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TWIA #61: This is Social Media!
Starting off with congrats to Mike Foong with his 4th kid, Myra Ines Foong, the TWIA crew is back to discuss the interesting stories that dominate the Asian mobile, web & tech landscape this week....
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Bubble Motion’s ‘Twitter with a Voice’ Raises $10 Million
Bubble Motion, a mobile social communication company, announced that it has raised US$10 million from SingTel Innov8, Singapore’s Infocomm Investments, Sequoia Capital, Palomar Ventures, and NGC. Its...
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China Not Too Bubbly
We all know that China is tough on censorship. So much so that it blocked out Sina and Tencent Weibo comments over the weekend over concerns about false rumors. Such censorship barriers made it hard...
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Voice Blogging Service, Bubbly, Up By 1 Million Users Since Last Month
Bubbly, which recently just launched an iOS app for its Twitter Voice service, has yesterday launched its Android app. That’s not quite the big news though. What interests me is that Bubbly claims to...
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Singapore’s Bubble Motion wraps up USD 5M funding round from Japan’s largest...
Bubble Motion, a Singapore-based startup known for its Bubbly app, best described as ‘Twitter with a voice’, has picked up USD 5M in funding from JAFCO, the largest and most established VC firm in...
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Bubbly wants to be Instagram of voice, updated with sound filters
If you have always wished to expand your vocal repertoire, now there is an easy way. Fresh from raising a Series E round of USD 5M from Japan’s JAFCO, Bubble Motion‘s voice social networking app turns...
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Bubbly 2.0: An Instagram for Voice Messages?
It was just two weeks ago Bubble Motion, the Singapore-based company which makes the popular Bubbly app, raised $5 million in funding from JAFCO Asia. And today we’re pleased to see a major update...
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How Ryan Cepada Became a Philippines Viral Sensation on Bubbly
In leadership theory, they call it the ‘first follower’ effect. Just get one other person to support what you’re doing. That’s all you need to start a movement, drive change or in the case of Ryan...
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Social Voice App Bubbly Hits 30 Million Users
Singapore-headquartered Bubbly, commonly known as the “Twitter for voice,” has hit 30 million users. In addition to the 30 million users milestone, the company has rebranded itself as Bubbly (it was...
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Bubbly Partners with Telco Smart to Grow Philippine Social User-Base
Earlier this week, Viber started a partnership with Philippine telco Globe. And following this, rival telco Smart Communications also sealed a partnership with social voice app Bubbly. Singapore-based...
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Singapore startup Bubbly is liquidating
Bubbly, a Singapore-based social network which received US$39 million from prominent venture capital firms Sequoia Capital, Singtel Innov8, JAFCO Asia, and others, is liquidating after a few...
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It turns out Bubbly’s not closing – it’s getting acquired by India’s Altruist
It looks like there’s been a happy turnaround for Bubbly. Sources at the voice-based social media app told us a few weeks ago that the company would fold following a series of close call acquisition...
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Here are the top 10 most well-funded internet companies in Singapore
Ask any founder in Asia which country they plan to visit to raise funding, and chances are that diminutive Singapore will come up tops. And it won’t be too surprising – when it comes to startups, its...
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