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NCsoft’s ‘Lineage’ to be Distributed by GREE in Japan
Japanese social game maker GREE (TYO:3632) is announcing today a business partnership with Korea’s NCsoft (KRX:036570) to distribute its popular ‘Lineage’ title in Japan for mobile devices, with the...
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China Groupon and FTuan Merge to Form New Company, GroupNet
Following the announcement of a business merger between China deals sites, Gaopeng, Groupon’s service in China, and FTuan, the new holding company will be rebranded with a new logo (pictured right) and...
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10 Alternative Android App Stores From China [2012 Edition]
Pictured left-to-right: Wandoujia, D.cn Games Center, and Baidu App Store. Third-party Android app stores in China are looking stronger and more numerous than ever – and a lot prettier too. Last summer...
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Another Hit for NHN Japan with ‘Line Brush’ Drawing App
When NHN Japan published its Line Brush application last week, I was a little hesitant to look at it. I mean, we’ve been hearing so much from the company of late that it’s getting to be a bit too...
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BliBli Ends Its First Year With Style
BliBli, the Indonesian e-tailer supported by GDP Ventures and also the biggest private bank in the country, BCA, celebrates its first year anniversary today. Marking that milestone, BliBli achievements...
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Tapjoy Making Progress in Asia with Partnerships in China and Korea
With offices in Beijing, Tokyo, and Seoul, mobile advertising and publishing platform Tapjoy definitely has intentions of making progress in the Asia region. Today the company is announcing an...
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SocialBakers Updates its Data, Indonesia Back in Top 5 Facebook Users
SocialBakers released its data yesterday which showed that Indonesia lost around 5 million users, That caused a lot of confusion among Indonesians and became a hot topic of conversation on Twitter....
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That’s a Lot of Gadgets: Tmall Hits $3.17 Billion in Sold Electronics in H1 2012
With half-year financial results coming in thick and fast, China’s biggest B2C ecommerce site, Tmall, has revealed that it sold 20 billion RMB ($3.165 billion) in gadgets and electronics alone in 2012...
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The Weibo Olympics: Mobile is King and Apple, Android Dominate Sina Weibo...
We already knew that Sina Weibo was a hotspot for Olympic discussions. In fact, it even beat out Twitter — though the latter has more users — during the opening ceremonies! But today Sina released a...
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DocDoc Lets you Find and Book Doctors Appointments with Ease
Finding a doctor is a pain, and booking an appointment is another pain still. DocDoc aims to solve both problems, making finding and booking an appointment with a doctor more convenient – albeit just...
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China’s ZTE Bruises RIM’s Blackberry in the Smartphone Wars
Chinese manufacturer ZTE (HKG:0763; SHE:000063) issued an announcement today pointing at something that we missed in the recent Q2 mobile shipment figures from research firm IDC. The company points...
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ChinaJoy 2012: Big Numbers, But is This Show About Games or Girls?
China’s biggest gaming convention, ChinaJoy, wrapped up this week, and although we didn’t get a chance to attend this year, it appears the convention is only growing. This year, the show attracted...
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2,082 Chinese Group Buy Sites Bit the Dust in the Last Nine Months
Group buy sites over the past year What goes up must come down, and China’s group buy sector has been busy learning that the hard way for the past nine months. According to the latest data from group...
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GREE and NetDragon Among Entertainment Software Association New Members
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has just added three new members including Japanese mobile social gaming company GREE (TYO:3632) and Chinese game developer NetDragon Websoft Inc...
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Momo App Hits 10 Million Users, A Whole Lot of Flirting Going On
For a startup to go from zero to ten million users in the space of a year, and to have done so very organically, is impressive. And so Beijing-based Momo, makers of the flirtatious location-based app...
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How Chinese Smartphone Users Get Apps and Content
The mobile market in China is huge but also a little confusing. Perhaps this solid report prepared by Professor Liu of Beijing University could be handy to help shed some light (thanks to @Klukoff for...
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In Olympics Outburst, Chinese Tech Celeb Posts Personal Info of US Swim...
Ah, the Olympics. Uniting nations in mutual distrust and nationalist, self-righteous anger for over a century. And so it came to pass this morning that one of China’s leading tech luminaries, Li Kaifu...
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Finding Asia’s Place on the Internet World Map
internet-map.net I’m a big fan of any visualization that gives me a better idea of what the Internet looks like and one Russian web developer has created a beautiful two-dimensional representation of...
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Xiaomi Teases Its Next-Gen Phone, Thought to Be Revealed Later Today [UPDATED]
Oh, you tease! Xiaomi shows the eco packaging for its next-gen phone - but not the phone itself. After the success of the first China-made Xiaomi phone, the follow-up is very eagerly awaited. It’d be...
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Kreavi Launches Creative Marketplace for Indonesia
Indonesian creative network Kreavi.com launched a marketplace feature yesterday, allowing companies and organizations to more easily find Indonesian creative talents. This move also marks Kreavi’s...
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