It certainly got cold in this part of China this week, but our fingers were kept warm tapping out these stories, headed by two major upcoming pieces of hardware…
1. Dangdang to Launch E-Book Platform and Apps This Month, E-Reader Next Year
The Chinese e-commerce site Dangdang (NYSE:DANG) is set to follow in the footsteps of Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and its Kindle when it launches it own e-book platform later this month, followed by an e-reader ready for 2012 – and that’s confirmed.
2. Will We See a Baidu Yi Handset This Month?
Speaking of potentially game-changing hardware, the first smartphone powered by Baidu’s (NASDAQ:BIDU) Android-powered OS is due later this month. A big-name first Baidu Yi device is rumored, with none other than Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) a distinct possibility.
3. Is Alibaba Group Looking at Social e-Commerce?
Alibaba Group, China’s e-commerce giant, might also be branching out, this week very quietly launching what looks like a social network – or perhaps it’s a social commerce experiment?
4. Because Outdoors is for Suckas: Google, Baidu Now Feature Indoor Maps
Baidu has mapped produced indoor maps for over 500 malls around China. Though we spotted it in the same week that Google launched a similar product, it turns out that Baidu rolled it out first.
5. 5 Ways Twitter’s New Redesign Makes It More Like Sina Weibo
The most popular story of the week, however, was one in which we jokingly trolled the new Twitter redesign for adopting features from Sina Weibo.
6. The Ubiquity of Social Media and E-Commerce in China [INFOGRAPHIC]
And lastly, because you’re very nice readers and you’ve been very good and eaten all your veggies this week, here’s an infographic made by We Are Social showing the current state of the web in China.
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