2013-in-review
What you need to know about China’s 700 million smartphones and tablets
By the end of 2013, China had 700 million active smart devices, according to the latest report from Umeng, the country’s largest app analytics platform. 59 percent of those replaced consumers’

351 million new smartphones shipped in China in 2013: IDC
351 million new smartphones shipped to stores across China in 2013, according to data from market intelligence firm IDC. That means China accounts for just over one-third of all smartphone

IDC: Asia-Pacific PC shipments see first ever double-digit drop
Research firm IDC has done some number crunching on PC shipments in 2013, and the resultant numbers are grim. PC shipments in Asia-Pacific (IDC doesn’t include Japan in that) saw

10 highlights of Indonesia’s tech industry in 2013
Let’s look back at what the Indonesian tech industry went through last year. It’s not just a history lesson, as it also points the way forward to new trends in

Baidu down, Qihoo up, Google dead: 2013 was a year of drama for China’s search engines
Baidu down; Qihoo up; Google dead. That’s the summary of what happened to search engines in China in 2013. It was a year of big and dramatic changes. Baidu’s (NASDAQ:BIDU)

Timeline: a history of Bitcoin in China in 2013
Bitcoin enthusiasts, especially those in China, have been riding a financial roller coaster as of late. As 2013 comes to an end, we thought it would be helpful to recap

How Alibaba and Tencent went head-to-head in 2013
This past year saw some major competition emerge between Tencent, China’s massive gaming and social networking company, and Alibaba, which is best known for its e-commerce offerings. Below we’ve tracked

Staff picks: the 9 best Asian games of 2013
With the year drawing to a close, we thought it’d be fun to take a look back at the Asia-developed games that came out this year and pick a few

Top 20 articles on Tech in Asia 2013
The Tech in Asia editorial team has written thousands of articles in 2013. But the below 20 pieces stand out from the rest. They are a mixture of breaking news

Show me the money! Here are 30 funding rounds and acquisitions from Indonesia this year
We’ve rounded up the 30 funding rounds and acquisitions that happened in Indonesia in 2013.
