ONAMIX, a Singapore-based mobile and social platform developer, launched Lucky Blocks (not official translation), a linked-up game combines the features of Bejewelled and Teris, on Sina Weibo Game Center. Lucky Blocks’ interface design features traditional Chinese flavors with dragons and Chinese characters in a bid to attract the attention of Chinese gamers. Diamond Papapa and Pocket Chinese […]
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Switzerland’s P2P Local Listing Service Mila Expanding to China
Mila is a ” services and needs platform” for local people to help each other. Just like Zaarly or TaskRabbit. Founded in early 2012, it was spun off from Coresystems, a Cloud service provider. Originally from Switzerland, it launched Chinese versions of the Web service and mobile apps on Android and iOS on July 1st in China. Having set […]
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LineKong CEO Buddied up with Former Android Engineer on Smartwatch T-Watch
Wang Feng, CEO of game developer LineKong, reportedly partnered up with Julian Qian, former Android engineer at Google, to build a wearable device company Tomoon Technology (source in Chinese). Tomoon Technology developed the first smartwatch T-Watch more than one year ago. The company has finalized the projects on industrial design and core apps, such as phone call, texting, […]
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With Only One Year, Qihoo Is about to Take over A Quarter of China’s Search Market
Shortly after its launch in the same month of last year, Qihoo’s search service became the second largest in China. Later, unsurprisingly, it became a full-fledged search service with the launch of an independent search site, more vertical channels such as music, medical & healthcare, shopping, maps (powered by AutoNavi), and Weibo serach (powered by Yunyun), and a mobile version. One the mobile […]
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[Infographic] Where To Start A Tech Startup?
Folks at Bizbrain did the infographic below on where, Sillion Valley, New York or London, is a better place for entrepreneurs to start up a tech business. Where to start a business, of course, also largely depends on what a business it is about or what audiences you are targeting at. For many, China is an […]
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Mobile Maternal Interactive App Spice Moms Secured Millions Dollars Funding
Spice Moms (not official translation), a mobile app for moms, received millions of dollars in Series A financing from Matrix Partners, K2 Ventures and Morningside Ventures, according to Jin Zan, CEO of the company. The angel round was secured from CEO of Comsenz Dai Zhikang and K2 Ventures. Different from the traditional BBS, Spice Moms […]
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China Mobile Unveiled Two Smartphones to Tap into Handset Market
China Mobile (NYSE:CHL) took the wraps off M701 and M601, two in-house developed low-end smartphones, to make inroads into handset sector. Powered by Android system, M701 and M601 are priced at 1,299 yuan ($211.99) and 499 yuan, featuring 5-inch and 4-inch screens, respectively. The two smartphones support GSM, TD and WCDMA networks, which means that […]
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Plants vs Zombies II Enraged Chinese Gamers for Higher In-app Item Prices
The Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies II reportedly takes the crown on App store free list seven hours after its debut on July 31, thanks to word-of-mouth generated by the former version (source in Chinese). However, the public enthusiasms for the game ebbed because the game operator elevated the difficulty level of the localized […]
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WeChat 5.0 Goes Live, with Mobile Games, Payment Solution, An Almighty Scanner, Voice-to-text Capability and More!
As we introduced earlier, WeChat 5.0 is a major update. It’s finally launched on App Store this morning. The Android version is coming later. As expected, it has added a game center, payment solution, and scan-to-do-a-lot-of-things capability. The game center, with 11 titles in porfolio, is expected to be the first revenue stream for WeChat. And revenue generation […]
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YY’s Q213 Earnings Tell That Online Music Show Still Grew the Fastest
YY reported another quarter of eye-catching results. In Q2 2013 the company’s total revenues increased by 118% to $66.6 million, driven by a 132% increase in revenues from internet value-added services, YY Muisc, online games and membership subscriptions. Its total paying user accounts grew by over 50% YoY to more than 1.1 million. The online game business […]