Posts Tagged: Microsoft


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How Sony Won the Next-Gen Console War in a Country Where Consoles Are Illegal

Monday saw the beginning of American megagaming conference E3, and with it came keynotes from Microsoft and Sony about their upcoming next-g...

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  • June 12, 2013
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With Market Share Shrinking, Bing’s China Dream is in Serious Danger

Microsoft’s Bing search engine has never been a major player in China. The company itself conceded that last fall when it all but aban...

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  • March 26, 2013
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Web ecosystems in China

Dear Apple, Amazon, Google: Here’s Why Chinese Consumers Hate Your Ecosystems

Chinese consumers love your gadgets – that’s great news. But the bad news for Apple, Amazon, Google, and many more companies is ...

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  • March 1, 2013
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Microsoft Singapore Pushes Office 365, Partners with Starhub and Retailers

Yesterday morning, Microsoft Singapore officially launched its newest Office consumer product line, Office 365 Home Premium. It is a subscri...

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  • January 31, 2013
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Game on? China Contemplating End to Gaming Consoles Ban

My gaming fanatic colleague Charlie just sent me an email at midnight in his timezone (he’s in the US), so either it’s a drunken...

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  • January 28, 2013
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Nokia China sales numbers 2012

Nokia Sales Down 79% in China as Symbian Dies, Lumia Slow to Grow

If you thought Nokia’s (HEL:NOK1V; NYSE:NOK) China figures for 2011 were a disaster, you should see what just emerged today. NokiaR...

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  • January 24, 2013
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Survey: Adoption of Enterprise Social Tools in Asia Pacific [INFOGRAPHIC]

In a recent survey conducted by research firm IDC and sponsored by Microsoft, it is seen that 52 percent of organisations in the Asia Pacifi...

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  • November 21, 2012
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Skype China Users Down 20% Over Past 2 Years, No MSN Merger Just Yet

Last week, we learned that Microsoft may roll MSN/Windows Live Messenger into Skype’s services (which Microsoft owns). But it turns ou...

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  • November 13, 2012
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MS Surface Pro launches Asia

Microsoft Surface Pro Launches in Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia This Week

Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablets – the ones that rock the full version of Windows 8 – are now rolling out across much of Southe...

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  • June 4, 2013
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Microsoft store on Tmall China

Microsoft Pushes Surface RT and WP8 in China With New Online Storefront

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has just expanded its retail channels in China by opening up a store within Tmall, China’s top B2C e-commerce ...

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  • March 19, 2013
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Microsoft Singapore to Award Founder Institute Scholarship in App Dev Contest

Microsoft Singapore recently introduced the BizSpark Launch Academy, a Windows developer competition aimed at startups and individual develo...

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  • February 4, 2013
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Oh My God, Shut Up About China’s Game Console Ban Being Lifted

Ever since the news broke that an anonymous source thinks China’s Ministry of Culture is considering lifting China’s decade-long...

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  • January 30, 2013
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China Skype intercepts

Microsoft Under Fire For Skype China Business and Alleged Chat Intercepts

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is under fire from dozens of rights advocates today in the form of an open letter to Skype which calls on the new ow...

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  • January 25, 2013
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Nokia Brings WP8 to China with Launch of Lumia 920T on China Mobile

Nokia (HEL:NOK1V; NYSE:NOK) brought the first Windows Phone 8 (WP8) device to China today with the launch of its Lumia 920T on the nation...

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  • December 5, 2012
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MSN Users Down 10 Million Over 2 Years, Is Microsoft’s China IM Dream Dead?

A week ago, we wrote that Microsoft wouldn’t be merging MSN and Skype in China, primarily because Skype isn’t particularly popul...

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  • November 20, 2012
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Microsoft Introduces Cool Speech-to-Speech Automated Chinese Translation

Have you ever wanted to speak and hear what you said played back instantly in another language in your own voice? Now you can, according to ...

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  • November 10, 2012
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