Japan Digest: Yahoo Phone, Twitter for Social Media Promotion, and more

Here are some interesting startup news from Japan, not only from its capital, Tokyo, but also other startup hubs like Fukuoka, Kyoto, Osaka, and many more. Read more

TWIA #32: Rendezvous with Rama

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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TWIA #27: What’s the deal with Softbank?

The TWIA crew returns without our moderator, John Lim. In his place, our co-producer Mike Foong has taken the helm and drive the discussion on the important news that rocked Asia this week. With our guest, Chew Lin Kay (@BlinkBl_nk) from BlinkBl-nk.com and Hackerspace SG, we surveyed the happenings from Barcamp KL, BlinkBl_nk to the launch of Amazon AWS in Asia, and moved to the important news of the week: (i) Ushi.cn, a Chinese Linkedin clone after BL’s rant in the live show that there is no linkedin clone in China from the live show? (ii) Yahoo! Japan and DeNA to run social game site, Yahoo! Mobage, (iii) Japan to adopt Chinese standards for 4G, (iv) Microsoft plans to invest in Kaixin001 and finally (v) Baidu filling up the vacuum for Google China now. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more

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