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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Week twenty-seven : 1-Jul to 7-Jul</span></span>
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<td width="70" height="20"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6-Jul</span></td>
<td width="120"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">E-commerce</span></td>
<td width="40">[peekaboo_link name="newsitem1"]<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1361" alt="Daily Social logo 20x20" src="http://redwinginsights.cubemart.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Daily-Social-logo-20x20.png" width="20" height="20" />[/peekaboo_link]</td>
<td width="650"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>[peekaboo_link name="newsitem1"]BNI Reveals Mobile Credit Card Reader for iOS[/peekaboo_link] </strong>[peekaboo name="newsitem1" onshow="▲" onhide="▼"][peekaboo_content name="newsitem1"]Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) has launched a new kind of mobile EDC (electronic data capture) for credit card payments, which can be used with an iOS device. The m-POS, as it is called, allows merchants to use iOS devices as point of sale terminals as an alternative to the more traditional EDC devices.</span></span><code> </code>

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<td width="120"><a href="http://en.dailysocial.net/post/bni-reveals-mobile-credit-card-reader-for-ios" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">original article</span></a></td>
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<td width="70" height="20"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6-Jul</span></td>
<td width="120"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Startups</span></td>
<td width="40">[peekaboo_link name="newsitem2"]<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1387" alt="TechInAsia logo 20x20" src="http://redwinginsights.cubemart.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/TechInAsia-logo-20x20.png" width="20" height="17" />[/peekaboo_link]</td>
<td width="650"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>[peekaboo_link name="newsitem2"]12 Good Ideas from Startup Weekend Jakarta[/peekaboo_link] </strong>[peekaboo name="newsitem2" onshow="▲" onhide="▼"][peekaboo_content name="newsitem2"]Around 200 people attended Jakarta’s third Startup Weekend, hosted by Grupara VC. This article lists the 12 best ideas, from areas such as online education, social commerce, language translation and group buying.</span></span><code> </code>

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<td width="120"><a href="http://www.techinasia.com/12-good-ideas-startup-weekend-jakarta-2/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">original article</span></a></td>
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<td width="70" height="20"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5-Jul</span></td>
<td width="120"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">E-commerce</span></td>
<td width="40">[peekaboo_link name="newsitem3"]<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1361" alt="Daily Social logo 20x20" src="http://redwinginsights.cubemart.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Daily-Social-logo-20x20.png" width="20" height="20" />[/peekaboo_link]</td>
<td width="650"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>[peekaboo_link name="newsitem3"]Doku Launches MyShortCart, a Shopping Cart for Social Media Merchants[/peekaboo_link] </strong>[peekaboo name="newsitem3" onshow="▲" onhide="▼"][peekaboo_content name="newsitem3"]Indonesian payment company Doku announced its latest push into consumer transactions by launching MyShortCart, an independent shopping cart which is aimed at individual online sellers as well as small online stores. MyShortCart is Doku’s second initiative to own the online consumer payment market which is still dominated by individual sellers through the use of social media channels such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and BlackBerry Messenger rather than the big e-commerce players</span></span><code> </code>

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<td width="120"><a href="http://en.dailysocial.net/post/doku-launches-myshortcart-a-shopping-cart-for-social-media-merchants" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">original article</span></a></td>
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<td width="70" height="20"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5-Jul</span></td>
<td width="120"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Mobile</span></td>
<td width="40">[peekaboo_link name="newsitem4"]<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1387" alt="TechInAsia logo 20x20" src="http://redwinginsights.cubemart.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/TechInAsia-logo-20x20.png" width="20" height="17" />[/peekaboo_link]</td>
<td width="650"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>[peekaboo_link name="newsitem4"]XL Axiata Loves Emoticons, Launches Indonesia’s First Stickers for SMS[/peekaboo_link] </strong>[peekaboo name="newsitem4" onshow="▲" onhide="▼"][peekaboo_content name="newsitem4"]hanks to the growing popularity of social messaging apps like Line and KakaoTalk, the days where people are content in just using simple text emoticons are numbered. That has prompted Indonesian operator XL Axiata to become the first to roll out sticker-like emoticons for SMS in the country. The SMS sticker feature is available on both smartphones and feature phones, as the stickers are compatible with MMS technology. There are currently 1,000 stickers available.</span></span><code> </code>

