TWIA Episode 18: Everyone’s a Scraper

The TWIA crew gathers after Chinese New Year without Daniel Cerventus to run thru a couple of stories that rumbles across the Asia landscape this week. Starting with Zynga’s global expansion into India, the crew ponders whether the foreign companies are shifting their focus away from China. Once again, censorship takes the headline in China and Indonesia. Of course, we devise the new googleometer where we ask if Google is really moving out of China with their gestures on canceling the Android event in Beijing. Finally, the biggest story that rocked Southeast Asia with Facebook acquiring Octazen, a Malaysian based company and finally the crew looks at the rise of the Global QQ and ending with a short commentary on Siok Siok’s new film, Twittamentary.
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TenCube’s WaveSecure in Nokia’s N96 (India)

While India celebrated the launch of the new Nokia N96, Singapore startup TenCube had their own piece of good news to shout about. Their flagship product WaveSecure is the only 3rd party application that is bundled together with the sleek N96! Links to several news sites after the jump. Read more