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1. Chinese city bans taxi finder apps (apart from ones the municipal government created)

The Suzhou municipal government banned popular taxi-hailing apps Didi Dache and Kuaidi dache. But are the new rules enforceable?

2. China’s girliest smartphone maker launches new model with 13MP selfie camera

Meet Meitu, a brand that makes a smartphone for the ladies.

3. Alibaba and UCWeb team up to make another Chinese search engine, this time on mobile

There’s a war going on in China over which tech giant dominates smartphone real estate. Ecommerce firm Alibaba’s latest attempt to dominate mobile screens is to launch a search engine, pitting it directly against Baidu.

4. Ecommerce titan Alibaba goes multimedia with $1.22 billion investment in video site Youku

The Chinese ecommerce player made yet another bid in content, this time sinking over a billion US dollars  into one of the country’s most popular video streaming sites.

5. Blackberry’s mobile payment system misses 2013 targets, may go cross-platform

BBM’s money transferring app bombed last year.

6. China doesn’t want ‘losers’ to become trendy, bans hugely popular web series

Online video in China bites the dust again as a raunchy domestic comedy gets yanked from Sohu

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