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<td width="120"><a href="http://www.techinasia.com/xl-axiata-sms-stickers/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">original article</span></a></td>
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<td width="70" height="20"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4-Jul</span></td>
<td width="120"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">E-commerce</span></td>
<td width="40">[peekaboo_link name="newsitem5"]<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1386" alt="Jakarta Post logo 20x20" src="http://redwinginsights.cubemart.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Jakarta-Post-logo-20x20.png" width="20" height="14" />[/peekaboo_link]</td>
<td width="650"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>[peekaboo_link name="newsitem5"]Indonesian e-commerce to reach Rp 5 trillion in 2013 [/peekaboo_link] </strong>[peekaboo name="newsitem5" onshow="▲" onhide="▼"][peekaboo_content name="newsitem5"]Online business and electronic commerce (e-commerce) in Indonesia might reach 19 million transactions worth a total Rp 5 trillion (US$478 million) this year, as quoted by Andi Boediman on kontan.co.id. Last year, e-commerce total transactions were valued at $266 million.</span></span><code> </code>

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<td width="120"><a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/07/04/indonesian-e-commerce-reach-rp-5-trillion-2013.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">original article</span></a></td>
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<td width="70" height="20"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4-Jul</span></td>
<td width="120"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Mobile</span></td>
<td width="40">[peekaboo_link name="newsitem6"]<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1363" alt="Jakarta Globe logo 20x20" src="http://redwinginsights.cubemart.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Jakarta-Globe-logo-20x20.png" width="20" height="20" />[/peekaboo_link]</td>
<td width="650"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>[peekaboo_link name="newsitem6"]Indonesia Attempts to Cut Service for ‘Illegal’ Cell Phones [/peekaboo_link] </strong>[peekaboo name="newsitem6" onshow="▲" onhide="▼"][peekaboo_content name="newsitem6"]A controversial plan to curb cell phone smuggling could cut service for millions of Indonesians using “illegal” unregistered phones. Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan floated the plan in a meeting with telecommunications firms on Wednesday, stating that nearly one-third of the cell phones currently operating in Indonesia were unregistered. The ministry has taken an aggressive stance on technology smuggling in recent months, targeting stalls throughout Jakarta selling unlicensed Apple and BlackBerry products.</span></span><code> </code>

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<td width="120"><a href="http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/indonesia-attempts-to-cut-service-for-illegal-cell-phones/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">original article</span></a></td>
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<td width="70" height="20"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3-Jul</span></td>
<td width="120"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Investors</span></td>
<td width="40">[peekaboo_link name="newsitem7"]<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1387" alt="TechInAsia logo 20x20" src="http://redwinginsights.cubemart.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/TechInAsia-logo-20x20.png" width="20" height="17" />[/peekaboo_link]</td>
<td width="650"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>[peekaboo_link name="newsitem7"]7 Major Challenges Holding Back Tech Ecosystems Across Asia[/peekaboo_link] </strong>[peekaboo name="newsitem7" onshow="▲" onhide="▼"][peekaboo_content name="newsitem7"]Despite the strength and diversity of Asia’s tech ecosystems, there are a lot of problems and peculiarities that hold back these countries’ web industries in some ways. A new report today from The Economist’s Intelligence Unit gives a great overview of these challenges and how some are being overcome. The report shows how the industries and consumer markets differ so greatly from Silicon Valley and the West – and even vary wildly across borders among the packed-in cultures and languages across Asia.</span></span><code> </code>

