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Better ROI with Melwater’s social media marketing suite upgrade
Meltwater has upgraded its online intelligence solutions to help marketers keep up with social conversations. With almost everyone on the web, including your 70 year old grandmother, social media...
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The travel industry’s shift from search to social
Dave is senior strategist at Septeni APAC and is based in Singapore. Septeni is a Japanese digital agency that has optimized over 300 Facebook ad campaigns since July 2010. You can reach Dave at...
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Social recruiter Tribehired funded US$560K by TNF Ventures
Tribehired, a social recruitment website, has announced that it had just raised a S$696K (US$560K) seed funding round led by TNF Ventures (TNF). The round was also participated by Singapore angel...
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Groupon and WFP: Have more than 1 meal a day? These girls do not
One of our favourite things to see in the tech scene is when companies give back to society. So when Groupon told us that they will be partnering WFP to help girls in Asia, we knew it will be something...
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Echelon 2013: Hong Kong Satellite Details
The Hong Kong Satellite will be held at The Good Lab on 9 April 2013. Read on for more details and how you participate at join the rest of the community. Event Details Venue: The Good Lab Date: 9...
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FunSpot partners Telkomsel to provide social gaming services
FunSpot just signed a major deal with Indonesian telco Telkomsel to accelerate social gaming services for both smartphones and feature phones. FunSpot, a provider of mobile social gaming and...
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Placety launches in Southeast Asia to let you know what’s around you
Placety, a free social travel discovery app, is now out in all of Southeast Asia. Placety, a new social travel discovery app, has just launched its services today in Hong Kong, New Zealand, Japan,...
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Motorola Solutions works with Singapore’s NP to enrich learning
Product Design and Innovation students from Singapore’s Ngee Ann Polytechnic can look forward to better learning with Motorola Solutions. Motorola Solutions Inc. has just announced today that it is...
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Updated: Burpple goes on the web to help you become a better foodie
Burpple is now on the web, after getting popular on iOS and Android devices. Remember Burpple, the food discovery and journaling app? It was released on both the iOS and Android platforms earlier this...
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DiGi partners Deezer for premium account with selected packages
DiGi rolls out its exclusive partnership with Deezer to give its customers premium accounts with selected packages. As if the music streaming wars have not been intense enough, Malaysian mobile service...
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mig33 welcomes new Chief Marketing Officer Chris J. Reed
Social mobile gaming platform mig33 has hired a new CMO, who will be in charge of relaunching and re-branding the service. mig33, a social mobile gaming platform, has a new chief marketing officer...
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Social Project.PH aims to raise crowdfunding for social enterprises
Social Project.PH is a crowdfunding platform that focuses on socially- and environmentally-relevant projects in the Philippines. Crowdfunding platforms are a dime-a-dozen today. While a few notable...
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Japan’s music discovery and sharing service Beatrobo launches iPhone app
Although Spotify has been taking the spotlight recently, there are still other popular music discovery and sharing apps such as Beatrobo from Japan. An Echelon 2012 alumnus, Beatrobo is a music...
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Forget Bang With Friends, NoonSwoon helps you find “The One”
Do you have trouble finding that special person? NoonSwoon, officially launched in Thailand, is an app to matchmake singles with friends of their Facebook friends. What do you do when you just turned...
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gumi CEO Hironao Kunimitsu on social games, collaborations and Asia
Social gaming isn’t social spamming. gumi CEO Hironao Kunimitsu shares with e27 the three factors in building a successful social game. Established in June 2007, gumi has sure come a long way. In 2011,...
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Are we still talking about social location based apps?
Social, location and mobile apps are the rage, but how can businesses make sense of all the user data that these platforms gain from usage and engagement? Let’s take a step back and rewind back to four...
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Red Dot Ventures invests in mobile gaming company Daylight Studios
Red Dot Ventures, a venture capital firm with focus on early-stage high-tech startups, has just invested S$839,000 in gaming company Daylight Studios. Red Dot Ventures, a venture capital firm, has just...
