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Over 80 percent of Thai people say they can’t travel without their gadgets. We’re not surprised 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
As electronics have more and more of an impact on our daily life, it’s undeniable that tourists definitely need at least one or two gadgets with them during a trip. They’re a necessity. We’ve already ...
Muafast, building an e-commerce marketplace in Vietnam 27 Aug 2013 | 02:05 pm
Continuing on the theme of e-commerce in Vietnam today, and on the coattails of Tiki’s recent series B funding annoucement, let’s take a look at one of Vietnam’s new e-commerce models coming up. Muafa...
More than 50% of Indian netizens access internet via mobile (INFOGRAPHIC) 27 Aug 2013 | 12:46 pm
India is poised to become the second largest mobile internet market globally (after China) within the next four years. Effective Measure, a media planning and audience profiling company, has released ...
Smartphone usage among urban Thais doubles in past year, now at 36% 27 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
Ericsson (Thailand) has just released some interesting data from Ericsson ConsumerLab regarding smartphone and tablet usage in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Here’s the lowdown on Thailand: Consumer acc...
India’s coupons and cashback site Cashkaro now offers restaurant discounts 27 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
India’s e-commerce market looks large and lucrative enough from the outside, but insiders know it is very challenging. In fact, the number of e-commerce sites and businesses is growing so fast here to...
Qraving food? Find the tastiest food in Jakarta with Qraved 27 Aug 2013 | 09:50 am
Find a good place to eat in Indonesia’s capital and share the pictures of your favourite foods – that’s the idea behind Qraved, a brand new food social network. Launched officially in beta yesterday, ...
Tiki, Vietnam’s Amazon, secures series B funding 27 Aug 2013 | 09:25 am
Despite Vietnam’s current e-commerce woes, there’s still huge potential for e-commerce in Vietnam. Tiki, which started out selling books, a bit like Amazon, back in March 2010, went on to get a nice c...
SNK’s King of Fighters goes MOBA, Thai servers closed beta phase beginning September 4 27 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
Last time, we learned that King of Fighters is on Steam, right? Well, that’s not all that’s happening with King of Fighters (KoF), as the popular fighting game from SNK Playmore is taking a major turn...
Hex, the open-source 3D-printed nanocopter, flies through Kickstarter goal in just a few hours 27 Aug 2013 | 07:30 am
When we previewed Hex Airbot and the company that makes it, AngelEyes, back in January, we called it one of the coolest hardware startups in China. Since then, more details about the the smartphone-co...
Viber co-founder and Yahoo Japan’s head of search to speak at Startup Asia Jakarta 27 Aug 2013 | 07:08 am
Prepping for Startup Asia Jakarta has been a joy and challenge. Each Startup Asia, we give our all to bring the most exciting and relevant speakers. We especially love interviewing founders. So this t...
