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Is Blizzard Considering Switching to Tencent for WoW in China
Blizzard’s World of Warcraft may be seeing a downswing in its user base, but it’s still got more players — and rakes in more money — than you probably care to imagine. And, nearly alone among...
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DeNA to Bring Mobage to Aliyun OS in China
Photo: tech.sina.com.cn Japan’s mobile social gaming giant DeNA (TYO:2432) is announcing today that its Chinese subsidiary DeNA China is partnering with Alibaba Cloud Computing (AliCloud), a subsidiary...
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GREE Brings Paypal Payment Option to its Gaming Platform
Hot on the heels of DeNA’s tie-up with Alibaba Cloud Computing earlier today that will further its expansion in China, rival gaming giant GREE just announced that they are partnering with Paypal, a big...
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Kingsoft Office for Android Goes Free, Saves You a Few Bucks
In another victory for the ‘freemium’ model, the Chinese software company Kingsoft (HKG:3888) is making the international version of its mobile document editor app, Kingsoft Office for Android,...
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Cloud Computing Management Startup Nubefy Gets Love From Singapore Government
Remember Nubefy? We briefly talked about the startup back in August. Here was what I wrote: I met up with Christopher Bousigues and Eric Meyer, co-founders of Nubefy, a Singapore-based cloud computing...
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Renren Takes Its Social Games Mobile, Landing on iOS
The Chinese social network Renren (NYSE:RENN) has released its World War II real-time strategy game Iron Marshal onto iOS – taking it out of the web browser and into iTunes for the first time. It’s...
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Startup 99labels.com Turns 2: Claims 1 Million Users, 2,000 Orders Per Day
Founded on December 9, 2009, 99labels has grown into a semi-giant in the e-commerce space in India in the span of two short years. It isn’t the typical e-commerce shop we see on Homeshop18 or Flipkart....
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Dealised Acquires Hong Kong-based Lokaly
Acquired! Dealised, the group buying service platform, has acquired Hong Kong-based Lokaly Network Limited (LNL). The acquisition sum isn’t disclosed. LNL provides group buying solutions and also owns...
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The Startup’s Toolkit [Infographic]
The Infographic of the Day series visually expresses important stories from Asia and the world of technology. I just came across this great graphic from BestVendor, and although it was published a...
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Chinese Dating Site Implements Real Name Policy, Kills Your Amusing Nickname
Starting today, the Chinese dating website Baihe.com is requiring new users to register their real name upon signup, which will be verified by also inputting their national ID card number. Gone are...
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Google Japanese Input Now Available on Android
On Tuesday we told you about Baidu Japan’s pickup of Simeji, a Japanese input method editor (IME) for Android. Well, it seems Android users now have another Japanese IME option available as the big G...
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Diablo 3 Korean Localization Nearly Done, Chinese Not So Much？
Blizzard games are big in Korea. Starcraft is a sport there and WoW is a passion, so Diablo 3 — which will be released next year — is obviously getting a lot of attention from Korean gamers....
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Rumor: China Unicom Orders 2 Million Xiaomi M1 Handsets
the Xiaomi M1 Finally, some news about a phone that isn’t the iPhone 4S! For the past few days, rumors have been swirling about a cooperation between China Unicom (NYSE:CHU; HKG:0762) and Xiaomi, and...
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For Tourists, Buying an Android Device in China is Best Avoided
Wait... This phone doesn't have the Android Market... The homepage looks totally different... This isn't what I wanted... GaaaaaahhhHHHHHH! There are a lot of nice things a foreign tourist could buy on...
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Clozette Launches Fashion Social Network with Glam Media Japan
Earlier this year we told you about Singapore-based Clozette, a fashion-focused social network that was growing pretty fast at that point. Since then it was chosen by Glam Media – perhaps the top...
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Samsung Dominates Android in China, But Tablets Growing Less Popular...
And this year's Android winner in China is... Samsung! Especially this Galaxy S, which seems to be China's hottest Android smartphone this year. The Infographic of the Day series visually expresses...
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Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak Questions Singapore’s Creativity
Nice city and also very structural. A stab in the heart for Singapore nationalists. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak isn’t a fan of Singapore when it comes to creative thinking. Speaking to BBC, Wozniak...
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Tudou Threatens Youku With Lawsuit Over TV Show Piracy [UPDATED]
The Taiwanese TV show at the heart of this Tudou vs Youku tussle. [UPDATED 12/16 - Youku counters that Tudou's claim is against only two episodes of the chat show, but that Youku has licensed that show...
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Creator of “Android Siri” Raised $200,000 From One97 Mobility Fund
Remember Iris, the Siri-like app that is built on top of Google Voice Actions for Android users? I just learned that the startup that developed the app, Dexetra, has recently raised $200,000 from One97...
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Video Games on Train Handles? Yes Please!
Here’s a great design concept from Chinese designer Jiang Qian, who has a vision to gamify the straps that passengers grip while standing on trains. His idea for a Game Strap is a pretty creative one,...
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