What happened in the Asian technology scene last week? Here are five must-read stories and another 21 below to catch up and be ready for the week ahead. China snatched the limelight last week.
(1) LinkedIn blocked in China: China blocked Facebook and Twitter and now it is LinkedIn’s turn. The block is said to be caused by ongoing discussions on Jasmine protests on LinkedIn.
(2) Government tweetup: Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Najib Tun Razak held a tea party with friends on Facebook and Twitter. About 600 turned up to show their support.
(3) New search engine in China: Xinhua and China Mobile joint forces to launch Panguso, a new search engine in China. Can Panguso match up to Baidu’s prowess?
(4) Social network in Vietnam: Zing Me wins Facebook in the social network war in Vietnam. It has two times more users than Facebook in the country. Who runs Zing Me? Find out more.
(5) China’s Wikipedia vs Baidu: Hudong claims that as a result of its competition with Baidu, the search engine has negatively influenced search results related to articles posted on Hudong.com by utilizing its position as China’s top search engine. Hudong has filed for a $120 million compensation to the authorities
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(6) Vietnam has a Facebook Styled Blog [PIC]
(7) China Hits 64 billion Online Search Queries
(9) What’s left for Facebook to Conquer in Asia?
(10) 8 out of 10 Facebook users in China are Males
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