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Study Shows America’s Internet Speed Far From Tops

Moldova, Ukraine and Bulgaria are just three of 25 nations that top the U.S. when it comes to the fastest internet connections by country, according to Pando Networks’ 2011 Global Download Report. READ MORE »

Reach Out and Touch Someone’s Avatar

It doesn’t look like much yet: a finger with a massive cuff vaguely poking a low-res image of a tiny fairy floating a few inches above the screen that’s projecting it. But remember that this is just the first step and imagine the implications: Researchers at Keio University in Japan have created the first 3D images that users can “touch,” or at least feel through a tactile response delivered by the finger cuff. READ MORE »

Twitter to Add Support for Five Asian Languages

Yes, Twitter has been banned in mainland China since 2009, but “let a thousand microblogs bloom” the company says. Twitter has announced that it will be adding Hindi, Malay, Filipino, and traditional and simplified Chinese to its platform. READ MORE »

Hulu Japan Points to Where the Service May Go

Better check out as many episodes of 30 Rock as you can. It seems that change may soon hit Hulu. The leading indicator? Hulu’s launch in Japan. Hulu Japan has several subtle differences with the U.S. version. READ MORE »

T-Mobile May Suffer if AT&T Deal Falls Through

If the lawsuit filed by the Justice Department this week kills the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile, some analysts say it could leave T-Mobile in a much worse position than it was before the deal was announced in March, reports The New York Times. READ MORE »

Chinese Tech Incubator Raises $180 Million

Innovation Works, a Chinese start-up incubator, announced today that it has raised $180 million from a list of American investors that includes Sequoia Capital, executives from Google and Facebook, and Silicon Valley Bank. READ MORE »

Sony, Hitatchi, and Toshiba Combine LCD Businesses

Sony, Hitachi, and Toshiba will use a Japanese government fund to merge their LCD display businesses and better compete in global markets, the New York Times reports. READ MORE »

Samsung and Nokia Follow Apple to Release Cheaper Smartphones

Nokia and Samsung rolled out cheaper smartphone models — just after sources said Apple is planning to release a more cost-effective version of the iPhone 4. READ MORE »

Is China the New Silicon Valley?

Although major U.S. companies such as Google and Yahoo might have failed in China, for entrepreneurs, China is the new Silicon Valley says TD Daily’s Lara Farrar. A host of international start-ups, including American ones, are finding the climate conducive to their needs: cheap labor, fast developers, and the ability to stretch seed funding farther than in the U.S. READ MORE »

Zynga Slapped With Patent Lawsuit

Agincourt Gaming, a Plano, Texas-based company and relative newcomer to the social gaming sector, has sued Zynga, the world’s largest social gaming company for patent infringement. Agincourt seeks compensation for damages and requests a permanent injunction against the company, which could shut down Zynga’s games on Facebook, including FarmVille, Mafia Wars, and Empires & Allies. READ MORE »

Tag Archives: East Asia

Study Shows America’s Internet Speed Far From Tops

Reach Out and Touch Someone’s Avatar

Hulu Japan Points to Where the Service May Go

T-Mobile May Suffer if AT&T Deal Falls Through

Chinese Tech Incubator Raises $180 Million

Sony, Hitatchi, and Toshiba Combine LCD Businesses

Samsung and Nokia Follow Apple to Release Cheaper Smartphones

Is China the New Silicon Valley?

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