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Tough luck, Google: Maps and Search are losing market share in China
It seems clear which direction Google Maps and Search is heading in China: down. In the search game, Chinese traffic stats company CNZZ has…
Dear Japan, installing Windows 8 doesn’t make your PC touchscreen
Oh Japan, you beautiful crazy country. Media reports from the tech-obsessed Asian country suggest that people misunderstood what happens to your PC when you…
Apps, OSes, and devices: how China’s mobile internet usage has grown
In the gradual but massive shift to the mobile internet, Asia is leading the way. The continent has seen 192.5% growth in mobile internet…
Free Weibo: Get Sina Weibo uncensored
Just yesterday I wrote a piece about what the internet in China might look like if it wasn’t censored, and today I got a…
What would China be like if the Great Firewall came crashing down?
Everyone knows that China’s internet is censored. There’s the government-run firewall that blocks and interferes with unwanted sites, and then there’s the extensive network…
HootSuite targets Asia, adds support for Sina Weibo and traditional Chinese
HootSuite and its owl have flown into China, adding support for the country’s hottest Twitter-like service, Sina Weibo, in its social media dashboard. This…
Chinese online travel to be worth $48bn by 2016, Indian growth set to explode
A new report from eMarketer reckons that China’s well-established online travel sector will hit US$32.51-billion in sales for the year 2012 — but by…
Kai-Fu Lee: Age is the biggest difference between China’s internet and the West
China’s internet is massive, but who exactly is using it? It’s a question that plagues many Western companies looking to work their way into…
Baidu’s new tool makes designing a Chinese mobile website easy… and free
With so many websites neglecting to make a mobile website — despite China now having more mobile web users than there are on PCs…
The story behind Renren: China’s biggest Facebook-ish social network
Renren, China’s largest Facebook-ish social network (as opposed to the Twitter-ish weibos), has a long and complex history which probably not more than a…
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