Eileen Yu

Senior Contributing Editor

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Currently an independent business tech journalist and panel moderator based in Singapore, Eileen Yu has over 20 years of industry experience with various publications including ZDNET, IDG, and Singapore Press Holdings. She covers indust…ry developments in Singapore and other Asian markets, with special focus on China, and aims to drive discussions around cybersecurity, data, and government policies. Eileen majored in Journalism at The University of Queensland, Australia, where she wrote an honours thesis titled: To Censor or Not: The Great Singapore Dilemma.

Eileen Yu has no shares-related information to disclose as she doesn't hold investments in the organisations she covers. Acceptance of fees related to her freelance projects does not constitute an endorsement of the company and will not influence her coverage of the company. She is not sponsored by any company or under any exclusive contract.

Latest from Eileen Yu

Big game plan

The global games market is tipped to see even greater growth rates in the coming years. Find out how the Asia-Pacific region fits into this picture, and what some nations are doing to ensure they get a piece of the pie.

September 8, 2004 by Eileen Yu in Developer

Nokia shutters India online music store

Following last week's Microsoft-Nokia buyout, the smartphone maker has shut down its online music store Ovi in India, making it accessible only via mobile apps on Nokia devices.

September 13, 2013 by Eileen Yu in Developer

Free your mind

Technology, it appears, is all in the mind.Think Wikipedia is all fun and no work?

June 23, 2006 by Eileen Yu in Developer

Hong Kong spent millions developing apps few download

Hong Kong government agencies forked out over HK$26 million (US$3.35 million) over 2012 and 2013 building mobile apps that few end up downloading. Another HK$12.9 million will be spent over the next two years.

April 4, 2014 by Eileen Yu in Developer

BBM clocks 10M downloads on Android, iOS

BlackBerry boasts that its messaging app has been downloaded over 10 million times on Android and iOS devices in the first 24 hours of its launch.

October 22, 2013 by Eileen Yu in Developer

Alibaba to give game developers 70 percent cut of sales

Alibaba promises developers they'll get the bulk of sales generated from mobile games sold on its platform, as the Chinese e-commerce giant ups the competition with rival, Tencent.

January 9, 2014 by Eileen Yu in Developer

Baidu buys Chinese appstore for $1.9B

[UPDATE] China's leading search engine will pay US$1.9 billion to buy acquire 91 Wireless in a move analysts say will bolster Baidu's foothold in the Chinese mobile market.

July 16, 2013 by Eileen Yu in Developer

Chinese car service drives to US cities saying 'ni hao'

China's largest mobile car-sharing app, Yongche.com, is looking to compete with Uber Technologies in San Francisco and New York by offering Mandarin-speaking drivers in the U.S. cities.

June 13, 2014 by Eileen Yu in Developer

Tencent: Monetization not our main concern right now

Despite being China's largest internet company, the WeChat developer is still focused on growing its global user base and not concerned about how to monetize its free messaging service, says its international business head.

March 25, 2014 by Eileen Yu in Developer

Korea's Daum Kakao officially launches taxi booking app

Weeks after announcing its plans to offer a taxi booking service, the South Korean IT company unveils its KakaoTaxi app and inks agreements with four drivers groups to encourage signups.

March 31, 2015 by Eileen Yu in Developer

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