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Document: NSA’s XKeyscore surveillance program has servers in Southeast Asia,...
The Guardian has disclosed a new secret document from the United States’ National Security Agency revealing information about a program called “XKEYSCORE”, an international system that siphons data...
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GREE pulls plug on Tellit, its competitor for WeChat, Line
Japanese mobile social gaming company GREE has decided to kill Tellit, its own attempt at a mobile chat app. Launched a year ago, the app was built by GREE-invested eBubby, an Amsterdam startup...
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Rakuten Global E-commerce Expansion Weighs Down Q2 Profits
by Mahesh Sharma The aggressive international expansion of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has continued to put pressure on the firm’s bottom line but it is confident the “super sales” and B2B2C...
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Say good-bye to ‘phone-slaps’ with this quirky new gadget
An embarrassingly common feat, a phone-slap is also known as having a mobile phone dropped on your face while being in a supine position. Fortunately for us, a Japanese gadget maker has decided to...
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Indonesian game Ramen Chain is a hit in Asia with delicious gameplay
by Dewi Yuliani A few days ago we wrote about Fun Toilet Games: Panda Adventures from Indonesian game studio Touchten. But another fun game from TouchTen called Ramen Chain was just released on August...
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Why is 4G adoption in Asia’s emerging markets still so slow?
by Phoebe Magdirila As of last year, 63 percent of telcos across all Asian countries had rolled out or were developing 4G mobile data services. This proves that mobile, internet, and more...
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Asiasoft brings Phantasy Star Online 2 to six Southeast Asian countries in 2014
by Xairylle Six Southeast Asian (SEA) countries will soon be able to experience the world of Phantasy Star Online 2 (PSO2) as Asiasoft brings Japan’s biggest RPG to Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia,...
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A new Taiwanese jobs site gets funding, plans first step in Asian expansion...
by Steven Millward Taiwan-based jobs portal Job178 launched in June this year, and today the startup has revealed it’s attracted seed funding for growth and eventual pan-Asian expansion. What’s...
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AdLatte, a reward-based mobile advertising platform from Korea, is now...
by Saiyai Sakawee AdLatte, a reward-based mobile advertising application that launched in Seoul, Korea back in August 2011 is now available in Thailand. This makes Thailand the 6th country added to...
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Line reveals latest user numbers in Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia
by Steven Millward At today’s annual event for NHN’s popular messaging app, Line, the company revealed a bunch of new user numbers in various countries. Line is now up to a total of 230 million...
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