65bits #173: I’m holding a iPad, can you look at me?
July 19, 2010 by SGE
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65bits #171: HR65
July 10, 2010 by SGE
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TWIA #54: All over CommunicAsia, Nokia & InMobi
June 24, 2010 by SGE
The TWIA crew in our virtual studio, sets off this week on two major events: CommunicAsia 2010 & Nokia Connection. With a flurry of talking points on the future direction of Nokia and how the mobile landscape is shaping up in Philippines similar to the Indonesian one, the crew also looked at how InMobi, the Indian mobile ad network is moving into the US and the usual Chinese sightings: TenCent to acquire Comsenz? and FourSquare is now banned in China. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more
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InMobi Set To Gain From Apple-Google Mobile Warfare
June 24, 2010 by Larissa THIA
Apple recently released a new developer licensing agreement permitting only “independent” ad serving companies to serve ads on their iPhone (and iPad) platforms, thus making sure that Google’s new baby – the recently acquired AdMob – cannot do so. AdMob fails to meet Apple’s criteria as it is not “independent” because its parent, Google, “develops and distributes mobile devices and operating systems”.
While AdMob is fuming over this new agreement, InMobi (whom we met two weeks ago at ad:tech 2010) with its independent network status, stands to gain immensely from the absence of AdMob on the iPhone platform. Read more
TWIA Episode 52: Asia coming of Age?
June 18, 2010 by SGE
Back to the studio after an exciting week from Echelon 2010 and the good news that we are recently mentioned on TechCrunch. Akky Akimoto, the founder of Asiajin.com is here with us this week as our special guest. The week could not have been better without Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 4 and another massive showdown between Apple & Google/Admob in mobile advertising. How do those events affect Asia? While Gree, Japan’s number 2 mobile social network is now casting its attention to US and China markets, how about Zynga who is turning their guns to India and China? If you think Google TV is really new, why not find out what has been happening between web and TV in Asia here, and finally, the Geeks on the Plane have declared Silicon Valley is just a state of mind & dying, is Asia really coming of age? You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more
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TWIA #48: Mike Kofi Okyere from AdMob
June 9, 2010 by SGE
You have definitely heard the story that Google has officially acquired AdMob, a mobile advertising company. So where are they heading after the acquisition. We sit down with Mike Kofi Okyere (@mobilemko) from Admob to talk about the direction of the company in Asia Pacific and what he will be expecting for the coming Echelon 2010 conference. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more
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TWIA #38: Rakuten ready for global domination?
May 25, 2010 by SGE
The TWIA crew is back for their weekly discussion on the hottest web and tech news that dominate Asia. We made a glance on the recent Chlkboard Developer Event and Google I/O conference, followed by the plans of TenCent to do global Internet buys and the social networking scene in China with RenRen introducing social gaming. We also discuss the plans of Open Network to help Japan start-ups going global and UStream’s entrance to Asia. While Rakuten is heating the global e-commerce with the alliance with Baidu and acquisition of Buy.com, we also check in with our friend, Benjamin Scherrey (@proteusguy) from Proteus Technologies in Thailand and wish that our friends in tech and media there are well and safe. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more
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65Bits #169: HTC Strikes Back
May 23, 2010 by SGE
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TWIA #32: Rendezvous with Rama
May 16, 2010 by SGE
Joining the TWIA crew this week is Rama Mamuaya (@rampok), our first Indonesian guest from the Daily Social site who reports the latest tech and social news in Indonesia. He shares with us what the hottest social networks, mobile and e-commerce sites in Indonesia are and how the Indonesian tech scene is weighing up against the rest of the world. While we discuss the news that examines the close connection building between Japan and China (Yahoo Japan & TaoBao), we also talked about how Mike Foong has managed to turn a SIM to micro SIM card for his iPad and wonders how the iPhone 4G has turned up in Vietnam. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more
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65Bits #168: Secret location #462
May 15, 2010 by SGE
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