Beijing, PRC, October 4th, 2008

Red Herring Magazine announced that Idapted Ltd, a leading provider of live, on-demand language training services (www.studiochinese.com, www.eqenglish.com) has been short listed for the Red Herring 100 Asia 2008 awards. The 100 winners will be announced at the Red Herring 100 Asia event in Hong Kong, on December 2-3, 2008. The 200 finalists are based in 16 countries/regions including China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australia and Vietnam. The names of the 200 companies short-listed as finalists for the "Red Herring 100 Asia 2008" can be viewed online at: http://herringresearch.com/eventspace/blgtrx_event_home/asia08/redherring100.html

"The 200 finalists we selected from across 16 countries and regions are all excellent contenders," said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. "They are exceptional companies who thrive on innovation and strongly define the important role of technology in Asia’s economy and throughout the world."

The finalists and winning companies will be celebrated at the Red Herring 100 Asia event in Hong Kong, on December 2-3, 2008. Red Herring 100 Asia is an exclusive event honoring 100 cutting-edge private technology companies from across the Asia-Pacific region. The event brings together an elite roster of entrepreneurial and global venture investment firms to showcase excellence in innovation. It features two days of keynote discussions, roundtable panels and intimate networking events designed for participants to make connections and learn what it takes to achieve the best in business and technology in Asia.

Distinguished speakers on past Red Herring 100 Asia include Se Hyun Oh, Chairman of SK Telcom, John Chen, Chairman of Sybase, Richard Li, Chairman of PCCW; Victor Koo, CEO of Youku.com (former President of Sohu.com); James Ding, Chairman of AsiaInfo, John Hummelstad, Apac Director of Microsoft Venture and many others.

About Idapted, Ltd.

Idapted provides live on-demand language learning powered by in house online learning technology and an extensive network of Idapted certified instructors. Everyday, students from around the world connect with Idapted instructors for one on one Mandarin and English training through our websites www.studiochinese.com and www.eqenglish.com.

Idapted is backed by Gobi Partners and Ambient Sound Investments as well as experienced Angel Investors. The Company’s Board of Advisors includes well known mentors Bill Trenchard, President of LiveOps; Russ Siegelman formerly of VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers and Xu Xiao Ping, co-founder for New Oriental School (EDU).

About Red Herring

Red Herring is a global media company uniting the world’s best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine; an online daily technology news service; technology research, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. For more information, visit www.redherring.com.

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