Are you a shutterbug? Here are some photo sharing and photo editing apps that you might want to watch out for at Echelon 2013. Photo apps have long been around. From photo sharing apps to photo editing apps, these apps are important in facilitating content discovery and diffusion. Here are six photo apps you can Read the full article…

JFDI.Asia has announced seven startups battling for funding in its upcoming Demo Day. JFDI.Asia has just announced their final line up of startups for its upcoming Demo Day. Startups pitching for seed funding for at the JFDI demo day will include: Scrollback, a micro-forum platform for open communities Collabspot, which helps salespeople collaborate within Gmail Read the full article…

Rob Bratby is an international telecoms, technology and media lawyer. He is currently Managing Partner at Olswang Asia. Facebook acquired Instagram, Microsoft bought Yammer and now Yahoo! has purchased Tumblr. What drives these acquisitions? Booming global stock markets. Web start-ups selling out for millions of dollars. It is starting to feel like 1999 all over again, but is Read the full article…

Do you have trouble finding that special person? NoonSwoon, officially launched in Thailand, is an app to matchmake singles with friends of their Facebook friends. What do you do when you just turned single, and you want to get into a relationship with someone compatible? Most people turn to clubs, bars, community meetups and online Read the full article…

Here’s Dave McClure, the man behind 500 Startups and his thoughts on the Southeast Asian ecosystem. Having invested in more than 300 companies worldwide including big names like Taskrabbit, Wildfire, Twilio, Sendgrid, 9Gag, Cubie Messenger, PicCollage, Viki, Dropmyemail and many more, 500 Startups is definitely a program many startups want to be part of. Well, Read the full article…

Candy Crush Saga is the biggest game on the market. What makes it so popular, and how did King crack the Asian markets? We’ve all gained a sweet tooth for Candy Crush Saga. I know I was taken on a journey through the sugary goodness of Candy Town, leaving a path of smashed candies and Read the full article…

199Jobs is a micro-jobs platform where freelance workers can offer their services to companies looking to outsource small tasks, all for PhP199. The global economy and the Internet have opened up a whole lot of possibilities when it comes to work. But it’s not always the large-scale business processes that you can outsource to other Read the full article…

Awarded by e27 as one of the Top 10 Apps in 2010, TwitCasting is a service that lets users stream live videos and tweets from their mobile devices. Created by a Japanese company, Moi Corporation, the service is very popular in Japan and has more than 2.4 million users – 80% from Japan, 10% from Read the full article…

A man doesn’t go to the shop. The shop comes to the man. Tate & Tonic comes to you men with curated picks. All this talk about online fashion startups and female clothing made us wonder, “Hey, this isn’t fair! What about the men?” If you’re a male and shopping for clothes happens to be your Read the full article…

Fashion e-commerce platform ZALORA has raised a US$100 million funding round to scale up its operations in the region. ZALORA, one of Southaast Asia’s fastest-growing e-commerce platforms, has secured a new round of funding totaling US$100 million (about S$124 million) from a few investors, including Summit Partners, Investment AB Kinnevik, Verlinvest and Tengelmann Group. This new round Read the full article…