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Report: Huge Apple Data Center in Hong Kong to Be Built 2013, Ready by 2015
9to5Mac has unearthed details that suggest Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is preparing to build a massive data center in Hong Kong. Apparently, ground-breaking will occur in the first quarter of 2013 and it could...
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China’s Newly-Upgraded Train Ticket Site is Broken. Again.
Well, that didn’t take long. On Sunday, the upgraded version China’s 12306.cn — the official online ticket sales service of China’s Railway Ministry — went online. This version was supposed to address...
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21 Nanjing Schools Try Replacing Heavy Textbooks with iPads
Chinese students have a tough life. There’s pressure on them from everywhere to work extremely hard, they have to pass grueling exams to move up to the next level of schooling, and they have to carry...
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Youku Exec and Investor Dump Stock Holdings, Causing Share Price Dive
According to a Sina Tech report apparently based on SEC filings, Youku’s president Liu Dele recently sold more than 160,000 of his shares in Youku (NYSE:YOKU), and Youku investors Brookside Capital...
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Amid Flood of Traffic from China, UK Wine Site Responds with Chinese Version
decanterchina.com, click to enlarge We recently pointed out figures from Analysis International which said that Chinese consumers are expected to buy $2 billion in wine, beer, and spirits from online...
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What is the Best E-Commerce Strategy For Western Companies in China?
Tmall is a good initial strategy in China for foreign brands I always enjoy connecting with other Asia technology professionals to share insights on how to best leverage digital media and e-commerce in...
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Kompas.com Embracing Citizen Journalism, Launches K-Report App
If you’re starting to think K-Report is related to some kind of Korean pop culture, I’m saying it now: no, it is not. Kompas.com, whose parent company, Kompas Gramedia Group, is one of the biggest...
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WoW Mists of Pandaria Gets October 2 Launch Date in China
Chinese gamers will only have to wait one week longer than the rest of the world for the launch of the World of Warcraft expansion Mists of Pandaria. That’s because Blizzard and China’s Netease...
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RIM Gives Scholarships to 30 Indonesian Students at Its BlackBerry Innovation...
After loads of negative publicity when Research in Motion (RIM) opened a BlackBerry factory in neighboring Malaysia, Canada-based RIM built the BlackBerry Innovation Center as a sort of peace offering...
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A Mobile Biz Social Network is Needed to be China’s LinkedIn
Renren Vice President, Huang Jing(Middle) Perhaps by now, most people realise what is the next wave in the internet industry. It’s mobile. At Techweb’s IT Conference yesterday, Renren’s (NYSE:RENN)...
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Telkom Flexi to Set Up 22,000 Wifi Hotspots in East Java and Bali
Okezone cites Nusra Sudjito, a representative of Telkom Flexi as saying today that the company is going to build 22,000 wifi hospots all over the East Java and Bali area. The company hopes to finish...
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Plagiarism Checker Plagtracker Eyes Asia Expansion
Ukraine-based online plagiarism checker Plagtracker.com is gunning for an Asian expansion. The site offers free online plagiarism checks without the need to download anything – you can simply put in...
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Docomo Previews Tablet Prototype You Control With Your Eyes
ibeam tablet: balloons on the verge of being destroyed It appears to be Docomo’s (NYSE:DCM) habit in recent years of teasing its latest new tech just ahead of Japan’s CEATEC conference, the country’s...
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Eyeing More of Japan’s Ad Market, OpenX Opens Tokyo Office
OpenX, a Los Angeles-based digital and mobile advertising technology company, has made a big step to solidify its efforts in the Japan ad space by announcing a new Tokyo office. OpenX offers a number...
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China’s Alipay Has 700 Million Registered Accounts, Beats Paypal?
Two weeks ago I was at Alibaba’s HQ in Hangzhou. One thing that caught my eye was its data room which is dominated by a big screen filled with real-time data about its products, including Taobao,...
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Samsung Interested in Building Mobile Phone Plant in Indonesia
After Apple’s partner Foxconn recently looked into Indonesia to build a manufacturing plant, here comes Samsung following the same route. The Indonesian unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, PT Samsung...
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Home Depot Looks to E-Commerce For Help in China
(Original photo: news365.com.cn) The home-improvement chain Home Depot (NYSE:HD) recently admitted defeat on the streets of China, failing to replicate the success of Ikea in the nation, and closed all...
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Docomo’s Grip UI: Concept Smartphone Interface Improves One-Hand Input
On Wednesday in Tokyo, NTT Docomo (NYSE:DCM) displayed a number of fun new mobile technologies which it will feature at the upcoming CEATEC conference in October. We featured this amazing ibeam tablet...
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China-Japan Island Dispute May Hurt iPhone 5, iOS 6 Launch in China
As if the normal import inspection and permit process for mobile devices wasn’t thorny enough already, it now looks like there’s a chance Apple could have to wait even longer before its iPhone 5...
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ZTE Partners With Mozilla to Launch Mobile OS
On Wednesday, ZTE spokesman David Dai Shu announced that the company will be partnering with Mozilla to develop and release a mobile operating system. The system will be released later this year, or...
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