Attended by guests from governments as well as professionals from over 60 game companies and over 100 media enterprises, the Golden Plume Awards ceremony was held at the Rulun Hall (read on…) Related items China Mobile (CHL) Is A Top Pick, As China Moves Up To 3G Wireless Networks; Find More Tech Top Picks...
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Solazyme Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Webster resigned from the biofuels maker, effective immediately, for health and personal reasons. (here is more…) Related items Tech ticker: Solazyme COO resigns; China launches navigation system; Google+ grows Tech Ticker: HP PCs, Google in China, Bowles joins Facebook China’s Baidu to launch Android-based mobile OS China’s Alibaba to...
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China has gotten to the point where it?s almost acceptable to not provide accurate data, on both a macro and micro level. (here is more…) Related items China's Careful Leadership Swap Internet giants pull content after warning in India courts Internet giants remove content after India court warning China blocking Google Maps? Facebook's Absence...
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Zenitron, WPG Holdings, WT Microelectronics and Edom Technology, four Taiwan-based IC distributors, will focus their 2012 business operation on the China smartphone market, according to industry sources in Taiwan. (more here…) Related items ZTE sees China, US key smartphone markets ZTE sees China, U.S. key smartphone markets China government not expected to issue TD-LTE...
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BEIJING, Dec. 27 (UPI) — China says it will start testing a new Internet protocol in 2013 to strengthen and improve the country’s Internet and increase the availability of domain names. (read on….) People who looked at this item also looked at… China looks at convergence of TV, Internet, phone in 2012 Related items...
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Facebook is turning the server world on its head by going directly to Taiwan for custom-built machines. Except that it’s actually going to China. (read on….) Related items Facebook's IPO unveils plans to invade China Facebook hopes to re-friend China Facebook's Absence in China Makes Rivals Attractive Facebook hopes to re-friend China despite censors...
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Facebook chief executive officer spends Christmas where his website is not welcome (read on….) Related items Yahoo Must Continue Bartz’s Alibaba Strategy, Analysts Say Yahoo names PayPal’s Thompson as CEO Facebook’s Zuckerberg Says Jobs Advised on Company Focus China's Xinhua plans to list website: report China paper People’s Daily aims to list website
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China’s Baidu Inc. was removed from the U.S. government’s list of “notorious markets” that help sustain piracy and counterfeiting of intellectual property after reaching a content deal with the recording industry this year. (here is more…) Related items China's Careful Leadership Swap Internet giants pull content after warning in India courts Internet giants remove...
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The iPhone 4S should ship to mainland China no later than the Chinese New Year on January 23rd, according to state-run newspaper the People’s Daily. The phone is said to have won China Compulsory Certification on December 21st, clearing the last hurdle for sales by Apple and carrier China Unicom. The Daily specifically suggests...
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The People’s Daily is reporting that an Apple device with the model number A1431 has received China’s Compulsory Certification. This is the model number for the iPhone 4S that recently received a network entry permit, indicating that the phone has cleared the remaining hurdles before it can be sold in mainland China. This positions...
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg chose a perhaps surprising destination for the holiday season: Vietnam, where the social-networking site is frequently blocked by local Communist authorities. (read on….) Related items Facebook's Absence in China Makes Rivals Attractive We can block FB, Google like China if steps not taken: HC China social networking site warns bloggers...
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