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Meet Wada, Vietnam’s Homegrown Search Engine to Challenge Google
Wada CEO Pham Tien Thinh speaking on stage When it comes to search in Vietnam, Google is number one, at least according to Alexa. But Vietnamese netizens aren’t exactly happy with Google’s search...
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CocCoc, Another Big Vietnamese Search Engine is Here
On January 30th, CocCoc, a new Vietnamese search engine, arrived on the scene. It’s the second big homegrown Vietnamese search engine to appear in the past three months. And by big, I mean: Well,...
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Google Launches Search Engine in Myanmar as Schmidt Warns Against Web Censorship
(File image: Google’s Eric Schmidt) Google’s search engine launched in Myanmar yesterday on the Google.com.mm domain. It’s nothing special to look at, and it’s just in English at the moment, but it’s...
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Ho Chi Minh City Meetup: How CocCoc Plans To Take Down Google in Vietnam
Hey folks, Xin Chào Thành Phó Hồ Chí Minh! In case you’re wondering what that means, it’s actually “Hello Ho Chi Minh city!” And yes, Tech in Asia Meetup will be heading back to Ho Chi Minh, and once...
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Wada Will Spend $15 Million in 2013 to Beat Google in Vietnam
We’ve been hearing a lot from Vietnamese search engine CocCoc lately, especially with our recent meetup and interesting news about its planned $100 million strategy in the next decade. So I wanted to...
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CocCoc Pursues Search In Vietnam With A Mathematician’s Hat (VIDEO)
Last month, we had the privilege of having Victor Lavrenko from CocCoc out our Meetup in Ho Chi Minh city to talk to us about the startup search engine’s plans in Vietnam. As much as he grumbled of...
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Chinese Shopping Search Engine TaoTaoSou Finds Huge New Funding Round
China e-commerce industry is worth close to $200 billion this year in terms of sales. Inevitably, all those e-shoppers need some guidance – and perhaps some useful price comparisons – without jumping...
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ViSenze’s visual search tech on Rakuten Taiwan has promise, but can’t handle...
Text input search is passe. These days, it’s all about voice and image recognition, as seen in Apple and Google battle against one another. While the two tech giants are duking it out in open warfare,...
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Burpple Launches Food Search Engine In Singapore, Finds New Monetization Model
Burpple launched its web seach engine for food called The Social Food Guide today in Singapore. It’s designed as a very visual way to help people discover great restaurants, unearth insightful...
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Meet Wada, Vietnam’s Homegrown Search Engine to Challenge Google
By Willis Wee | Tech in Asia Wada CEO Pham Tien Thinh speaking on stage When it comes to search in Vietnam, Google is number one, at least according to Alexa. But Vietnamese netizens aren’t exactly...
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Baidu hunts for executive to lead Indonesia efforts
Baidu is on the hunt for an executive to lead its Indonesia efforts as country manager. Is this a sign for bigger things to come in this market? Last year the Chinese search engine juggernaut opened...
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MNC and Rakuten: Why the Sudden Break Up?
Image source credit: imgix.8tracks.com Last night’s news of Rakuten (JSD:4755) breaking up its joint venture with MNC in Indonesia sent shockwaves through the entire tech ecosystem. It could spell the...
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MNC Confirms Joint Venture Split-up, Plans To Sell Its 49% Stakes Back To...
Local conglomerate corporation MNC Group finally confirms the termination of their RBO (Rakuten Belanja Online) joint venture with Rakuten Japan. Quoted from Kontan, MNC Director David Audy confirms...
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Digital Engagement: first you get the trust, then you get the loyalty and...
At the heart of marketing a product or service is the need to connect the idea with people. A successful campaign in our ever connected world will increasingly require developing personal relationships...
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