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Accelerator program SWAP comes for social entrepreneurs in Indonesia
Social entrepreneurs in Indonesia can look forward to SWAP, an accelerator program just for them. There is hope for social entrepreneurs serving the disadvantaged and needy in Indonesia now. Hosted by...
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Four Eyes promotes a clearer vision and a lighter conscience
With 10 million poor Filipinos having bad vision, Four Eyes is promoting social responsibility by donating a pair of eyeglasses for each pair sold. Even in emerging economies in Asia — or perhaps...
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The team behind Harpoen wants to make maps social through Mapiary
What’s left of social maps? Here’s Mapiary, still in private beta mode. In March 2012, J.P Ellis, Agatha Simanjuntak-Ellis, and Ty Kroll launched an iPhone app called Harpoen which allows people to...
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Social dating app Avalable wins Global Brain pitch at Echelon Ignite
Guess who just won Echelon Ignite Thailand’s pitching event? Social dating app Avalable with its beautiful interface! Thai startup Single Solution has emerged winner of Echelon Ignite Thailand’s Global...
View Article[Singapore] Social Venture Week 2013
Interested in social entrepreneurship? Come check out Social Venture Week 2013! The DBS-NUS Social Venture Challenge Asia kicks off with Social Venture Week 2013, a week-long public program that...
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Founders Series: Delivering social impact with your startup
Kalibrr’s Paul Rivera talks about balancing profit with social impact. In the Founders Series, Amazon Web Services’ Pieter Kemps interviews founders and CEO’s of successful startups on key topics that...
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2 startups with IPO share experiences of growing their companies
Crooz Inc and Drecom are two Japan-based companies who have achieved IPO. At B Dash Camp 2013 at Osaka, the two founders share how they managed their firms. What are the essentials of managing and...
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Tiny Pipes project to power off-the-grid households in the Philippines
An MIT-educated social entrepreneur plans to build the world’s biggest pre-paid solar-powered energy network connected through cellular phones The Philippines, in 2008, enacted into law the Electric...
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Rick Liu appointed new VP at NativeX; to help game developers monetise
Rick Liu, a former executive with Japan mobile gaming mogul DeNA, has now been tasked to lead NativeX’s international expansion. How will he fare? NativeX, a native mobile advertising platform...
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Social dating app Avalable now available in 15 languages
Now available in 15 languages worldwide, social dating app Avalable wishes to hit 30 million users in the next three years. Possible? Thai-based startup Avalable (yes, without the ‘i’) has launched the...
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Internet Penetration: Singapore scores 73, Thailand 26, Indonesia 15
According to We Are Social, Singapore’s internet penetration is 73%. However, poor penetration in Indonesia and Thailand is bringing down SEA’s average to 25% With a total population of 7 billion...
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Twitter Trends now available in Thailand and Vietnam
Will Twitter Trends benefit marketers in the two Southeast Asian countries? A Thai social marketer shares his views Twitter announced today that it has added another 50 locations to support its Twitter...
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With new HQ in APAC, Socialbakers CEO Jan Rezab looking to acquire
The social media analytics firm has hired Simon Trilsbach as Head Vice President of Asia; it recently received US$26M in Series C funding Hot from the oven is Socialbakers, a social media analytics and...
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EA founder’s new startup is making games to help children
Trip Hawkins’ new company If You Can receives US$6.5 million in funds to develop titles that help a child’s social and emotional skill Games like Math Blaster, Civilization and Oregon Trail have shown...
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Why Indonesia’s e-commerce market isn’t perplexing
Quartz noted in an article that Indonesia is the world’s most perplexing e-commerce frontier. DailySocial debunks the myth Several days ago Quartz published an article about the state of the e-commerce...
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mig33′s holding company secures US$2.2M from FIH Mobile Limited
Project Goth Inc., the holding company of mig33, will be extending its reach into the mobile ecosystem with this new announcement Shortly after announcing that it has been acquired by Latin Gold to get...
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Secret app now made available in China
Anonymous social sharing app’s creators also have a regional office; local partner not disclosed at this point in time If this is your first time hearing about an app called Secret, we’ll recap: it’s...
