Korean App Connects Friends via Location
Since Foursquare made it big, an increasing number of location-based apps and services have been appearing on the scene. South Korea has its fair share of ‘clone’ apps and this…
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Facebook places arrives in SEA
After more than 2 weeks of delay, Facebook finally launched their location-based service called Facebook Places in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. Facebook Places lets members send their location to…
Weibo adds voicemail and video uploads
Sina Weibo, the Twitter-like microblogging service from China, outguns its original western counterpart by rolling out two new multimedia features: voicemail “tweets” and direct video uploads. The microblogging service is…
Bumpy ride ahead Indonesian Check-ins
Yahoo’s Koprol location based service has been receiving some much needed updates recently in its home territory of Indonesia. Recent improvements have included the addition of full geo-location support to…
Twitter tag, coming to a train near you.
Soon, you may be able to follow the Tweets of your fellow travellers on the morning commute. A new mobile app, showcased at Japan’s Keio University, Open Research Forum last…
China's GFW: Firewall or Trade Barrier?
The subject of China’s Great Fire Wall has, to be honest, been done to death. We’ve written about it here, about bypassing it here and about western businesses’ views on…
