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Companies can’t work out the oddities with the Chinese mobile market

It's no secret that the Chinese smartphone market is exploding right now but there are still a few oddities that smartphone manufacturers within the country haven't been able to sort...

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Line goes from instant messaging app to online grocery market

While Line is the dominant messaging app in its home country of Japan, Southeast Asia provides the service with a significant chunk of its userbase. This is why, in an attempt...

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Apple managed to outsell Xiaomi in China last quarter

People have been so focused on Xiaomi's insane success that many missed the fact that Apple is still managing to beat the company in terms of shipments in China. Even...

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China’s e-commerce market raking in more than $2 trillion last year

The e-commerce market has been exploding in China recently, that's no secret, but the numbers are still impressive. According to the country's Ministry of Commerce, China's e-commerce market managed to accumulate...

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Twitter has acquired its first startup in India

With enough creativity and perseverance, you can make a business off of anything, even missed calls apparently. That's exactly what an Indian startup known as Zipdial does by turning missed calls...

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Ms Tech is a new smart necklace for your significant other

We still have a few weeks to go before everyone's favorite, or least favorite depending on who you ask, holiday comes up: Valentine's Day. In preparation for this, Chinese startup MT...

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Smartphone shipments in China have actually shrunk by 22%

With all these reports about the exploding smartphone market in China, you'd think there'd be nothing but massive growth all year round, but apparently that's not the case. According to...

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Aixuedai raises $40 million to help loan money to students for iPhones

The problem with being a college student is that you want all of these hip gadgets that everyone else seems to have, but more often than not, you don't actually...

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These smart hotel rooms can be controlled entirely through WeChat

One of the less covered parts of CES last week was The LINQ, smart hotel rooms that were developed by Ceasars Entertainment and WeChat. These connected rooms are just a taste of what Ceasars...

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Singapore is bringing its Block 71 startup ecosystem to San Francisco

Some of the greatest public-private coalition achievements in the world can be found in Singapore, such as Block 71, which is a public co-working space that acts a central startup...

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The launch of the PS4 in China has been postponed indefinitely

Despite the fact that China has lifted its blanket ban on foreign video game consoles, companies still need to go through a rigorous approval process if they want to sell...

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LINE is taking on Uber in Japan

It looks like the taxi war that has been sweeping across the globe following the rise of Uber has finally reached Japan. Up until recently, Uber's only competitor in the...

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