Posts Tagged: apps


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China’s Top 10 Smartphone Apps for Android and iOS

Chinese research firm iResearch recently released its breakdown of China’s mobile market in January of 2013, and that report includes,...

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  • May 6, 2013
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American Copycat: MessageMe is Just a Clone of Popular Asian Chat Apps

American mobile chat app MessageMe has been generating a lot of buzz since its launch just a couple of weeks ago, and with good reason. Tech...

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  • March 20, 2013
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KuaiYong Jailbreak-free piracy app going global

Still Not Killed Off by Apple, China’s Jailbreak-Free App Piracy Service is Going Global

Earlier this month we looked at KuaiYong, a rogue app store that allows iPhone and iPad users to install pirated apps without needing a jail...

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  • January 28, 2013
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4 Golden Rules to Monetize Your Apps

David is the general manager of developer business for vserv.mobi and heads mobile application developer partnerships across Southeast Asia....

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  • January 3, 2013
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How Has Apple Not Killed This? Chinese Startup Enables iOS App Piracy Without a Jailbreak

With the recent closure of the iOS jailbreak app Installous, the mischievous hive-mind of the web has been looking for an alternative way of...

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  • January 2, 2013
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Street Directory Map App Takes You to the Right Place

After the dismal launch of the Apple Maps app, I knew I needed an alternative. I had been using Google Maps prior to the roll-out of iOS 6 a...

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  • December 20, 2012
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China’s App Apocalypse? Regulators Explain, Developers Worried

The announcement that China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) will move to regulate China’s app market ha...

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  • December 14, 2012
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India’s Hike App Goes Global, Ready to Zap Messages Across Android, iPhone, WP

The India-made messaging app Hike, which we previewed back in September, has made good on its promise to launch internationally. And to make...

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  • December 12, 2012
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China’s Top Apple Hackers Launch a Pirate iOS App Store

Far from being shut down by Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), the Chinese team behind KuaiYong seems to be thriving. Last year it made a no-jailbreak-nee...

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  • April 16, 2013
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Nearly 35% of Android Apps Are Secretly Stealing Private Data, Says China’s Latest DCCI Report

China’s awkwardly-named Data Center of China Internet (DCCI) released a new report on Wednesday about Android apps in the country, and...

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  • March 15, 2013
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Beijing Government Releases Official Air Quality Monitoring App

Boy, has the government come a long way when it comes to air pollution. Just half a year ago, if you wanted to know how dangerous the air wa...

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  • January 26, 2013
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Chinese City Launches Mobile Taxi App for Easy Cab Pickups

Booking a cab in China used to require making a phone call. Actually, in most cities, it still does. But if a new mobile initiative in Chong...

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  • January 3, 2013
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7 Superb New Apps from China in 2012

With smartphone sales in China up 199 percent this year, all those phone owners will be keen to snap up some fun apps. And Chinese developer...

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  • December 31, 2012
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WeChat App Implicated at Trial of Pedophile in China

The trial of a sexual predator in Guangdong province in southern China has implicated the smash-hit messaging app WeChat as the way that the...

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  • December 19, 2012
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Will Regulation Kill China’s App Market or Save It?

Yesterday, I wrote about MIIT’s plans to regulate China’s app markets and the mobile application industry at large (MITT is Chin...

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  • December 13, 2012
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Will Mobile Apps Soon Need to Register With China’s Government?

China’s mobile app market has developed with remarkable speed over the past few years. That seemed only natural given the speed with w...

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  • December 12, 2012
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