Posts Categorized: Web



Tech Execs Deflect, But Don’t Directly Deny, Rumors of Sogou Acquisition

Rumors have been swirling for several weeks now of an acquisition deal for Sohu search and input met...

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  • May 17, 2013
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How China’s Top Video Site Battles the Pirates

After merging into one company last year, Youku Tudou (NYSE:YOKU) further established itself as Chin...

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  • May 16, 2013
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Bloody Brawl in Chinese Internet Cafe Starts Over Pocket Change

Last week, an argument between some patrons at a Chinese internet cafe ended in violence when one ma...

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  • May 15, 2013
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China’s Biggest Pirate Movie Site Was Also Hosting 70s Pornos

Last month we wrote about Chinese authorities’ takedown of two websites suspected of distribut...

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  • May 14, 2013
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Beware: BSA Raids Indonesian Companies Which Run Pirated Software

I’m not sure how people in general think of Business Software Alliance (BSA), especially those liv...

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  • May 10, 2013
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Huawei and ZTE Under Investigation by Indian Intelligence Agencies

On Monday, the US Department of Defense released a report that once again points the finger at China...

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  • May 10, 2013
  • at 1:23 am
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China’s Baidu Just Made its First (Very Stealthy) Move into Indonesia

While we were doing our usual browsing of the web we stumbled on something very interesting: a new s...

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  • May 8, 2013
  • at 4:00 pm
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Kingsoft CEO Announces Mobile Browser, Jokes About Condoms

Kingsoft CEO Announces Mobile Browser, Jokes About Condoms

Yesterday, in an interview with Sina Tech at GMIC, Kingsoft CEO Fu Sheng made an announcement: soon,...

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  • May 8, 2013
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China Unicom Ups Beijing Broadband Speeds

Beijing may be China’s capital, but as we saw last month, it’s still not winning any rac...

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  • May 17, 2013
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WeiboSuite Translates Censored Sina Weibo Posts Into English, Is Awesome

The folks at Hong Kong University’s China Media Project have been doing incredible work lookin...

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  • May 15, 2013
  • at 10:00 am
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CyberAgent Gets Into the Crowdfunding Business in Japan

CyberAgent Gets Into the Crowdfunding Business in Japan

Japan’s CyberAgent (TYO:4751) has burst onto Japan’s crowdfunding scene with the launch ...

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  • May 14, 2013
  • at 1:02 pm
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Indonesia’s Worst Online Scams (and How to Report Them)

Today I received an SMS which claimed to be from Rocket Internet owned online shop Lazada. The SMS t...

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  • May 13, 2013
  • at 6:00 pm
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Vietnamese Nude Model Asks Google To Take Down Photos of Her Posing With A Monk

In university, I majored in history of religion and visual culture, so how can I resist writing abou...

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  • May 10, 2013
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Baidu, Qihoo, and Tencent Fighting to Acquire Sogou

Rumor: Baidu, Qihoo, and Tencent Fighting to Acquire Sogou

Boy, there are a lot of acquisition rumors flying around in the Chinese press these days! First ther...

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  • May 9, 2013
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RocketLabs: Giving Online Education in Philippines a Boost

Education is a sensitive topic in the Philippines, whether it’s questions of quality, discussions ...

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  • May 8, 2013
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After 1 Year in China, Evernote Reaches 4 Million Chinese Users

Last time we got some China numbers from Evernote, makers of the notes syncing service, it had hit 1...

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  • May 7, 2013
  • at 11:39 pm
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