Hang out with your favourite Asian stars on Google+ Hangouts. Updates : The following are hashtags for fans to submit to their stars. 3/8         Shine (K-Pop) #apopshinee 3/9         王力宏 Wang Lee Hom (C-Pop) #apopleehom 3/10       Super Junior (K-Pop) #apopsuperjunior 3/11       きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (J-Pop) #apopkyary 3/12       flumpool (J-Pop) #apopflumpool 3/13       2PM (K-Pop) #apop2pm 3/14       五月天 Mayday (C-Pop) #apopmayday Are you a huge fan of K-Pop (Korean Read the full article…

YouTube is in Asia. Tokyo, to be specific. They just opened their third production studio for YouTube Partners and this might see an influx of creative and new content for Japan and the region.  It’s the third YouTube space now – with one in London opened in July and another in Los Angeles last November. Read the full article…

With half of January 2013 already gone, how has social media trends begin to change? Indeed 2012 was an astounding year for social media. At 12.45pm PT in September last year, Facebook gained its 1 billionth member and unofficially made up the third largest country in the world. Last year, we also saw many businesses Read the full article…

Japan’s music discovery and sharing service, Beatrobo, launches new look and features. Echelon alumnus Beatrobo recently launched a new look for their music sharing and discovery service. The team had previously launched the Beatplug to allow the sharing of music content through a physical device. Other than the overall redesign, new features includes Playground and Hangout. Beatrobo’s founder Read the full article…

TV site Viki is bringing popular Korean series to a global audience through YouTube and its own video platform. After an eight year wait, Full House: Take 2 (풀하우스 테이크 2) – the sequel to popular drama series Full House which starred Korean Super Stars Rain and Song Hye Gyo — is finally out. Viki, a global TV site powered Read the full article…

A new Tezuka anime channel has been launched by Viki on YouTube. This new channel features hundreds of hours of free anime.  All anime lovers can now have the access to top Tezuka anime titles with subtitles in their preferred languages. For the first time ever, Viki will provide subtitles in multiples languages using their Read the full article…

Techventure 2012 by the NRF Singapore will again gather some of the most influential investors and innovators from October 16 to 18.