This Week in Asia Episode 52: Asia coming of Age?
Back to the studio after an exciting week from Echelon 2010 and the good news that we are recently mentioned on TechCrunch. Akky Akimoto, the founder of Asiajin.com is here with us this week as our special guest. The week could not have been better without Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 4 and another massive showdown between Apple & Google/Admob in mobile advertising. How do those events affect Asia? While Gree, Japan’s number 2 mobile social network is now casting its attention to US and China markets, how about Zynga who is turning their guns to India and China? If you think Google TV is really new, why not find out what has been happening between web and TV in Asia here, and finally, the Geeks on the Plane have declared Silicon Valley is just a state of mind & dying, is Asia really coming of age?
- This Week in Asia is featured on TechCrunch.
- Event this Week: Pycon APAC 2010
- Apple WWDC 2010: What have we? The new iPhone 4, the iOS 4 and Face Time, and oh yes, the juicy war that is brewing between Google/Admob and Apple on mobile advertising with their new terms and conditions on the developer agreement.
- Gree to expand to US & China: Japan’s number 2 mobile social network is now moving into China and US. Of course, we talked about how Gree entice its customers with a semi-naked avatar when they sign up the service.
- Zynga Enters Asia With Acquisition Of Gaming Startup XPD Media; Opens Office In Beijing: The creator of Farmville sets up an office in where social gaming has originated – China. With offices springing in India and China, is Zynga heading towards a global domination of social games through the iPhone and other devices?
- Yahoo! Japan Search Now Provides In-TV-Program Products Info: How Yahoo! has integrated their services into TV with Japan and Korea makes us ponder how it might match up against Google TV if it ever comes to Asia.
- Is Silicon Valley state of mind and dying: Is that really true? With the optimism expressed by the writers from TechCrunch and Geeks on the Plane, is the web/tech scene in Asia finally coming of age? We express some pessimism and cautionary tale while
- Upcoming Events: (a) CommunicAsia happening from 15 to 18 June 2010 next week in Singapore and (b) OpenWebAsia – Southeast Asia in Kuala Lumpur on 13 & 14 July
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