Singapore

Viki Strikes Deal With Baidu to Bring Crowd-Translated Programming to China

Kara Swisher in Media on December 18, 2013 at 3:30 pm PT

“Hulu for the rest of the world” enters a big market.

In Chip Deal, Singapore’s Avago to Acquire LSI for $6.6 Billion

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 16, 2013 at 5:51 am PT

The deal is being financed with bank loans and a $1 billion investment from private equity firm Silver Lake.

PlayPhone Adds SingTel to Its Roster, Betting on “Not Yet Mature” Emerging Markets

Eric Johnson in Mobile on November 5, 2013 at 5:00 am PT

And it’s a safe bet, too. Just don’t expect a whole lot of change overnight.

Exclusive: Mayer Set to Get Yahoo’s Alibaba Billions in One Week (But Will Investors Get Some Back, Too?)

Kara Swisher in News on September 11, 2012 at 9:01 pm PT

What will the Silicon Valley giant do with $4.5 billion?

News Byte

Apple’s iTunes Store Goes Live in Hong Kong, Singapore and Ten Other Asian Countries

John Paczkowski in News on June 26, 2012 at 5:55 pm PT

Apple debuted its iTunes Store to a dozen new markets in Asia today, bringing it to Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. This is the company’s first big iTunes push into Asia since it launched the store in Japan back in 2005. The iTunes Store is still not available in China, Apple’s fastest growing market.

SingTel To Buy U.S.-Based Mobile Advertising Firm Amobee

Matthew Allen and Gaurav Raghuvanshi in Media on March 4, 2012 at 9:34 pm PT

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. said it will acquire U.S.-based Amobee Inc., a provider of mobile advertising solutions, for about $321 million — the company’s first major acquisition since 2007.

PayPal Wants You to Shop While Straphanging In Singapore

Lauren Goode in Commerce on February 9, 2012 at 7:06 am PT

PayPal and others are looking to make mobile payments even more mobile.

Voices

Google to Invest $120 Million in Singapore Data Center

Shibani Mahtani, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 15, 2011 at 10:05 am PT

Google Inc. will invest $120 million in a data center in Singapore, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, executives of the Internet search giant announced Thursday, in a move to significantly expand operations in Asia.