Jon Russell

Jon Russell is the Asia Editor of The Next Web. Jon has been commenting on and writing about Asia's internet, technology and start-up scenes since he swapped London for Bangkok in 2008. You can reach him through Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Quora or by emailing jon@thenextweb.com.

Stories by Jon Russell

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Kakao Talk Introduces Free Calls to its Mobile Messaging Service

Korean mobile messaging app Kakao Talk has introduced free voice calls to its WhatsApp-like service, allowing its worldwide iPhone and Android users to make calls on the service for nothing…

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Apple Tipped to Bring Baidu Search to iOS in China Next Month

Apple is being tipped to introduce a much anticipated update that brings support for search services from China’s Baidu into iOS next month, according to Chinese reports that cite comment…

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Samsung Plans 'Pop-Up' Stores in London Ahead of Upcoming Olympics

Samsung has revealed that it will introduce ‘pop-up’ mobile stores in London at the end of May, as it seeks to grab a share of increased consumer spending while the…

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Apple Rolls Out 'Editors' Choice' and Free 'App of the Week' Features

With more than half a million apps in the App Store, discovery is a huge challenge for iPhone users. Apple has long acknowledged the issue, having acquired Chomp to help improve…

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China Telecom Launches UK Services, Targets Other European Markets

China Telecom has launched a UK mobile service this week, just in time for the upcoming  Olympic Games in London, and revealed plans to expand its operations to other key European…

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Android and iOS Make Up Over 80% of Smartphone Shipments

Android and Apple’s iOS continue to dominate the global smartphone industry, according to new data from research firm IDC, which concludes that the two platforms combined accounted for 82 percent of…

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Sony ends LCD JV with Sharp, Recoups $125.79m Investment

Sony and Sharp have announced that their joint venture to develop large LCD panels is to end, with Sony getting back its full $125.79 million investment in the Sharp Display…

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China Confirms it Now Has More Than 1 Billion Mobile Phone Users

The Chinese government has confirmed that the country now has more than 1 billion mobile phone users, after revealing that the first quarter of the year saw an additional 43 million…

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Yahoo Disables Axis Chrome Extension Following Security Vulnerability

Yahoo has confirmed that it has disabled the Google Chrome extension for its new Axis browser, after security concerns were raised by a developer who was able to forge the…

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SpaceX Founder Elon Musk Just Posted This Epic Tweet

Just when he thought his week couldn’t get much better — what could top pioneering private space travel? — Elon Musk, the serial entrepreneur behind SpaceX, got a call from…

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D'oh Someone Forgot to Publish the Yahoo Axis Terms and Conditions

So Yahoo went ahead and launched its mobile browser ‘Axis’, just days after we broke news that Chrome had just overtaken Internet Explorer as the Web’s most popular option. While…

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Global Music Site Viki Moves into Music After Signing up Record Labels

International-focused TV and video site Viki has made a significant move into the music space, after it announced deals with a number of record labels and agencies, most notably Warner Music,…

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Latest Apple iPhone 4S Commercial sees John Malkovich Use Siri

The latest in Apple’s series of TV commercials promoting the iPhone 4S Siri through celebrity users sees actor John Malkovich take to the small screen with the device and Apple’s…

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Dhingana Reveals 10.5M Users, Pushes Claim as 'India's Spotify'

Indian on-demand music service Dhingana has revealed that it saw 10.5 million visitors last month, a figure that, the Bollywood specialist says, makes it the largest legal streaming music site…

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Why China's $38 Billion-Valued Mobile App Market is Like No Other

China may be the world’s fastest growing smartphone market but the country’s growing app space is a very different one to that of North America, Europe and other Western markets….