Asia now has its very first dedicated social media research center, after the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) launched its Social Media Laboratory this week. The new facility will…
The BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, has become the first British distributor to license content to online TV service Hulu in Japan. The multi-year agreement will see around 600 hours…
As Apple feels the pressurefrom Chinese authorities over its disputed iPad trademark case against Proview, other technology companies — including Facebook — have begun questioning the legitimacy of their intellectual…
As anticipated, Publicis Groupe has purchased back a block of its own shares, which were held by Japanese advertising mammoth Dentsu. Publicis is putting 644.4 million euros on the table,…
Shenzhen Proview Chairman Yang Rongshan has weighed in on the debate around the trademark dispute with Apple by claiming that the American company must compensate the Taiwanese firm “properly” if it is…
Baidu Chief Executive Robin Li has revealed that the company is focused on developing its offering for mobile this year, as it looks to take advantage of China’s booming mobile…
We’ve already seen the Japanese government turn to social media to help boost tourist numbers, and now All Nippon Airways (ANA) has followed suit by rolling out its own viral campaign….
Indian music service Saavn has just completed a month as a Facebook Open Graph partner with some very impressive results from the period. During the first 30 days following the…
Chinese Internet giant Baidu is reported to have made plans to expand its operations into Latin America, in a move that would see it further rival Google in new part…
This week has seen Google gain approval in the US and Europe for its impending purchase of Motorola Mobility, the handset manufacturing side of Motorola’s business, however the company is…
Sony has completed the deal to buy partner Ericsson out of the companies’ joint Sony Ericsson mobile venture, according to confirmation posted to Reuters. The company will now be named Sony Mobile…
Precious little is known about Taiwanese firm Proview, but a notable fact about the company is that that it legally holds the rights to the iPad trademark in China. The…
The government of Thailand has agreed to a deal with China that will see it import 860,000 tablet computers for its one-tablet-per-child scheme, a project to provide a device to…
Last month, the world was shocked as reports claimed that authorities in communist North Korea had banned the use of mobile telephones during the mourning period following the death of…
Online retailers Amazon China and Suning have become the first Web-based sellers to remove the iPad from their catalogues in China, as the fall-out from a trademark ruling develops the…
