibilities, recently just launched its new free android app called Dokita. Dokita, which stands for “dokter kita” or in English “our doctor,”...
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Startup The Luxe Nomad Launches
The member-only travel site The Luxe Nomad launched today – finally. Some folks told me that the startup took awhile to get started but yes, it’s finally here to compete with others, including Impulse...
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How Tencent’s Qute is Chatting Up Indonesia
So Tencent’s made-for-Indonesia Qute messaging app has more than a million users. That makes me curious to find out what is it all about and how is it different from the 100 million user strong...
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