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The New Face of 360 Search, China’s Most Controversial Search Engine
Qihoo’s 360 Search has sure kicked up a storm since its debut a couple weeks ago. Now it is moving from what was apparently its temporary home at hao.360.cn/so to a dedicated domain of its very own:...
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As a Startup, Who are You Fighting? Hint: It May Not Be Your Competitors
Elisha Tan is the founder of Learnemy, a web application that finds instructors for anything you want to learn. I read this article by Willis a couple of weeks ago and it got me thinking about...
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China to Pass US in Smartphone Shipments; India and Brazil Next In Line
The latest report from research firm IDC yesterday showed that in contrast to its March’s report, China will surpass the United States in terms of smartphone shipments quite comfortably by 8.7 percent...
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Rise of Asian Chat Apps Threaten Facebook on Mobile
A new report from the folks over at Distimo looks at which mobile social networks are doing well around the world, and specifically which networks are winning out in Apple’s App Store for the biggest...
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Baidu Still Pushing Its Mobile OS, Today Launches on 3rd Phone
China’s biggest search engine, Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) is pushing forward its mobile OS even more with the launch today of a new phone carrying the Android-based system. Made by Chinese manufacturer TCL...
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Announcing TechinAsia’s Six Cities Roadtrip in Indonesia
credit: Culture.com Startup Asia Bandung is drawing closer as we roll into September. Tech in Asia will visit six cities in Java, helped along the way by local tech communities in each of the cities....
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Recommended Friday Listening: The Huawei Enigma
If you’re looking for some Friday podcast listening to wind down your week, I strongly recommend the the always excellent Sinica Podcast who have shared an informative discussion about the “enigma”...
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FoodKing: Japan’s Dentsu Experiments with Food-Finding iPhone App
Japanese ad giant Dentsu (TYO:4324) has released an iPhone application which aims to help you find nearby food and restaurants a little bit easier. It’s called FoodKing. When you’re looking for a...
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Not To Be Left Out, Sogou Says: We Have To Take Part in This Search War
Ah… the search drama in China continues. Sogou’s CEO Zhang Chao Yang finally speaks, or rather, weibo-ed. On his Sohu Weibo today, he said: So the search battle made 360 famous, has everyone forgotten...
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Rakuten Indonesia Talks About the Indonesian E-Commerce Scene
The president director and CEO of Rakuten Indonesia, Rio Inaba spoke to Detik yesterday about Indonesia’s e-commerce scene, and shared a number of facts and figures about the industry and his company....
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Vancl Lays Off Rufengda Delivery Staff, Pulls Service from Most Cities...
Rumors of cuts at Vancl have been swirling for a while now, but until yesterday, the company had denied them. Now, after Sina Tech published a report sourced to an anonymous worker at Vancl’s Rufengda...
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Sohu CTO Calls His Boss “Really F*cking Stupid,” Says Sohu Should Stay Out of...
Late yesterday, we reported that Sohu CEO Charles Zhang wants into the Baidu vs. Qihoo 360 search battle. He wrote on his Sohu weibo that Sogou (Sohu’s search engine) “has to take part in this search...
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IDC: China Will Become 1/4 of the World’s Smartphone Market This Year
Yesterday global market intelligence firm IDC announced that by the end of 2012, China will be the market for more than one-quarter of the world’s smartphones. The report sees China surpassing the...
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Tech in Asia: Our Picks for News of the Week [September 1, 2012]
Much of the tumultuous news from last week has, for better or worse, spilled over into this week — making it equally if not even more dramatic. The search engine clusterf*ck surrounding the rise of...
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Amid Intense Chinese Search Engine Wars, Qihoo 360 Purchases New Office Space...
In the middle of the heated search war in China, Qihoo 360 (NYSE: QIHU) splashed its budget on office space, probably to increase headcount to support its search business. The 69,205 square meters in...
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11 Startups in Asia That Caught Our Eye
Another week has passed in Tech in Asia and below is the list of startups which we have covered. There isn’t any major juicy news this week. Perhaps just one which Mogujie was reportedly raising...
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China Search Wars Round-up, Plus 5 Must-Read Tech Stories From This Week
Our China tech coverage this week was pretty much dominated by the news surrounding Qihoo 360′s (NYSE:QIHU) impact on the Chinese search engine space, and the effects that we’ve been seeing among its...
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20+ China E-Commerce Players to Watch
E-commerce is a massive industry in China. This sector presently generates revenue close to 2 trillion RMB ($315 billion) and there are plans set by the authorities for the industry to hit 2.8 trillion...
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IdeaSpace: Philippines Angel Investor Holding Competition for Best Pinoy Startup
The IdeaSpace Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization in the Philippines that offers angel investing to startups recently announced a national search for the best Pinoy tech innovation. This...
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Baidu Mobile Browser Gets Relaunched, Revamped, Aims to be China’s Number 1...
Today at Baidu World, CEO and co-founder of Chinese search giant Baidu, Robin Li, announced a hugely revamped version of its mobile browser, available on Android, Windows Phone 7, and Symbian, both in...
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