China
Alibaba presents Aliyun OS phone to rival Android and iPhone
Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Alibaba unveiled the first phone based on its own platform. The Tianyu K-Touch Cloud W700 runs Alibaba's own planned cloud OS, Aliyun, and focuses on web and cloud services. It focuses on web elements like e-mail and search...
Samsung calls to ban the import of Apple’s iPhone, iPod and iPad
Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Samsung Electronics Co. escalated its legal dispute with Apple Inc. (AAPL) over smartphone patents, filing a trade complaint that seeks to block U.S. imports of the iPhone, iPod and iPad. Samsung, the...
Yahoo spat with Alibaba over Alipay hive-off worsens
Yahoo's squabble with its Chinese partner Alibaba over the latter's transfer of a major internet asset to its chief executive has deepened. Shares in Yahoo fell for the third day running after news that Alibaba had spun its online payment business Alipay...
China Mobile surpasses 600m subscribers
China Mobile, the world's largest mobile operator, has surpassed 600 million subscribers after increasing its number of customers in rural areas. The company added 16.8 million users between January and March, it said. China Mobile also said its profits...
China 'to overtake US on science' in two years
China is on course to overtake the US in scientific output possibly as soon as 2013 - far earlier than expected. That is the conclusion of a major new study by the Royal Society, the UK's national science academy. The country that invented the compass...
Google: Eric Schmidt hints at China ambitions
Eric Schmidt - stepping aside as chief executive of Google - has told the BBC he has ambitions to promote the web firm's business in China. Among other tasks, Mr Schmidt hopes to find a Chinese partner for Google's Android mobile phone operating system...
Amazon's Kindle offers access to banned sites in China
Amazon's Kindle devices are selling in China because the e-reader allows users to log on to banned sites such as Twitter and Facebook, reports say. The device bypasses the infamous Great Firewall, making it popular on the so-called grey market according...
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By Stela Roman Google Inc. finally won a renewal of its Internet license in China. “We look forward to continuing to provide Web search and local products to our users in China,” the company said in its blog. Google...
Why China hates Google? The red censor doesn't sleep
By Stela Roman On Thursday, China blocked a Google search feature. The users were unable to use «suggest» feature, which shows possible results the user could be interested in while typing a query. Google spokeswoman Jessica Powell...
Foxconn gives workers second pay rise
An electronics company hit by a string of suicides has raised wages in China - for the second time in less than a week. Foxconn will increase salaries at its Shenzhen plant by nearly 70% from as early as 1 October, if workers meet certain conditions...
