How Asia Startups Can’t Compete yet Globally
Launch of GreyAttic Incubator
Blackberry Playbook
Amazon set up AWS servers in Japan. Second after Singapore in Asia.

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• The aftermath of Steve Jobs Apple Keynote on 1 Sep 2010: Asia’s response to the new products rolling out – iOS 4.1 and apps, iPod upgrades for Shuffle, Nano and Touch, iTunes 10 and their social network for music, Ping and Apple TV. We also review how well Asia received the keynote via the web during the event.
• Panel discussion on Twitter and Gree Japan: The panel discuss the difference between Twitter Japan and elsewhere and also some thoughts about the Twitter and Gree Japan on how the outside engages Japanese.
• Social Networks & Mobile 3G in India: Google Orkut and Facebook are battling out for the users. The panel discuss the SMS type services that are similar to Twitter, for example, GupShup and how 3G is starting out in India. They also compare to the markets in Indonesia and India.
• Blackberry and India Government: Is the Domino effect with different governments demanding local servers and capability of monitoring happening?
• Top 50 Apps in Asia for Accelerate: We got the final 50 apps for the coming conference Accelerate organized by E27, Neoteny Labs & SingTel on 22-23 Sep 2010.
• The premlinary rulings for Fusion Garage & TechCrunch have been released. We examine the implications of the ruling for the whole event.
• Koprol and TV Ads: Smithy shares how Koprol’s TV ad in Indonesia have worked for them.
• September Socials with April Yim & Chew Lin

: We got April Yim and Chew Lin on their project – a crowdsourcing platform to find dates in Asia. So, we hear from them how the whole thing came about and how it works.

• Congratulations from the TWIA crew to our fellow co-host Mike Foong & his spouse with their 4th kid Myra Ines Foong – and is she the first child with her own hashtag #babym4 and have her name crowdsourced via twitter?
• Past Events: Open Web Asia & Google Dev Fest in KL – What an exciting week and we have a lot of feedback coming from our live show asking us for a video version. If you have any thoughts, please let us know. We also talked about the Google Dev Fest that followed after Open Web Asia in KL. Also, we reveal the next possible dates & venues for the next Open Web Asia Conferences: Taiwan & Indonesia next year.
• AntennnaGate from Apple & iPad sales furore in SG: So, we skipped this issue relatively quickly and talked about how iPad sales were so fast and furious that Smithy did not manage to get one for himself.
• The story about Bubble Motion: Interesting Asia start-up in Singapore and funded by Sequoia Capital (the same one who funded Google) which have made headway with Bubbly in India.
• Japan tech going regional? : With the launch of an interesting app, Sekai Camera from Japan with none of us installing it, we discussed how Japan has lately focused its efforts towards China & Korea while also being the first destination for US start-ups to launch in Asia.
• The MOL CEO, Ganesh Kumar Bangah and his blunder with his now famous comment on his rival’s OffGamers’ FB page, “Too bad for you, this is social media.“. If you do not know by now, MOL is the company who acquired Friendster and made a deal to distribute Facebook credits in Southeast Asia.
• Upcoming Events: Asian Blogger & Social Media Conference next week, Social Media World Forum Asia & Accelerate by E27 both happening on 22-23 Sep.

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Photo credited to Shereen Shah and Sham Hardy: The panel comprising of (from the left) Bernard Leong, Daniel Cerventus, Serkan Toto, Brian Wong, Michael Smith Jr and Chew Lin Kay.

• The Groupon Clones in Asia: With Groupon Clones springing up from China (400+ according to Gang Lu) and Singapore (about 4 according to E27 SG), how is the whole e-commerce fever hitting across the Asian landscape?
• Google vs China: The conclusion is that Google buckered down with an official blog release, but what are the next steps for the search engine giant to take on the Great Firewall of China? Is it with Froyo (Android 2.2) loaded with Huawei phones?
• Is Mixi creating a minor Linkedin: Are they going to back to their roots or are they running out of ideas?
• Microsoft drops Kin and what happens now?
• Quibbles on Amazon’s acquisition on Woot and the e-commerce market in Southeast Asia vs East Asia.
• Upcoming Events: Open Web Asia – Southeast Asia on 13 and 14 July (and you can use our promo code “TWIA” to register with 10% discount) & BlinkBl-nk on the 19 July.
• And one last thing: Chew Lin now has an official twitter account, @chewlink – please add her to show your support. :)

The acquisition of Koprol by Yahoo is probably the most important tech event which rocked Southeast Asia this year. With the founders of Koprol, Fajar Budiprasetyo & Daniel Armanto together with our dear Smithy from Yahoo, we discussed the origins of Koprol (and how it was launched before FourSquare). We also found out how the founders built the mobile social network from zero to 100K users and the interesting features of Koprol before the fateful acquisition. In fact, we get an insider view behind the scenes on the day when the acquisition was announced. Finally, we hear how the founders and Smithy explain how the marriage between Yahoo & Koprol from their own perspectives and the future which lies ahead for Koprol.