Baidu Browser Launches, with Web Apps and a Change of Clothes [REVIEW]
Baidu has launched a web browser for Windows computers that’s focused on web apps and easy cus...
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Sina Weibo Rewards Its Tweeters with Badges
Today Sina rolled out badges as ‘achievement awards’ for users on its Weibo microbloggin...
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- July 18, 2011
- at 9:00 pm
Alibaba’s Smartphone Shows Off Its Shiny Metal Body
Alibaba’s upcoming Aliyun smartphone, which will be e-commerce and cloud-oriented, is one step...
By Steven Millward
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- July 18, 2011
- at 5:30 pm
Hands on with Weishi Video Chat, Tencent’s Answer to FaceTime [REVIEW]
Tencent has launched a rival to Apple’s FaceTime – a fully-featured mobile and tablet or...
By Steven Millward
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- July 18, 2011
- at 2:47 pm
HTC Co-Founder Cher Wang: “We’re the Same as Apple. We Innovate” [UPDATED]
[Update on July 16th - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued its initial determin...
By Steven Millward
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- July 15, 2011
- at 10:00 pm
China’s QR Code Bullet Train Tickets Spill Your Personal Info
To get a ticket on one of China’s new fleet of 300+ km/h bullet trains locals need to show the...
By Steven Millward
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- July 15, 2011
- at 8:30 pm
Xiaomi Phone Specs Leak – Dual-Core Android Coming This Year
Details and screenshots of Xiaomi’s upcoming smartphone are beginning to leak out (pictured ab...
By Steven Millward
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- July 15, 2011
- at 2:02 pm
A Look Inside China’s Netease – Juggling Online Games, Search, and Microblogging
To Chinese web users NetEase is known as a web portal, email provider, and operator of MMORPGs World...
By Steven Millward
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- July 15, 2011
- at 9:00 am
India Leads Asia’s Early Adopters on Google+
Google+ is gaining new users at a pretty insane rate, and Indian users are second only to the US in ...
By Steven Millward
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- July 14, 2011
- at 6:00 pm
Alibaba Mobile OS Appears in Pictures, Showing Aliyun as a Cloud-Based Future
Screenshots are emerging of what looks to be Alibaba’s cloud-based mobile OS. Along with pictu...
By Steven Millward
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- July 14, 2011
- at 2:00 pm
China’s Fortune 500 Companies See 38% Revenue Rise in 2011
Fortune China has revealed its Chinese Fortune 500 list of companies for 2011, revealing a 38 percen...
By Steven Millward
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- July 13, 2011
- at 9:05 pm
Ker-ching! Sina Weibo to Launch Virtual Currency, the Weibi
Sina will soon launch a virtual currency to fit into its hit microblogging platform, Weibo. The curr...
By Steven Millward
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- July 13, 2011
- at 3:05 pm
In 2011, China’s Factories Still Rife With Abuses and Awful Conditions [REPORT]
China Labour Watch (CLW), the not-for-profit organization that has monitored working conditions in C...
By Steven Millward
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- July 13, 2011
- at 11:00 am
For Tudou.com, a Fourth Attempt at a US IPO Reveals Mounting Copyright Claims [UPDATED]
Tudou.com, which is a close second to Youku.com (NYSE:YOKU) for the title of China’s biggest v...
By Steven Millward
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- July 12, 2011
- at 10:00 pm
Baidu Catalogs Android Apps for its Own Online App Store
Baidu has opened an online store for Android apps, accessible only from Android smartphones on the B...
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- July 12, 2011
- at 9:00 pm
Dianping.com Awarded Compensation from Aibang.com in Copyright Case
Two of China’s many group buying start-ups have ended a long-running legal battle, with Aibang...
By Steven Millward
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- July 12, 2011
- at 9:30 am