Asia

Software

You Can Dream Of Burma, Too

2:35PM June 8, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

When you ask someone about Burma, they will describe a striking, mysterious, and culturally rich country. Most of us won’t ever travel to Southeast Asia, but we can still get a taste of the intrigue with the Dreams of Burma app. More »


Computing

Can’t Get An iPad 2? Blame It On Asians

5:41AM March 22, 2011 | Jason Chen

We knew people in Asia were paying people in the US to line up for iPad 2s to ship overseas, but we didn’t know it was this bad. The New York Post says more than half of the 400 people in line at 8am gave their iPads to a guy in a BMW X5 for cash. More »


Cars

Here’s Yamaha’s New Zero-Emission Electric Scooter

2:40PM July 15, 2010 | Casey Chan

Yamaha just introduced the EC-03, their new Zero-Emission Electric Scooter that’s primed to save the world. Well, at least Asia. The EC-03 is cheaper than most its competitors and apparently highly desirable in Asia’s crazy-for-scooters market. More »


Steve Jobs, 1996: “Apple Will Be The Nike Of Consumer Electronics”

2:44AM February 20, 2010 | John Herrman

With working conditions and security policy down Apple’s supply chain under serious fire, an Apple insider reached out to us. Apple’s blasé attitude toward its manufacturers’ labour practices, he says, is old news. More »


Mobile

Limited Edition Nokia N97 Mini RAOUL Goes Well With Rich Mahogany

4:00AM October 12, 2009 | Jack Loftus

This limited edition Nokia N97 mini comes with lots of leather and the stamp of approval from fashion plate RAOUL. Also, leather—did I mention that yet? More »


True Beauty: The Winning 2014 Asian Games Stadium Design

1:00PM October 10, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

We can argue about whether it looks like an alien spaceship, a colony on a distant planet or something else, but let’s agree that the winning stadium design for the 2014 Asian Games is mind-blowingly gorgeous. More »


Computing

Asus Getting Rid of 8.9-inch Netbooks in 2009

5:30PM February 20, 2009 | Elaine Chow

If you like 8.9-inch screens, you might want to get one now. Asus has said that it’ll be phasing out that size in 2009, since 10-inch models are dominating the market.

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Gadgets

Majority of US E-Waste Gets ‘Recycled’ in Asia, Where Recycling Is Often Non-Existent

11:45PM September 19, 2008 | John Mahoney

A new report by the US Government Accountability Office is claiming that the majority of US E-Waste recycling services should reconsider dumping our 20 million plus pounds of waste on Asia, where it’s cheaper but also less effective. Many of the major electronics manufacturers (Samsung, Sony, Best Buy, more) have been proudly rolling out recycling services in greater numbers over the last year or so, but the new information confirms that tonnes of recycled e-waste never makes it to the actual “recycling” part, at least as far as US standards go.

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Mobile

Hop-On 1800 US$10 GSM Mobile Phone is a Phone You Won’t Mind Losing

1:00AM May 26, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

For those of you who don’t consider the mobile phone a status symbol, and could do without live updates on mysterious Apple cargo ships, comes the “disposable” 1800 from Hop-On. The US$10 GSM phone is another in a long line of cheap, no frills Hop-On mobile phones, but before you decry the company for creating more e-waste, hit the jump for specs and the company’s rebate program.

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Online

.Asia is Hot for Sex

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12:39PM March 14, 2008 | Nathan Taylor

The .asia domain recently became available for registrations, and according to iTWire domain names for porn sites are proving most popular. It says that more than 300 domain names beginning with ‘sex’ had multiple requests and will have to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. According to The DotAsia Organisation, which manages the domain, the top 5 most requested domains during the “Landrush” period were hot.asia, gold.asia, buy.asia, fun.asia and girl.asia. During the initial “Sunrise” period of domain name registration, sex.asia was the most requested.

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