Catherine Shu
Catherine Shu is a TechCrunch writer based in Taipei. She started her career in New York City at the Wall Street Journal Online and Barron’s Online before moving to Asia. After studying Mandarin Chinese, Catherine put her language skills to the test by covering the design industry and culture in Taiwan’s capital for the Taipei Times. Her other journalism experience includes an investigative reporting internship at the Village Voice and numerous freelance writing gigs. Catherine graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
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Mobile Movies Is A Novel Way Of Collecting Data In Off-The-Grid Areas
In the late 1960s, the British Ministry of Technology turned Bedford SB buses into mobile cinemas that toured the country and screened films promoting modern production techniques. Half a century later, a Singapore-based startup called Next Billion is reviving the concept to reach rural communities throughout Southeast Asia. Read More
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Manila-Based Altitude Games Raises $275,000 To Develop Midcore Titles
Altitude Games, a Manila-based mobile game studio, has raised $275,000 in seed funding from investors Nix Nolledo, Level Up! Games co-founder Philip Cahiwat, an undisclosed angel investor, and members of its founding team. The startup will use the capital to "jumpstart its creation of original intellectual property in the midcore game space." Altitude Games plans to announce its first title in May… Read More
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DailyThem.es Wants To Make English Writing Practice Fun
DailyThem.es is a social writing platform that wants to help English learners improve their language skills in an enjoyable and non-intimidating way. The concept behind the site is simple. Each day, users are encouraged to write 100 words about any subject they want, and then exchange feedback with other writers. Users also get access to analytics that tell them what language errors they tend to… Read More
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Searchlet Adds New Features, Including Image And Streaming Music Searches
Searchlet launched three months ago to make online searches easier and help users avoid the dreaded Google amnesia. Now the Web app has added several features, including integration with Google Images and music streaming sites, that make it even more handy. Read More
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Asian Independent Film Platform Viddsee Lands Content Deal With Yahoo
There is a wealth of filmmaking talent across Asia, but it is very difficult for independent filmmakers there to gain exposure beyond occasional festivals. Founded earlier this year, Viddsee wants to raise the profile of the region's film industry by growing its online distribution network. Back in November, the Singapore-based startup launched its Channels program to work with content partners. Read More
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Influx Raises $250,000 To Help Growing Startups Handle Customer Support Requests
For startups just beginning to gain traction, the joy (and relief) of watching user numbers grow can vanish as soon as support requests start coming in. If customers don't get their queries answered quickly, it can negatively impact a fledgling company's reputation. But responding to questions in a timely fashion is difficult when a startup is still run chiefly by its founders. Australian company… Read More
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How Independent Media Around The World Can Flourish
Independent media has historically faced an uphill slog. Before the Internet, organizations had to deal with printing costs and very limited distribution networks. Web 2.0 gave them new outlets, but did not necessarily help publications grow readership or attract sponsors. Read More
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CarPlay Brings Apple’s iOS To Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo
iOS in the Car has made its official debut. Called CarPlay, the product will be added first to Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, and Volvo vehicles, and also available as an iOS 7 update for iPhone 5 and later models. As expected, Apple made the announcement today at the Geneva International Motor Show. Read More
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China Unleashes Yet Another Attempt At A State-Run Search Portal
The Chinese government has launched a new search site that is reportedly run by the vice president of Xinhua, the Communist Party of China's official mouthpiece. Called ChinaSo, its logo's color scheme closely resembles (and that's putting it charitably) Google's. Read More
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Crowdonomic And Earth Hour Team Up To Support Environmental Projects
Crowdonomic, a Singapore-based crowdfunding platform, has partnered with non-profit Earth Hour to help fund tech-based environmental projects. Read More
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Camera360′s Latest Version Is Streamlined But Packed With Features
Camera360, which now claims more than 250 million users, is one of the world's most successful photo apps. But Camera360 still faces plenty of competition from other apps like Camera+ and Afterlight and has been looking at ways to differentiate. Read More
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Bawte Helps You Catalog And Take Care Of Your Stuff
Buying a new gadget or appliance can suck up a surprising amount of time. Going shopping and unboxing your new purchase is exciting, but then you have to deal with making sure all its paperwork--receipts, warranties, user manuals--are organized and safely filed away. Bawte, a new iOS app, wants to make it easier for people to inventory and take care of their belongings. Read More
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Cal By Any.do Adds New Feature To Make Meetings Easy
Cal, the smart calendar app that integrates with to-do list maker Any.do, has launched a new feature called HeadsUp that helps you manage meetings and appointments. It is currently available for Cal on Android and will be available on iOS in the near future. Read More
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Line To Open Its Sticker Market To All Designers, Launch Skype Competitor
Line announced today at a press conference in Tokyo (covered by TechCrunch Japan) that it will open its sticker marketplace to all designers and companies. The platform was previously available only to Line's partners. The open marketplace, called the Line Creators Market, will launch in April. Revenue will be divided evenly between designers and Line. Read More
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Facebook Updates Its Group Discovery Page
Facebook made good on recent promises to highlight its group features and unveiled an updated groups discovery page today. As reported by AllFacebook, the page now features suggestions for groups to join, as well as open and closed groups your friends are members of, and groups based near you. The social network also recently began encouraging administrators to start adding tags in order to make… Read More
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Samsung Reportedly Tried To Suppress A Film Critical Of Its Safety Record
While consumers around the world are debating the merits of Samsung's latest product roster, which debuted at the MWC in Barcelona yesterday, the company is facing accusations back in South Korea that it tried to suppress a film critical of its safety record. Read More
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Mt.Gox Resigns From Bitcoin Foundation’s Board, Clears Twitter Account
Mt.Gox has resigned from the Bitcoin Foundation's board of directors. The foundation made the announcement on its blog after the news was first reported by the WSJ. In addition, Reddit users also noticed that Mt.Gox has cleared all tweets from its official Twitter account. We've emailed Mt.Gox for comment. Read More
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Gramr Wants To Help You Turn Expressing Gratitude Into A Habit
As an expat, the proliferation of mobile devices is one of the best things that has happened in the seven years since I moved to Asia. I can send silly photos or pour my heart out to friends all around the world -- New Zealand, the U.S., Australia, England, Lithuania, Sweden -- anytime I want. But those moments of connection often feel fleeting and the more time I spend abroad, the more I worry… Read More
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Viki To Launch In Japan, 5 Months After Acquisition By Rakuten
Viki, a streaming video platform that crowdsources translated subtitles, will launch a beta version of its site for Japanese viewers tomorrow. The announcement comes five months after Tokyo-based Rakuten paid a reported $200 million for Viki, which is based in Singapore. Read More
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Japan Is The Most Potentially Lucrative Market For Gaming Apps, Says Distimo
Mobile analytics firm Distimo just released a new report showing how the most successful apps monetize around the world. According to it, the five most potentially lucrative markets for gaming apps are Japan, Australia, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States, in that order. In addition, Japan and China were the two countries where the largest amount of revenue was generated from… Read More
