Report: Qihoo’s iOS Apps Under Special Investigation by Apple
At the start of last week, all the 20+ iOS apps made by Chinese software company and search engine Qihoo (NYSE:QIHU) vanished from AppleR...
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China is often called a land of contradictions, and its tech industry is no different. Yes, the middle kingdom is the source of some hackers and copycats, but it’s also the source of some startling innovation, one of the world’s most unique and vibrant internet cultures, and some of the most passionate techies and gamers in the universe. China’s internet may be censored but that hasn’t stopped web, gaming, and mobile startups from springing up all over the country. Here at Tech in Asia we’ve got it all: the good, the bad, and the ugly. The hottest startups, the craziest copycats, and the darkest tales of censorship in Asia.
10 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week
Covering games consoles, smartphones, and cold-blooded murder, there were plenty of surprises and controversies all week. 1. Oh my god, shut...
Stolen Personal Information is Still For Sale on the Chinese Internet
On Friday, China’s government announced new standards for the protection of personal information online. But an investigation by the G...
Lenovo CEO: We Want to Beat Samsung, Become China’s Top Smartphone Brand
We reported last year that Chinese-brand smartphones make up 60 percent of sales in China, but Samsung remains the top brand. For now. Lenov...
Google’s Self-Driving Car is Perfect for China
Like any fan of things that are totally awesome, I have been following the process of Google’s self-driving car pretty closely. Yester...
ChinaHR Dead in the Water? Guards at the Doors, Internet Shut Off
ChinaHR has been having a tough week, and it led up to protests and hurried negotiations after more than half of the staff was laid off on W...
Monster.com’s ChinaHR Sees Layoffs, Protests, Police Intervention
ChinaHR.com, a Chinese jobs site that was bought by Monster.com in 2008, had about as terrible a night as a company can have and still be in...
One of China’s Top Square Clones Swipes Funding From Sequoia
Lots of services are battling to be China’s equivalent of Square, the smartphone add-on that allows anyone to accept credit card payments....
China Mobile Rolls Out 2 More City-Wide 4G Trials
Over the weekend, China Mobile (NYSE:CHL; HKG:0941) flipped the switch on massive new 4G trials in two Chinese cities. It means that residen...
Chinese WoW Player Sleeps With Guild Members “For the Alliance”
World of Warcraft players have gone viral in some pretty weird ways in the past, but a Chinese gamer may have created a new piece of Chinese...
Baidu-Owned Qunar Chases the Money with New Luxury Hotel Portal
Baidu-owned (NASDAQ:BIDU) travel e-commerce site Qunar today opened up a luxury hotel section on its site. Packed with over 2,000 high-end h...
Pocket App for iOS Gets Native Sharing to Sina Weibo
The ‘read it later’ app Pocket has looked to China for some inspiration for its newest update, and added the ability to share ar...
How Qihoo is Committing Fraud
Earlier this week, we wrote about the double serving of bad news Chinese web firm Qihoo got when its apps were removed from the iTunes store...
Chinese Hackers Infiltrate the New York Times
The New York Times just published an article today stating that the paper was persistently hacked by Chinese hackers for the last four month...
82% of Chinese Have Mobile Phones, Some Provinces Have More Mobiles Than People
Mobile phone use in China has been growing steadily and swiftly over the past decade, and according to China’s Ministry of Industry an...
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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