July 30, 2011 by Egi SEPTIADI
Here you can find some interesting startup news around Philippines, not only in its capital, Manila, but also other their startup hubs such as Cebu, General Santos City, Pasay, Quezon City, and many more. Read more
July 29, 2011 by Egi SEPTIADI
Here you can find some interesting startup news from Indonesia, not only in its capital, Jakarta, but also other their tech startup hubs such as Yogyakarta, Medan, Surabaya, and many more. These listed news are taken from our partner, DailySocial, a leading blog on Indonesia’s tech startup scene. Read more
July 28, 2011 by Terence LEE
The Google+ mobile app is now available on the iPhone App Store and Android Market in Singapore, declared at least two sources (read here and here). The app brings much of the functionality on the Google+ web platform to smartphones. Read more
July 27, 2011 by Terence LEE
Joining Internet behemoth Google in the increasingly crowded near-field communication (NFC) hot tub is mobile company Sony Ericsson, who is putting NFC chips into its Android phones, the Times of India revealed (see also uses for NFC).
A while back, we reported that a tech blogger discovered some NFC functionality on the Google+ mobile app. Google has also been actively implementing the technology for its Google Wallet and Google Places services. Read more
July 21, 2011 by Egi SEPTIADI
Here you can find some interesting startup news from South Korea, not only in its capital, Seoul, but also other their startup hubs such as Busan, Incheon, Ulsan and many more. These news are taken from our partner, onsuccess, a media enterprise on start-ups and ventures in Korea. Read more
July 18, 2011 by Terence LEE
Google+, the latest attempt by Google to enter the social networking game, is off to a strong start in terms of search volume on the Google search engine, reported VentureBeat. This follows previous reports that the social network has amassed over 10 million users since its launch. Read more
July 11, 2011 by Terence LEE
Nestled within the F11 incubator space at the gleaming Fusionopolis building, engineers from advertising solutions company ADZ are hard at work refining a product which they hope could change the way advertising campaigns are run.
Walking past the spacey office shared between a few technology startups, we ventured into a meeting room, where ADZ founder/CEO Reza Behnam and systems technologist Thomas Gorissen are sitting. Taking time out of their busy schedules, they explained to SGE how their product works.
“Imagine iTunes, where buyers can search for the music they want and buy it. We’re doing something similar for the advertising industry, where we’re aggregating advertising impressions and allowing buyers to buy from a variety of publishers’ ad inventory,” says Reza. Read more
July 7, 2011 by Terence LEE
If you own a NFC-enabled phone (see list of phones) with the Google+ app, you would be able to tap on NFC tags containing text and the app would launch with the text pre-typed. You can then post it as a status update.
This facet of the app was spotted by Ridzuan Ashim, a developer, and he demonstrates how it is done: Read more
June 30, 2011 by SGE
Global Entrepreneurship Program Indonesia (GEPI) will hold the Regional Entrepreneurship Summit (RES) next month, 22-24 July. RES is officially hosted by the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia.
The theme of this 3-day summit is: “Emerging Entrepreneurs: The Next Big Chapter”. Eric Schmidt of Google, Jim Turley of Ernst & Young, Tony Fernandes of Air Asia, and Ananda Siregar of Blitz Megaplex are some of the prominent local and international speakers. Read more
April 26, 2011 by SGE
Do you develop applications for mobile devices? Come and learn how you can build a business with AdMob, followed by a live stream of the opening keynote from Google I/O in California. This event will be held from 10pm to 1am at the Google office, 8 Shenton Way, Level 35 on May 10, 2011. Please note that, as space is limited, Google will review your application and notify you if you have been invited to attend. Your confirmation email will include more details about the agenda. You have to apply by May 3 to be considered.