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<td width="120"><a href="http://www.techinasia.com/7-major-challenges-holding-back-asia-tech-ecosystems/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">original article</span></a></td>
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<td width="70" height="20"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1-Jul</span></td>
<td width="120"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Music</span></td>
<td width="40">[peekaboo_link name="newsitem8"]<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1361" alt="Daily Social logo 20x20" src="http://redwinginsights.cubemart.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Daily-Social-logo-20x20.png" width="20" height="20" />[/peekaboo_link]</td>
<td width="650"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>[peekaboo_link name="newsitem8"]Ohdio’s New Approach Emphasizes on Radio-Like Experience[/peekaboo_link] </strong>[peekaboo name="newsitem8" onshow="▲" onhide="▼"][peekaboo_content name="newsitem8"]Ohdio has joined this disruptive group of companies such as Spotify, Pandora, and Rdio by providing music directly over the Internet without having to provide copies for consumers to keep. There are currently a few thousand songs in Ohdio, all Indonesian, spanning several generations. Currently Ohdio is entirely free to use.</span></span><code> </code>

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<td width="120"><a href="http://en.dailysocial.net/post/ohdios-new-approach-emphasizes-on-radio-like-experience" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">original article</span></a></td>
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<td width="70" height="20"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1-Jul</span></td>
<td width="120"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">E-commerce</span></td>
<td width="40">[peekaboo_link name="newsitem9"]<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1387" alt="TechInAsia logo 20x20" src="http://redwinginsights.cubemart.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/TechInAsia-logo-20x20.png" width="20" height="17" />[/peekaboo_link]</td>
<td width="650"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>[peekaboo_link name="newsitem9"]Rocket Internet Shuts OfficeFab in Southeast Asia, Shifts Focus to India’s OfficeYes[/peekaboo_link] </strong>[peekaboo name="newsitem9" onshow="▲" onhide="▼"][peekaboo_content name="newsitem9"]Rocket Internet has been making a lot of waves in Asia with its e-commerce startups. But just like any startup, the German-based company can also make mistakes, and is closing down its office supplies e-store OfficeFab in all four countries where the site operates: Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia.</span></span><code> </code>

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<td width="120"><a href="http://www.techinasia.com/officefab-shuts-officeyes/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">original article</span></a></td>
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<td width="70" height="20"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1-Jul</span></td>
<td width="120"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Investors</span></td>
<td width="40">[peekaboo_link name="newsitem10"]<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1385" alt="Generic news icon 20x20" src="http://redwinginsights.cubemart.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Generic-news-icon-20x20.png" width="14" height="20" />[/peekaboo_link]</td>
<td width="650"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>[peekaboo_link name="newsitem10"]Breaking Into Asia As A Venture Investor: The Where And How[/peekaboo_link] </strong>[peekaboo name="newsitem10" onshow="▲" onhide="▼"][peekaboo_content name="newsitem10"]The U.S. venture capital industry is at a crossroads. Market over-saturation has led to inflated valuations and poor investment outcomes. VCs have increasingly searched for markets outside of the U.S, and the new opportunities will be in Southeast Asia and a resurgent Japan.</span></span><code> </code>

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<td width="120"><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/jjcolao/2013/07/01/breaking-into-asia-as-a-venture-investor-the-where-and-how/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">original article</span></a></td>
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<td width="70" height="20"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5-Jun</span></td>
<td width="120"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Investors</span></td>
<td width="40">[peekaboo_link name="newsitem11"]<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1387" alt="TechInAsia logo 20x20" src="http://redwinginsights.cubemart.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/TechInAsia-logo-20x20.png" width="20" height="17" />[/peekaboo_link]</td>
<td width="650"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>[peekaboo_link name="newsitem11"]This New VC Has $3.5 Million to Invest, Dares Indonesian Startups to Meet Them[/peekaboo_link] </strong>[peekaboo name="newsitem11" onshow="▲" onhide="▼"][peekaboo_content name="newsitem11"]In-House Venture Capital is a newly-launched fund that invests in Indonesian startups. The total size of In-House’s fund is $3.5 million for its first year and an additional $8 million in the second year. The fund focuses on investing in B2B startups from as early as the idea stage until the growth stage where they are looking for enterprise-level customers or expanding overseas.</span></span><code> </code>

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<td width="120"><a href="http://www.techinasia.com/vc-35-million-invest-dares-indonesian-startups-meet/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">original article</span></a></td>
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<span style="color: #ff0000;">For weeks 1 through 26 click</span> <a title="News Feed Jan-Jun 2013" href="http://redwingconsulting.com/news-feed-jan-jun-2013/">here</a>.