C. Custer
Tech in Asia
Maine, United States
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Opinion: Why WeChat is a good product but a bad company
The prospects for WeChat’s development are not great. → Read More
Backpedaling: Why China’s bike-sharing startups are pulling out everywhere
If 2017 was the spring of hope for Chinese bike sharing startups’ international ambitions, 2018 is their winter of despair. → Read More
China startup funding on pace to smash records in 2018
In the first half of 2018, Chinese tech startups raised nearly as much as they did throughout the entirety of 2017. → Read More
India is threatening the made-in-China industry
With no obvious solutions in sight, China faces a dilemma. → Read More
Opinion: Apple’s iPhone X storage options are a cruel joke
Apple unveiled its latest iPhones this week, and they are – as ever – impressive. Better screens. Better cameras. Face recognition. Augmented reality. The l → Read More
Why China’s government is blocking the candle emoji
On the evening of July 13, as a powerful lightning storm struck Beijing, a Sina Weibo user called “Gu Feng” tried to pass along a tweet about the storm. “ → Read More
I found the real Pied Piper (it’s nowhere near Silicon Valley)
What if Pied Piper’s magical compression algorithm was a real thing? Turns out, it pretty much is! → Read More
How InMobi won in China and went profitable –
In many ways, InMobi is an ideal model for Indian startups. It’s an Indian unicorn that has successfully gone global and – unlike many unicorns in the tech space – it’s actually profitable. Through its network of ad publishers, InMobi reaches more than 1.6 billion users. On the Startup 101 stage at Tech in Asia Singapore 2017, InMobi APAC and MEA managing director Jayesh Easwaramony explained to… → Read More
Reddit boss on entrepreneurship, the future, and how Singapore changed his life
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian says that Singapore changed his life. Here’s how. → Read More
Google plans to launch its Play app store in China. Too little too late?
Google is reportedly planning to launch the Play Store in China. But how possible a dream is that, and how well would it go if Google succeeds? → Read More
Soon the whole world could get Chinese New Year emoji
The Unicode emoji list doesn’t have much for Chinese New Year. That could be about to change. → Read More
The big thing everyone always ignores about China’s internet market
China’s internet market is absolutely huge already, but the next decade of Chinese internet development will be driven by a massive demographic nobody ever ta → Read More
AI sneaks online in secret and destroys everyone playing Go
A mystery account called “Master” appeared online and started smashing the pros. It turned out that AlphaGo was back for more. → Read More
China-backed Faraday Future’s first electric car is a triumph and a disaster
Typical of Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting’s sometimes-overreaching ambition, Faraday Future unveiled a car that is both impressive and disappointing. → Read More
Alibaba’s biggest investments this year
China’s Alibaba invested billions, and bought or upped its stakes in tech companies all over the world. → Read More
Alibaba’s Taobao is officially back on America’s naughty list
Just a few days before Christmas, the US Trade Representative (USTR) unloaded a stocking full of coal on Alibaba. Taobao, Alibaba’s C2C ecommerce platform, is → Read More
The Chinese tech giant whose smartphones flopped over and over just won’t stop trying
Qihoo CEO Zhou Hongyi at an event for his smartphone subsidiary Qiku. It was Albert Einstein (supposedly) who said that insanity is doing the same thing over an → Read More
Amazon Instant Video’s UX is pretty bad
Amazon video streaming has finally come to the world, but the UX leaves a lot to be desired. → Read More
In China, Facebook’s fake news crusade means something completely different
Facebook’s fight against fake news is actually a win for China’s authoritarian rulers. → Read More
China bans all video streaming of unapproved games
China’s Ministry of Culture just dealt yet another blow to its indie gaming industry. → Read More