Missed out on the best Asia tech news from the past seven days? Worry not, we’ve got you covered. Here’s our roundup of the week’s top stories, sorted by popularity.
1. 12 startups in 12 months: here’s how this digital nomad is f**king doing it
From Bangkok to Bali, Pieter Hooghoudt is bootstrapping it all the way, too.
2. Noticed this yet? Facebook looks to Asia and Africa with new notification icon
Facebook is now showing a different notification icon to users in the eastern hemisphere. Facebookers in Asia and Africa now see their own continents in the icon.
3. How one woman’s battle with Tourette’s and discrimination turned her into an advocate for fairness in the workplace
Despite blatant discrimination in the workplace, Ann Khoo is fighting the good fight day in, day out.
4. OnePlus to make its own Android ROM, ditch CyanogenMod: report
New Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus, which just released its first flagship phone in May, will move its software engineering team from China to Taiwan where it will create its own Android ROM
5. The online freelancing industry in the Philippines is bullish and shows no signs of slowing
Data revealed by Elance-oDesk shows that the online freelancing industry in the Philippines is robust and only growing more.
6. 26 startups in Asia that caught our eye
Here’s our newest round-up of the featured startups on our site this week.
7. With $1B funding, Flipkart fires salvo at Amazon: We’re going to be the Alibaba of India
Can Flipkart be India’s Amazon? That’s a moot point as Flipkart has another benchmark. US$1 billion funding puts it in the same position as Alibaba in 2005.
8. In Singapore, tech-savvy gang members use Facebook to find new blood
The research showed that youths who socialise with peers who are friends with, or who are themselves, gang members are highly susceptible to being drawn into the gang.
9. Amazon douses Flipkart funding buzz with $2 billion fresh investment in India
A day after Flipkart made its US$1 billion funding announcement, Amazon announces that it will invest an additional US$2 billion in India.
10. Japan’s most startup-focused mayor wants to turn his city into an entrepreneurial hub
Unless you live in Japan, finding Fukuoka on a map might be difficult. But the city’s mayor wants to put it on the global startup map.
11. Book review: The $100 Startup
It’s been two years since Chris Guillebeau’s manifesto for microentrepreneurs The $100 Startup hit shelves and grabbed bestseller titles from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. But the dust settling on the book’s cover doesn’t make it any less applicable in 2014.
12. 5 huge challenges any tech business faces in Indonesia
Several stats and buzzwords get thrown around when global investors talk about Indonesia’s tech startup potential. Often, they cite the country’s six percent economic growth rate in recent years, or the population of more than 250 million; more than 50 percent of whom are people under the age of 29, a demographic more inclined to adopt tech products and drive consumption to a new level in less than a decade.
13. China’s popular WeChat messenger tests Facebook-esque “Like” button, and it looks strangely familiar
China’s popular WeChat messenger introduced a “Like” button for articles that users read.
14. Finding your single market in Southeast Asia
When we heard that Monk’s Hill Ventures and Digital Media Partners were visiting Ho Chi Minh city, we jumped on the opportunity to put them both on a panel at a Tech in Asia meetup event, as well as to judge our inaugural startup pitching competition in Vietnam: Tech in Asia Arena HCMC. Triip.me won the pitch contest and got the title of “most promising startup”.
15. From sign up to checkout, a complete English guide to shopping on Taobao and Tmall
Unfortunately, there’s no English version of Taobao and Tmall, so if you can’t read Chinese, then the sites can be a bit daunting, even with Google Translate.
16. The next industry ripe for disruption in the Philippines: ed-tech
Ed-tech startup Quipper thinks a freemium model will allow it to capture the Philippine educational market.
17. MAD Incubator receives fresh funds, looking to go crazy opening incubators across Southeast Asia
The investment sum is sizable enough to aid in MAD Incubator’s plans to expand “very aggressively across Southeast Asia” in the coming years.
18. “Oi! Remove your app from the store,” says Apple following takedown order from Yo
“We think it’s a ridiculous accusation,” says one of the guys behind Oi, which is made by an Australian startup.
19. Xiaomi’s Mi 3 sells out in 5 seconds in India, frustrates would-be buyers
Consumers in India are getting irked with the series of flash sales of the Mi 3 by Xiaomi
20. 6 top startup news stories in Australia (July edition)
July is close to wrapping up, so here are the best bits from Australia’s startup scene this month.
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20 of our hottest tech stories on Asia in the past week
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