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Sina Weibo Experiencing Weird Bug, Possible Virus in Some International...
Sina Weibo is probably China’s hottest social networking service, but something is very, very wrong with it right now. While it seems to be working fine domestically and in some spots internationally,...
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Groupon is Not a Tech Company, Why Was it Valued Like One?
An interesting article on Groupon that also reflects in many ways the meteoric rise and subsequent fall of many of China’s group buy outfits. The post Groupon is Not a Tech Company, Why Was it Valued...
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With 200,000 Members, Wongnai.com Claims to be Thailand’s Yelp
Restaurant review site Wongnai.com is the Yelp of Thailand, or at least it claims/wants to be. And with over 200,000 members so far under its belt, it seems well on its way. It was founded in July...
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Tencent Still Hasn’t Removed Stolen Indie Game; Copycat ‘Developers’ Baofeng...
Last week, we reported on the blatant theft of Cloudstone, an indie game, by Chinese developers Baofeng Dongman, who then placed the game on Tencent platforms like Pengyou and the Tencent app store. In...
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Smartphone Adoption to Reach 60 percent in South Korea
LG Smartphones, Photo: Yonhap Korean news agency Yonhap news is reporting that South Korea’s smart phone user base is about to surpass the 30 million mark. The report cites industry sources [1] saying...
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Another Chinese E-Commerce Site Bites the Dust as VCotton Gets its Socks Seized
Ba-da-boom-boom-boom, another one bites the dust. Yes, the big-spending, low-margins world of B2C Chinese e-commerce has claimed another victim. This time it’s the specialist e-tailer VCotton, which...
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Filipino Fandroids: A Peek into the Philippine Android Community [Interview]
Every month, the Philippine Android Community (PhAC) group meets in a coffee shop to talk about everything Android. It is open to users, enthusiasts and developers. Though according to Charo Nuguid,...
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ZTE Financials Due Today, Reuters Expects Near 90% Fall in Profits Coming
China’s ZTE (HKG:0763; SHE:000063), the telecoms company and phone-maker, is due to release its 2012 Q2 financials later today. A poll of seven analysts conducted by Reuters comes up with the estimate...
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Girls in Tech Singapore: Evening of Pitches and Networking for Women...
The relatively new Singapore chapter of the Girls in Tech community is holding an event next week where female entrepreneurs can pitch their startup ideas to some major regional investors. The...
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NHN Japan Adds Coupon Feature (and More) to Line Chat App
NHN Japan has been so busy with its Line app/platform recently that we can hardly keep up with the updates. In fact if we tried, this would very quickly become a ‘Line’ blog. The most recent one is...
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Chinese Mobile Gaming Company CMGE Prepping Spin-Off, NASDAQ Listing, Next Month
Last year we described VODone (HKG:0082) as the biggest tech company you’ve never heard of. But it’ll soon be getting more global exposure as the mobile gaming subsidiary of VODone, the online media...
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GREE Set to Go Big Again at Tokyo Game Show 2012
Gaming news website Andria Sang is reporting that GREE’s (TYO:3632) booth at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, to be held on September 20 to 23, will be every bit as big as it was last year when it occupied...
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China’s UCWeb Celebrates 8th Birthday by Giving Away Xiaomi Mi2 Phone
Birthdays are always a day of reflections for startups. The CEO of the popular Chinese mobile browser, UCWeb, Yu Yongfu, weibo-ed today about his company’s eighth birthday with a thank you message....
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How China’s New ’360 Search’ is Fed Traffic While Drinking Google’s Milkshake
The Chinese software maker Qihoo 360 (NYSE:QIHU) recently launched its own search engine, as we reported yesterday. The new development caused a spike in Qihoo stocks and everyone’s curiosity as the...
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Facebook World Hack Kicks Off This Week, Releases More Tickets
As mentioned before, Facebook will hold its World Hack across 10 countries this week. With so much interest among developers, Facebook has released more tickets for five more cities including Jakarta –...
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MyLegalWhiz is Innovating the Way Filipinos Do Legal Research
In the Philippines, where lawyers and law students abound, some would wonder why no one has thought of this startup idea before. Legal research has always been a cumbersome task, especially going...
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FeelPress: A Social App from Japan for Stuff That Matters to You
FeelPress is a fun social sharing app from Japan-based imonomi inc which launches today. It’s a clever service that’s dedicated to communicating and journaling a wide range of your emotions. The start...
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Where are China’s Smartphone Users? Mapping Android and iOS Usage
photo: sina.com We always enjoy hearing from the folks over at Umeng, who have a plethora of facts and figures from monitoring the mobile wars in China. Its latest Q2 2012 report (on slideshare, pdf...
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Geekcamp Rewind and Review
Disclosure, the author of this post is also the organizer of GeekcampSG GeekcampSG, one of the fastest growing local community driven events, took place last Saturday (August 18th), and saw over 200...
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Baidu Considering Legal Action Against Qihoo’s 360 Search?
The explosive debut of 360 Search, up to 9 percent search market share in under a week! Chinese tech blogs are reporting that Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), the nation’s top search engine, is consulting with a...
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