Articles on Startups

Indonesian startups get funding - Sep 13, 2009

Blogs Slowly, but surely, Indonesian tech startup companies are growing. Despite the fact that they funded themselves when initiating the efforts, to jump to the next level, they will need support from investors. ... Read story »

Your last chance to attend the unConference of the region! - May 8, 2009

Blogs OK, please pardon me for sounding sales pitchy, but THIS is too good to be true: 29 startups from 10 countries are all going to be here for the e27 unConference, ... Read story »

Exploring Shanghai startups with China 2.0--Part 2 - Nov 25, 2008

Blogs What follows is the continuation of my recent tour of Shanghai's burgeoning collection of innovative Web companies as part of the China 2.0 tour (see Part 1). Friday morning I caught ... Read story »

Exploring Shanghai startups with China 2.0--Part 1 - Nov 20, 2008

Blogs I was recently invited to take part in the inaugural edition of the China 2.0 Tour, an event organized by The China Business Network, CNReviews and Web2Asia. The tour was designed ... Read story »

Sinobytes--the CNET China tech blog--has landed - Sep 6, 2009

Blogs With some trepidation, I am proud to have been handed the reigns of CNET's China tech blog; and with a new blogger comes a new moniker: Sinobytes. The previous writer, Ryan ... Read story »

Google China chief quits, reasons unknown - Sep 6, 2009

Blogs Google Inc's China chief, Kai-Fu Lee, has resigned with--two days after his departure--no clear reason. The 49-year-old Taiwan-born, US-educated executive had been with Google ever since its official launch in China ... Read story »

Best local tech company to work in, even for entrepreneurs? - Aug 7, 2009

Blogs Many of you may have come across or used this almost magical video-editing software from muvee on your computers or mobile phones before. I heard about this really cool Singapore company ... Read story »

italki.com brings language teaching to market - Mar 24, 2009

Blogs When I was visiting Shanghai-based italki.com's offices this past November (see post) it was mentioned that some exciting news was in the pipes for the massive language learning site. Today, after ... Read story »

Wikipedia's choice of video codec to impact Web - Jul 21, 2009

Crave According to a Beet.TV interview with Erik Moller, deputy director of the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia users will be getting new tools for uploading, editing and viewing video very soon. A ... Read story »

Google dribbles out PowerMeter smart-grid service - May 21, 2009

Crave PowerMeter creates a readout of a home's electricity use over the course of a day. Google has signed on smart-meter manufacturer Itron and eight utilities to offer Google's PowerMeter Web ... Read story »

Asus FastBoot reduces 64-bit Windows 7 boot time - Nov 11, 2009

Crave Though Windows 7 claims to boot faster than its predecessor, that is still not fast enough for some. The Lenovo Enhanced Experience uses extensive optimization on the system drivers, BIOS ... Read story »

iTwin USB enables remote file access via the Internet - Sep 22, 2009

Crave Here's a nifty two-piece USB hardware showcased by a Singapore startup at the recent TechCrunch50 event in San Francisco. What it does is it lets you access files on two ... Read story »

This guy gets paid a king's ransom to make a template cell phone? - Oct 29, 2009

Blogs See: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/technology/companies/29moto.html?ref=technology Say we can keep politics at 10 percent of your time a day. For some guy to coordinate exterior design, PCB design, OS vendor, make a phone, then coordinate ... Read story »

Spring Design wants to stop Nook sales - Nov 4, 2009

Crave Could a legal challenge threaten the launch of Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader? In a new lawsuit, start-up Spring Design is seeking not only monetary damages from Barnes & Noble, but ... Read story »

Snow Leopard on a first-gen MacBook Air - Sep 8, 2009

Features Read how the new OS X version worked on a notebook that needed some help with its performance. Read story »

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