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Pakistani Startup Artsly Launches with $175,000 in Backing From Kima Ventures
Adam Dawood is the founding partner of DYL Ventures, a Pakistan-centric venture capital and consultancy firm. You can find him on Twitter as @adamdawood. Sibling entrepreneurs Muhammad Huzaifa and...
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Report shows that 40% of Singapore’s shoppers will still brave crowds
A recent survey conducted by Groupon revealed that 39.6% of Singapore’s shoppers braved the crowds, even with numerous online alternatives. According to the Groupon, this statistic actually revealed a...
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Thailand’s forgotten backyard sees smartphone boom
Rice field in Thailand. Image: Heiko S Thailand’s Northeastern region, which Lonely Planet calls a “forgotten backyard”, has seen the strongest growth in smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2013...
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Vietnam Internet Report: A Quick Look Into Internet, ມືຖື, E-ການຄ້າ
eMarketer just came out with a nice new report that gives us some interesting insights into Vietnam’s internet growth. Here’s some of the most important stats from the report. Stats on the internet...
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Philippine Smartphone Adoption is Growing, But Users Still Stick to Basic...
We are well aware how consumers are becoming attached to their smartphones. In Asia, this is happening at an even faster pace. Last September we looked at a report from GfK Asia that shows mobile...
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Creator of Android’s Siri-like Iris App Rolls Out 2 New Creations
Trails (left) and Dialapp (right) want to help you out. Be ready, Android users. The creator of the popular personal analytics app ‘Friday’ ແລະ Android’s Siri-like app Iris has launched two new Android...
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TeknoJurnal’s Rock Star Dev 2013: What are Young Indonesian Developers...
This has been quite a busy month for Indonesian developers with events like AngelHack and the upcoming Jakarta Startup Weekend. We just attended another one hosted by Indonesian tech website...
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KakaoTalk Selects Controversial Indonesian Celebrity as New Ad Star For Ramadan
Korea-based messaging app KakaoTalk revealed recently that it has rolled out a new TV ad campaign in Indonesia, this time centralized around the upcoming Ramadan fasting month. After having Korean pop...
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Monster Blade Review: A Satisfying Slicing and Dicing Experience
Monster Blade, developed by Singaporean studio Nubee, is a game that bears familiar influences from both Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise and the iOS hit game Infinity Blade and its sequel. The high...
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DiGi claims 68% coverage of Malaysia’s 3G population, rolls out 4G LTE
DiGi today announced the availability of DiGi 4G LTE at select locations in Klang Valley for new and existing customers. DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of the Telenor Group, introduced...
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XL Axiata Loves Emoticons, Launches Indonesia’s First Stickers for SMS
Thanks to the growing popularity of social messaging apps like Line ແລະ KakaoTalk, the days where people are content in just using simple text emoticons are numbered. That has prompted Indonesian...
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11 Startups to Watch in Indonesia’s Gaming Industry
Indonesia’s mobile market is huge – across both feature phones and smartphones – as well as social media addicts. Game developers are doing good business by providing these people with some good...
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Indonesian Regulators Consider Hitting BlackBerry With $1.5 Million Fine for...
After successfully bullying BlackBerry to block porn access from its devices, the Indonesian government now thinks it might be a good idea to fine BlackBerry IDR 1,000 ($0.10) per subscriber if...
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NFC gaining traction as major players pave the way for better support
NFC is gaining traction in Singapore as telcos, banks and retailers step in to pave the highway. Are businesses ready to drive on it and go full-speed? Last May, I penned a piece on how the near-field...
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Infokost Plans to be the Agoda for Indonesian Boarding Houses
Indonesia has big players like Rumah123 ແລະ Rumah as house renting sites. But for boarding houses, we have Infokost.net. It’s from the Merah Putih Incubator and has been running for three years now....
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Previously left untapped, m-commerce grows in APAC’s emerging markets
Anurag Banerjee, APAC managing director of mobile-based market research firm Jana, shares a few insights on the prevailing trends in the mobile industry. There is no doubt that mobile technologies are...
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Wiki Triip: Bringing Crowdsourced Travel Data Into One App
Remember Triip? It’s a Vietnamese startup that is bringing the Airbnb concept to local tours and tour guides, and which recently did some crowdfunding on Indiegogo (unfortunately raising only $205 of...
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ໂທລະຄົມຂອງຮ່າງກາຍຂອງອິນໂດເນເຊຍການວາງແຜນທີ່ຈະເພິ່ມຂື້ນລາຄາຂອງບັດຊິມໃນການຕໍາ່ສຸດທີ່ຂອງການເປັນ IDR 100,000 ($10). ໃນປັດຈຸບັນ, ທ່ານສາມາດ snatch...
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Shifu Apps Wants to Be Your Non-Nagging, Life-Fulfilling Smartphone Sidekick
If you’ve got an iPhone or an Android smartphone, you’ve probably already got a voice assistant in the form of Siri or Google Now. But they generally only respond to particular inputs. The Indian-made...
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Speak My Language: Google Personalizes Voice Search for Philippine Users
In August last year, Google launched its voice search feature for both Android ແລະ iOS around the world. ມື້ນີ້, Google personalizes this feature even more as it launches Voice Search for the Filipino...
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