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Report: China Mobile Picks ZTE and 3 Other Brands in New TD-SCDMA 3G Order
The ZTE U880 for China Mobile. (Image source: Zol.com.cn) China Mobile (NYSE:CHL; HKG:0941), as the world’s biggest mobile telco by subscriber figures, often demands dozens of phone makers do a little...
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Security Researcher Finds Backdoor in China-Manufactured Chips
Lawmakers in the United States have been concerned about the security of hardware manufactured in China for years now, especially since many chips and other pieces of computer equipment manufactured in...
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China’s B2C E-commerce Space is a Two Horse Race
Photo: hktaobao.net A report earlier in the month from the folks over at Analysys International indicates that China’s B2C e-commerce market could be worth as much as 81.8 billion RMB (or $12.9...
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LG Announces it has Shipped 3 Million LTE Smartphones
Korean electronics manufacturer LG (066570:KS) is announcing today that its LTE smartphones have sold three million units, and hopes to expand to sell them in new markets as the year progresses. So...
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Report: Massive Data Leak on Walmart-Backed Yihaodian Exposes Users
Many customers of Yihaodian, the food-oriented Chinese e-commerce site that’s backed by Walmart (NYSE:WMT), have reportedly had their real names and other sensitive data leaked in a major breach of...
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Japanese App ‘Picture Rally’ Offers a Big Prize for Photo Submissions
A few weeks back I tried out Picture Rally, a photo app from Japan with the interesting twist that invites you to complete themed photo challenges (or rallies) along with the rest of its community. In...
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Ban on Individuals Buying China’s ‘.CN’ Domains to be Lifted Tomorrow?
CNNIC, China’s administrative agency for internet affairs, is expected to announce tomorrow that ‘.cn’ and other Chinese-language domain endings will be made available to individuals to purchase....
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Chinese General Says Cyberspace Needs Rules, China Has Sent Draft to U.N.
China’s state news agency Xinhua is reporting that a PLA general is urging the international community to create a system of rules for cyberspace. He says that China has submitted a ‘draft...
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Rumored Foxconn Wage Hike Sparks Very Real Rent Hikes
Rents are increasing again. This image is from the previous rent hike, also inspired by a Foxconn wage increase. The Foxconn workers in Shenzhen just can’t catch a break. The company keeps raising...
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Second Intel-powered Smartphone, Lenovo’s K800, Available for Pre-order on...
Photo: 360buy There have been numerous reports out there today that Lenovo is going to announce its Intel-powered, Android-rocking smartphone, the K800, in the next few days. But any shoppers out there...
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Miyoo: A Social Fashion App to Snap, Tag, and Share What You Wear
The Chinese-made Miyoo app touts itself as a social fashion experience for women that’s more private than microblogging on Weibo – where there’ll be pervy men checking you out – and less hassle than...
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QlikTech’s Product, QlikView, Helps You Discover Your Business Better
Whether you’re an entrepreneur or a business owner, business decisions made today tend to be better informed than in the past. Before decisions were sometimes instinctively made, but today, we are...
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7-Eleven’s Boom Could Aid E-Commerce in Indonesia
Credit: NYT I stumbled upon this fascinating article by The New York Times reporting on 7-Eleven’s explosive growth in Jakarta, Indonesia. 7-Eleven has a total of 69 stores in Indonesia so far. And...
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Taobao Cracks Down on Diablo 3 Sales, Vendors Start Selling “Pineapples”
Diablo 3 in China. But the game hasn’t been released yet here. Taobao vendors were doing a booming trade in, er, less-than-legal copies of the game, but the service is cracking down on sales of items...
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Malaysian Retailer Parkson Launches Luxury E-Commerce Site in China
Malaysia’s high-end department store chain Parkson (HKG:3368) has made a move into the luxury e-commerce market in China with the launch this week of its premium clothing, make-up, and home...
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China’s Lenovo Looks to Brazil as Next Step Towards Global PC Supremacy
A few weeks back we told you about how Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten was venturing into the very big, and very attractive Brazilian market. Brazil has over 79 million internet users out of an...
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Softbank Rolls Out Smartphone with Radiation Meter for Japanese Market
Japanese mobile carrier Softbank (TSE:9984) announced today that its new Pantone 5 smartphone, to be released in July, will be the first smartphone with the capability to measure radiation built in....
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Shanda Launches Confusingly-Named Mobile Game Platform G+
China’s gaming behemoth Shanda (NASDAQ:GAME) is very serious about mobile. So serious, in fact, that it’s releasing a phone next month. Today, the company took another step into the mobile world by...
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Wego Invests in Travel Startup Valadoo, Enlarges Presence in Indonesia
Wego, a travel search engine company here in Asia, has made an investment in Valadoo.com, a social commerce startup focused on curated travel packages. With Indonesian travellers as its target market,...
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Is China’s Development Hampered by its Internet?
Here’s a great conversation going on between James Fallows of The Atlantic and his readers about the nature of China’s internet and how that might affect the nation’s future development. I recommend...
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