Blog Archives for the tag china

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Apple Tipped to Bring Baidu Search to iOS in China Next Month

Apple is being tipped to introduce a much anticipated update that brings support for search services from China’s Baidu into iOS next month, according to Chinese reports that cite comment…

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China Telecom Launches UK Services, Targets Other European Markets

China Telecom has launched a UK mobile service this week, just in time for the upcoming  Olympic Games in London, and revealed plans to expand its operations to other key European…

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China Confirms it Now Has More Than 1 Billion Mobile Phone Users

The Chinese government has confirmed that the country now has more than 1 billion mobile phone users, after revealing that the first quarter of the year saw an additional 43 million…

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Why China's $38 Billion-Valued Mobile App Market is Like No Other

China may be the world’s fastest growing smartphone market but the country’s growing app space is a very different one to that of North America, Europe and other Western markets….

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Report: Apple's China Market Share More Than Doubles to Reach 19%

The first analyst data evaluating China’s smartphone industry in Q1 2012 is out, with Apple reported to have more than doubled its market share, according data from Woori Investment and…

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Microsoft Keeps Quiet in Reports it Overtakes Apple in China

Microsoft is keeping quiet on reports suggesting that brisk sales of Windows Phone 7-based devices in China have propelled its overall market share up to seven percent, taking it past rival…

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Yahoo Free to Invest in China Following $7.8 Billion Alibaba Agreement

After months of speculation, Yahoo has finally announced that it has agreed to a deal to sell a significant part of its 20 percent stake in Alibaba back to the…

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China's Tencent to Focus on Mobile, Ecommerce and Overseas Growth

Chinese Internet company Tencent has announced a corporate restructuring move that will see it focus on developing its social network services, mobile offering and overseas presence through dedicated business units….

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Evernote: Signups for New Chinese Service are "Off The Chart"

It’s been less than a week since Evernote unveiled its dedicated Chinese service, but already downloads of standalone Yinxiang Biji app are “off the charts”, according to Troy Malone, the…

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China Mobile Confirms Ongoing Talks With Apple Over iPhone

China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile telecoms carrier with 650 million subscribers, has confirmed that it is engaged in discussions with Apple to carry the iPhone, but it isn’t likely…

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'China's Twitter' Sina Weibo Hits 300M Registered Users

Twitter is blocked in China but that hasn’t stopped microblogging flourishing in the country, and proof of that comes with the announcement that Sina Weibo broke 300 million registered users…

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China's Baidu Announces Upcoming Smartphone, OS and App Store

Baidu has announced details of its soon-to-launch new smartphone and the cloud-centric operating system (OS) that will power it. The Chinese search giant says that the move, which will put…

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'Going Global' Makes no Sense for China's Social Networks Right Now

They may only ‘live’ in one country, but China’s social network giants have no need to turn their attention to taking down Twitter and Facebook, at least until they get…

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China's UC Targets 100 Million Mobile Users in India by 2015

India’s mobile Web market is growing impressively, to the point that it will overtake fixed-line Internet usage this year, and Chinese browser maker UC is among the companies keen to take advantage…

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Baidu to Rival iOS and Android with Cloud-Based Platform [Updated]

Chinese Internet giant Baidu is set to make a move to rival Google and others in China’s smartphone market with the upcoming launch of ‘Baidu Cloud’, a smartphone platform that integrates…