Posts Tagged ‘ tencent ’

Sina cuts its loss to $13.2m in Q1 2013, as revenue jumps 18% year-on-year to $126m

May 17, 2013
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Sina cuts its loss to $13.2m in Q1 2013, as revenue jumps 18% year-on-year to $126m

Sina, the firm behind China’s hugely popular Sina Weibo microblogging platform, announced improved financial results for Q1 2013 as increased revenue saw its net loss reduced to $13.2 million. That’s down from a loss of $13.7 million one year prior. The company, which also operates a successful Internet portal business, recorded overall net revenue of $126.0 million,…

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Partnerschaft von Nexon und Crytek bringt Warface nach Japan / Crytek und Nexon dehnen Warface weiter über dem asiatischen Markt aus

May 16, 2013
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Partnerschaft von Nexon und Crytek bringt Warface nach Japan / Crytek und Nexon dehnen Warface weiter über dem asiatischen Markt aus

16.05.2013 | 14:00 Partnerschaft von Nexon und Crytek bringt Warface nach JapanCrytek und Nexon dehnen Warface weiter ber dem asiatischen Markt aus | Tokyo (Japan) / Frankfurt am Main (Germany) (ots) - Crytek erweitert das asiatische Publikum fr seinen free-to-play Game- Service, Warface. Wie heute bekannt gegeben, wird das Unternehmen eine erweiterte Partnerschaft mit dem…

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Nexon and Crytek Sign Deal to Operate Warface in Japan / Crytek and Nexon continue expanding the Warface brand across Asia

May 16, 2013
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Nexon and Crytek Sign Deal to Operate Warface in Japan / Crytek and Nexon continue expanding the Warface brand across Asia

16.05.2013 | 14:00 Nexon and Crytek Sign Deal to Operate Warface in JapanCrytek and Nexon continue expanding the Warface brand across Asia | Tokyo (Japan) / Frankfurt am Main (Germany) (ots) - Crytek is set to further expand the Asian audience for their free-to-play FPS, Warface, announcing today that they will be partnering with leading…

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Neuer "5-Euro-Schein" – So kommt er an bei den Deutschen! (AUDIO)

May 6, 2013
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Neuer "5-Euro-Schein" – So kommt er an bei den Deutschen! (AUDIO)

Dsseldorf (ots) - Anmoderationsvorschlag: Alles neu macht der Mai. Sogar bei uns im Portemonnaie, denn seit 2. Mai gibt's nigelnagelneue 5-Euro-Scheine. Wir haben uns mal auf der Strae umgehrt, wie die Ihnen so gefallen und ob Sie sich mit denen schon angefreundet haben. O-Ton 1 (Straenumfrage, 0:10 Min.): Mann: "Geht so, kann man mit leben."…

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Draw Something 2 now available in Apple App Store as Zynga shutters more games [Update]

April 24, 2013
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Draw Something 2 now available in Apple App Store as Zynga shutters more games [Update]

Update:  Draw Something 2 is now available in the Apple App Store in two different versions: a free, ad-supported one or a $2.99 premium app. During Zynga’s Q1 2013 earnings conference call, company CEO Mark Pincus announced that the sequel to Draw Something will launch later today in the United States. This interesting news comes…

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Chinese Internet giant Qihoo 360′s three-fold plan to challenge Tencent and Baidu [Interview]

April 23, 2013
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Chinese Internet giant Qihoo 360′s three-fold plan to challenge Tencent and Baidu [Interview]

With over 450 million users of its PC antivirus software, China’s Qihoo 360 definitely qualifies as an local Internet giant, but it’s a scrappy one. The company is jockeying with rivals Tencent and Baidu to win the hearts of the country’s Internet users as they move mobile, and the competition has at times been less…

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Study Shows Censorship On Sina Weibo Is A ‘Sophisticated’ And Very Speedy Operation

March 27, 2013
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Known as the Twitter of China, Sina Weibo is also infamous in the West for the number of high profile users who have had tweets censored, including Kai-fu Lee. The former head of Google China, who was once booted off Sina and Tencent Weibo for three days, recently made a graph of how often his…

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Russia’s Growth Leads Yuri Milner Back As Ostrovok Takes $25M From General Catalyst, Accel and Others

March 27, 2013
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It’s often difficult to discern the mind of Yuri Milner. Despite building his investments out of Russia initially, he hasn’t invested in a startup there for over three years. What’s luring him back?

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Women Make Up 10% Of Founders In Y Combinator’s Current Class

March 26, 2013
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Y Combinator’s Winter 2013 Demo Day is a scaled back affair in many ways — 47 startups are graduating at today’s event, down significantly from the 84-startup Summer 2012 class and the 66-startup Winter 2012 class. However, there’s one very notable aspect of YC that saw growth this time around: The percentage of founders that…

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The Pint-Sized ‘Fuel’ Phone Charger Is As Useful As It Is Adorable

March 26, 2013
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Most of us have faced that sense of dread that comes when our phones lay drained and dysfunctional right when we need them the most. Sure, we could beat ourselves up for not charging them as long as we should have (or perhaps making a bad choice of phones), but that’s where this particularly cute…

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