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China’s Eedoo iSec Console Postponed Again, Will Break $15M in R&D Costs
Coming to a store near you sometime this never. We’ve written a lot of skeptical things about the eedoo iSec gaming console, and once again, we come with grim tidings. The console’s release, originally...
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KDDI Teams with Total Immersion for Powerful AR Development
Photo: Impress.co.jp Today Japan’s second largest telecom, KDDI (34 million subscribers), announced its strategic partnership with French Augmented Realityleader, Total Immersion. Beginning immediately...
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In Escalating Battle, Youku Accuses Tudou Of Pirating Dozens of Its TV Shows
After Tudou.com (NASDAQ:TUDO) went public with allegations of TV show piracy on rival Youku.com (NYSE:YOKU) late last night, Youku has now responded – and says that Tudou itself has pirated over 60 of...
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Beijing Says Real Names to Be Required for Microblogs
CCTV reports on new Weibo rules Well, we all knew something was coming. After months of rumblings about stronger controls on microblogging sites, China’s official media is reporting today that the...
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Group Buy Customer Complaints Exploded in 2011
Group buy sites have been naughty this year Group buying sites in China haven’t been having a great time, and apparently neither have their customers. Beijing’s Industry and Commerce Department...
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SCOOP Now Powers Samsung Indonesia eReader App, Claims To Be Profitable
SCOOP, the magazine/news rack that focuses only on delivering digitized content, is now pre-loaded onto all new and future Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets in Indonesia, we are hearing. Developed...
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China Loves IE6 – So Can the IE Auto-Update Finally Kill It Off?
China has far-and-away the greatest number of users of Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) ancient Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) browser, with Chinese users of the decade-old web browser accounting for 27.9 percent...
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Greenpeace Gameifies Its Genetically Enhanced Food Campaign in China With...
Greenpeace has released a Chinese-language app aimed at educating folks in China on the creeping presence of genetically enhanced (GE) food in our diet. It focuses on what popular food brands are...
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Indian Languages on a PC Made Easy with Lipikaar
While India is getting increasingly savvy by embracing new technologies, the presence of more than 18 official languages in the country poses a unique challenge. In order to facilitate the use of...
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South China Morning Post is Jumping Into Group Buying, With Help From Lokaly
Yesterday we told you about how Hong Kong-based Lokaly Network Limited (which operates Lokaly) was acquired by group buying service platform Dealised. And today we’re hearing more news about the...
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The Tudou vs Youku Copyright Clash Continues, as Tudou Wields Evidence
Today’s quickly escalating war of words between the two Chinese video-streaming sites Tudou (NASDAQ:TUDO) and Youku (NYSE:YOKU) – which centers on alleged TV show piracy, with both sides accusing the...
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Christmas is Coming, But are Entrepreneurs in the Holiday Spirit?
Hmm... that could be Minghao, Rick, Steven, and Charlie. Credit: Smh.com.au Tencent’s founder, Pony Ma, once said that as an employee you love the weekends and holidays. But once you are an employer,...
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This Week in Asia Tech Startups: 10 That Caught Our Eye
As usual, we have quite a few Asian tech startups on our radar this week, from China, India, Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Singapore. For folks who are interested in investing or partnering with...
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5 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week
Friday is usually a slow news day. Not this week! Check it: 1. Tudou, Youku In Increasingly Ugly IP Spat China’s two biggest video streaming sites started throwing punches at each other this week....
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Thanks To A Startup, Laos Will Have An Official Lao Unicode Font in 2012
Lao Unicode font coming to your mobile. For many years, the people of Laos haven’t been able to use the Lao language on their mobile phones because it isn’t standardized or supported. So as a...
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PlayStation Vita Launches in Japan
PS Vita at 2011 Tokyo Game Show This past Saturday Sony’s PlayStation Vita went on sale in Japan, as the company hopes to close what has been a very difficult year on a high note. Reportedly there were...
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Xiaomi Sells 100,000 Phones in A Few Hours, Ruins My Wife’s Christmas
Sorry, we're out of stock! China’s Xiaomi phone finally went on sale to the public this Sunday at midnight. Just a few hours and 100,000 phones later, though, the public sale was over. A message posted...
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Ku6 Closes Shanghai Office, as its NASDAQ Shares Dip Below $1
It has never been a smooth ride for Ku6.com (NASDAQ:KUTV), which is currently China’s fifth-largest video-streaming and sharing site. And now, as its stock sinks to below US$1 per share, some staff...
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Youku Files Lawsuit Against Tudou, Shows It Has Been Keeping a Naughty List
Youku has "filed the first batch" of notarized lists of Tudou copyright infringements (Image source: Youku) China’s largest video-streaming site, Youku.com (NYSE:YOKU) has just confirmed its lawsuit...
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MiniGames: A Review of Sina Weibo’s Zombie Treasure
In a bid to monetize its user-friendly but financially dragging giant, Sina recently imbued its Weibo microblogging platform with its own currency — the weibi — and games. But are these games actually...
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