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The Chinese government appears to have completely blocked GitHub via DNS

The Next Web

— GreatFire.org (@GreatFireChina) January 21, 2013. There might be a chance that this is a temporary block, however, as with the Chinese government you just never know. Bad news for Chinese software developers. ” Just last week, there were reports of “No censorship detected.”

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[Singapore] Crowdsourcing Week – Crowdsourcing Soon To Come Of Age In Asia

YoungUpstarts

For example Michael Thatcher , Chief Technology Officer – Public Sector Asia at Microsoft , provided some insights about how shared data benefits transparency and participation, and how that gives rise to new products and services. Feature Story Asia crowdfunding crowdsourcing Crowdsourcing Week Elance.com Pirate3D Singapore'

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[Competition] Seven Startups To Represent Asia At Seedstars World Final

YoungUpstarts

” Seven of these 20 startups hail from Asia, including Singapore’s regional winner NovaTap (dockphp), which developed a browser-based tool to code websites visually. Events & Happenings Asia competition Seedstars World Singapore startup'

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Korea – Asia’s Startup Powerhouse

YoungUpstarts

This worked hand-in-hand with the smart city infrastructure that was in place, enabling the relevant government agencies to communicate with the public through different channels swiftly, and decisively. The government has made huge financial commitments in turning South Korea into one of the world’s leading startup hubs.

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[Singapore] SiTF Awards 2013 Celebrates New Ideas, Launches The Portal

YoungUpstarts

The Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) earlier this month celebrated over 40 innovative technology solutions – across various categories including the best start-up, cloud solution, digital media, e-government, and infocomm productivity – at an awards ceremony that attracted over 290 submissions in total. STProperty.

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Modi and Ma

thebarefootvc

The world has watched government policies and infrastructure spur unprecedented economic growth – from 1978-2013, China’s economy grew at an average of 9.5% Due to its one child policy, China has an aging population whereas India, along with SE Asia and Africa, have significant populations below the age of 35.

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[Event] Crowdsourcing Week Global 2014

YoungUpstarts

The speaker lineup reinforces Crowdsourcing Week’s mission to bring thought leadership coupled with transformative solutions onto the global stage to benefit enterprise, government and citizen services, healthcare, tourism, environment and startups. Early bird tickets will go on sale on December 12, 2013.

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