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WeChat and ecommerce push Tencent past $3.15 billion in profit
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LinkedIn ramps up hiring as it readies Chinese version of Pulse
LinkedIn, the global social network for working professionals, has ramped up its hiring efforts in China after officially launching there back in February. According…
The quest for quietude: what online media can learn from Flappy Bird, Bitcoin’s creators
In the past decade, we’ve seen a steady of convergence of two worlds that, until recently, were alien to one another: the worlds of…
Tencent set to take on Alibaba with 15% stake in ecommerce group JD.com
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Mxit’s plan to rock India? Focus on feature phones and social change
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Battling WhatsApp in India, messaging app Hike grows to 15 million users
There’s even more focus on messaging apps after Facebook’s buy-out of WhatsApp. The acquisition has also highlighted the many strong alternatives that there are…
Even with WhatsApp, Facebook still doesn’t own Asia
News broke this morning that Facebook has acquired WhatsApp for a whopping $19-billion. What does this deal means to Asia, a continent filled with…
How Chinese New Year changed how people use their mobiles
Everything’s getting back to normal in China as the New Year festivities dwindle to a halt. The daily lives of Chinese people dramatically break…
Dropbox allowed to pass through the Great Firewall as China uncensors it
Dropbox got blocked in China in 2010. It was probably due to Chinese authorities finding politically sensitive material being shared or stored via the…
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