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Four newspapers team up to launch Southeast Asia’s first combined digital subscription

Mar28
by on March 28, 2014 at 11:14 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Southeast Asia

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The (old) media industry in Southeast Asia is not as dynamic and digitally savvy as its peers in the US and Europe, so it’s interesting to note that prominent newspapers across four countries have teamed up and announced the region’s first unified digital subscription for readers. Starting April 1 — which is not a hoax, in this case — readers will be able to pay US$115 for an annual subscription to the digital versions of The Nation (Thailand), Jakarta Post (Indonesia), The Star (Malaysia) and Daily Inquirer (Philippines), each of which is part of the Asia News Network (ANN), which counts 23 publications…

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Tech5: Meet the UK’s fastest growing tech companies

Mar28
by on March 28, 2014 at 11:02 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, UK

Ladies and gentlemen, the results are in. Well, sort of. Here at The Next Web, we meet and write about a lot of young and promising startups. But this year, we’ve been thinking about the companies that are no longer just ‘promising’, companies that are making money, growing and proving over a number of years that they have much more than a good idea. They have a business. Given the exposure already meted out to US startups and, more specifically, Silicon Valley, we teamed up with Adyen to eke out the top five fastest growing tech startups across Europe. Last…

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Facebook Messenger for iOS now lets you start group chats and forward messages to others

Mar28
by on March 28, 2014 at 9:56 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, facebook messaging, Product Updates

Facebook Messenger for iOS has just received an update that lets you create group chats (via Engadget). As in other versions of Facebook, you simply name the group, set a photo and chats will be gathered together in one conversation. You can also “pin” groups to get easier access to them. The latest update also lets you forward a message or photo to someone else who isn’t in the conversation, and has “continued improvements to make the app faster and more reliable.” ➤ Facebook Messenger: iOS Thumbnail image via Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images TNW on Facebook: Have you liked our Facebook page yet?

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‘China’s Twitter’ Sina Weibo drops ‘Sina’ from its name as it prepares to list in the US

Mar28
by on March 28, 2014 at 8:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, microblogging

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China’s Twitter-like microblogging platform Sina Weibo has just dropped ‘Sina’ from its name to become known only as ‘Weibo,’ as it aptly announced via Weibo today. The logo on the service’s homepage has also been changed to reflect the switch in name. Weibo means “microblog” in Chinese. This move essentially makes the platform synonymous with microblogging in China and overrides all other similar services — which include Tencent Weibo — and comes as it recently filed for a US IPO to raise up to $500 million. A recent report published by state-affiliated research organization China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) showed that as of end-2013, the number…

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