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The brilliant next step in paying for things in Asia

Once Apple Pay was the way to go but now messaging apps are emerging as the payment method of choice for both consumers and retailers

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Chinese police launch mobile app to find missing children

Chinese police on Sunday launched a mobile app to encourage witnesses to report the whereabouts of missing or trafficked children.

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Kardashian Kimojis release breaks App Store and raises security concerns

The app, which costs US$1.99 (RM8.55) to download, reportedly reached a record of 9,000 downloads per millisecond (via Forbes), at the height of its release earlier this week, causing the Apple App Store to overload and crash.

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How Internet turned remote Wuzhen into smart global city

It took Wuzhen just 30 years to turn from a remote quiet town with its newly first built road to reach the outside world into a test field covered with Internet-oriented services and a hotspot for people from around the globe to connect.

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Malaysians create ParkEasy to save your spot in crowded venues

Four young Malaysians have come up with a novel idea that allows motorists to book their parking spot via a mobile app.

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Apple unveils new OS, music streaming service

​Apple Inc. unveiled new operating systems for smartphones and computers and a new music streaming service on Monday at an annual event in San Francisco.

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Nearly 500 public WeChat accounts punished over plagiarism

Nearly 500 public accounts on Tencent's WeChat app have been punished after they were found plagiarizing since February, the app developers said in a statement Tuesday.

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Award-winning Uruguayan health app heads for Chinese market

An Uruguayan app elected by Google as one of the top newest health and workout apps will soon be widely available in China, media reported Monday.

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Almost 1 mln threats in cyberspace daily in 2014

​In the age of cyberspace, there 's one issue that has never been brought up before as a global challenge -- cyber attack.

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German institute introduces app to aid people fighting obesity

The Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering on Tuesday introduced an app which supports patients with adiposity therapy.

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China mulls unified taxi-calling platform

The Ministry of Transport said on Tuesday that it is considering creating a unified taxi-calling platform integrating taxi calling apps, phone services and websites.

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Beijing regulates cabbies' use of taxi-hailing apps

Beijing taxi drivers are now limited to using only one cab-hailing app on their smartphones to find customers, as authorities ruled the distraction is a threat to driving safety.

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China's Baidu to buy app firm 91 wirelesss for $1.9 bn

The attempt by China's biggest search engine, Baidu, to buy a leading apps platform epitomizes Chinese Internet giants' quickening steps in mobile Internet, even though some question if the company to be bought is worth the price offered.

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Auto-chat app sparks social skills concern

The popularity of a new auto-chat app among young Chinese netizens has sparked debate about social skills and tendencies under China's one-child policy and craze for online networking tools.