The past seven days were a pretty busy week in China from a technology point of view, with news of big investments and acquisitions, some feel-good news, and even some arrests and trials to add to the drama.
1. Chinese PC Maker Lenovo Wants More of the US Market
Lenovo is going after even more of the American PC market. Currently it’s still way behind market leader HP, but if it can make progress in government and education sectors, it should be able to make up some ground.
2. China’s Dark PR: Time to Say Goodbye to Paid Censorship
Early in the week we reported on news of three Baidu employees arrested on suspicion of accepting payments for deleting posts on Baidu forums. A fourth was not arrested, but was fired.
3. For Chinese Using Online Banking, Forget Firefox, Chrome, or Mac
Chinese bank ICBC triggered many netizens to complain when it admitted that its online banking system lacks support for browsers other than Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
4. Niko Partners: Revenue for Chinese Browser-Based Games Will Grow 41 Percent This Year
We aren’t surprised to hear analysts predict that gaming in China will continue to expand. Niko Partners say that revenue for browser-based games is set to increase 41 percent this year, and that it will expand to new demographics.
5. Xiaomi Makes an Acquisition, Points to Building an Apple Facetime Rival
By picking up MSNLite (no official relation to Microsoft’s MSN) Xiaomi could be looking to give their messaging more desktop support, which would make it more like Apple Facetime.
6. Apple’s iPad Holds Nearly Three Quarters of China’s Tablet Market [Report]
New figures from research firm Analysys International say that Apple’s share of the tablet market is now at 72.6 percent. Interestingly, its closest competition is not Samsung, but domestic manufacturer Lenovo at 8.38 percent.
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