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Meet Google’s Voice Hunter On A Quest For 300 Languages

Google wants Voice Search to master the Tower of Babel. So Linne Ha travels the world, gathering the language samples used to train it.READ»

Is American Express Creating The Future Of Small Business Communications?

Started in 2007, American Express began publishing OPEN Forum, a platform for small biz owners to share advice and get information about their trades-in-question. With a rise to mobile use, AMEX execs see a shift to business owners needing on-the-road information, and the OPEN Forum is following them there. READ»

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China Dominates ASEAN Talks, Links to Singapore With High-Speed Rail

The Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor is to receive a very important new stop this year.READ»

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Vietnam: Home to the World's Biggest Caves

Explorers on a 2010 expedition have now measured the biggest cave passage in the world in a remote Vietnam jungle. EarthSky spoke with Darryl Granger, a Purdue University geologist and caver who traveled with the 2010 expedition that measured the true size and length of the cave, which is called Hang Son Doong.READ»

Japan Gives Vietnam a Major Space Exploration Boost

Japan's $480 million investment in Vietnam's fledgling space industry will improve Japan's galactic public image and give Vietnam its own set of eyes in outer space.READ»

Flying to Cambodia: A $1 Billion Aerotropolis

The New Siem Reap International Airport is breaking ground next year, backed by South Koreans.READ»

Rice Husks Provide Alternative to Chinese Coal in Cambodia

As Cambodia's electricity demands expand and foreign interests intervene, the country is slowly building up its native power-generating capacity.READ»

Asian Megacities at Risk of Billions of Dollars in Damage From Climate Change

A report released today forecasts the potential impact on Manila, Ho Chi Minh City, and Bangkok if climate change is not under control by 2050.READ»

Southeast Asia One Step Closer to Linking Singapore and China in Massive Railway Network

Cambodia is the "missing link," but millions of dollars are being poured in to repair its fragmented portion of the Singapore-Kunming Rail Link Project.READ»

85% of Natural Disaster-Related Fatalities Occur in Asia

Population density plays a role, but why do so many natural disasters occur in Asia in the first place?READ»

The Foxconn Effect: Where Will Electronics Be Made if China's Wages Rise? [Updated]

The media fuss about recent suicides at China's Foxconn company, an electronics manufacturer that supports, among others, Apple, has prompted a debate about the future. In particular, will rising wages drive tech firms elsewhere for ...READ»

Google: Vietnam Pulling Similar Anti-Free Speech Cyberattacks to China

Google, probably still sore after its fight with the spiky Chinese authorities, has nevertheless opened a new front in its battle against Net censorship: It's discovered a huge cyberattack against people who contradict the Vietnamese ...READ»

Waterfront Resort Hotel Extends Into the Ocean to Protect the Coastline

Waterfront resorts are great--except when they erode the local coastline. The Waterfront Resort Hotel, designed by U:phoria for the port city of Da Nang, Vietnam, juts out into the ocean instead of hanging back along the coastline ...READ»

Chinese Journalism Students Get their Very Own ABC News Bureau

More on the migration of media. This time, it's not only migrating from traditional to niche, it's moving countries and embedding itself in foreign lands. How's this for a foreign exchange program? Coming to a Chinese university ...READ»

Will This Advertising Get Me Laid?

Every start-up social media entrepreneur should be looking closely at what people are saying about advertising as a profit strategy.READ»

DESIGN   |  Comment

The Future of Sustainability, Shaped by Bamboo

Vo Trong Nghia's bamboo architecture injects sustainable building techniques into Vietnam's vernacular tradition.READ»

3G   |  Comment

Vietnam ramps up to 3G launch

I was in Vietnam in the middle of May, and it was my first visit. I was really overwhelmed by the extent of modernization that is taking place there...READ»

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Breaking from Old Routines: Part 4 of the 12 Things I Learned about Business from Living in Asia

Across the street from my apartment is a barber shop owned and operated by a Mexican family. It is a place where people from all over the neighborhood, including children, come to talk and hang out. I see the roots of ...READ»

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Pace Yourself: Part 3 of the 12 Things I Learned about Business from Living in Asia

When there are many opportunities, it is best to choose the opportunities that speak to your personal interests. It is even better to manage the opportunities by only agreeing to accomplish what is reasonable and by taking on ...READ»