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Skystar Ventures Incubator’s second batch is now open
Last day for registration is November 27, 2014; the programme will start on February 26, 2015 Prepare yourself startups, as the Skystar Ventures’ second batch of incubation is now open. The...
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Asian markets are ahead in social: TCG’s Chris Adams
The Director of TCG talks about social- and mobile-first approach of startups in the region, emulating the success of Alibaba and Hong Kong as a gateway to China Chris Adams, Director, TCG Chris Adams...
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Thailand-based messaging startup Dipify quietly launches beta
e27 spoke to Dipify’s Co-founder about the messaging-app-with-a-twist’s launch earlier this month and raising investment, among other things Dipify, the startup that won this year’s Echelon Satellite...
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Social meetup app MeetDrinks wants to bring singles together this holiday season
The app has launched today on Android and iOS; has partnered with local bars, restaurants, clubs to get professionals to meet over drinks in Southeast Asia Image credit: MeetDrinks With the likes of...
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Australia’s Crowd Mobile acquires Hong Kong meetup app Kiss Hugs
Crowd Mobile, looking to expand into Asia, will acquire Kiss Hugs’ technology, intellectual property and user base Image credit: Kiss Hugs Hong Kong-based meetup app Kiss Hugs has been acquired by...
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Meet Leggo, a planning and gathering app for the WhatsApp generation
Leggo’s mission is to disrupt WhatsApp when it comes to planning and gathering, and make the app ‘sticky’ Image credit: Leggo Trying to organise friend meetups in WhatsApp groups is a major pain point...
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Glomp is scrapping cake emojis in online chats for real ‘treats’
Glomp is looking to ‘humanise the conversation’ that has shifted into the digital age by replacing that latte emoji with the real thing Image credit: Glomp Hong Kong- and Singapore-based app Glomp...
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Vietnam’s social networking app Tappy exits via US-based Weeby.co
The acquisition of Tappy is for an undisclosed seven-figure sum comprising stock and cash, and will see its founders join Weeby.co Silicon Valley-based cloud gaming platform Weeby.co has acquired...
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3 reasons why all businesses should use social media
Whether you make steel pipes or sell polythene; you, your customer, your vendors are all on social media. Here’s how to leverage it Recently someone described B2B as boring to boring on Twitter. It...
View ArticleVideo: Reflections from Kickstarter Co-founder Charles Adler
Adler explains that for a campaign to be successful, it is all about telling people — especially your mom Kickstarter Co-founder Charles Adler entertained an audience at NUS Enterprise’s Block 71...
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Singtel’s Future Makers programme aims to help social entrepreneurs and startups
Application for the Singtel Future Makers ends on August 14, 2016 Singtel, a Singaporean telecommunications company, has recently launched the Singtel Future Makers programme to help young...
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Hoy! This Philippines-based social network lets you earn cool rewards by...
The rewards can be products and services such as shoes, local air flights, speakers, toys, and cellphones Hoy, the social media brand engagement community developed in the Philippines, has recently...
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E-shopping Good Hijab platform to help Malaysian underprivileged youth
Good Hijab was a participant in MaGIC’s Social Enterprise Accelerator Programme Cohort 1, and received US$7,364 in seed funding Kuala Lumpur-based SE Good Product Sdn. Bhd. has launched Good Hijab, an...
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Electronic waste is a first-world problem, which Asia will have to deal with...
While rising incomes and affluence bodes well for Asian economies, electronic waste is a problem that could no longer be ignored Incomes are rising in Asia, and this growing affluence leads to a...
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Developing your brand voice on social media: 5 mistakes to avoid
Improve your social media marketing strategy to establish a distinguishable and beautiful brand voice We’re entering the age of technological revolutions and massive diffusion of technologies...
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How student entrepreneurs can tap into the fintech ecosystem in Cambodia
My fascination with social startups began while on a volunteering trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia, back in 2017. We had embarked on this trip with the intention to educate youths there on the...
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