Emerging Markets

How Chinese tech companies are (finally) going global

In light of the Alibaba IPO and the ecommerce giant’s plans to expand in the US, there’s a lot of talk on how Chinese…

Think the iPhone is still just for developed markets? The BRICs would beg to differ

There’s a great deal of focus on iPhone sales trends in North America and Europe, particularly from the tech blogger echo-chamber. That’s understandable, given…

5 Chinese online trends every developer needs to know about

With 1.3 billion people supporting a booming mobile and software development industry, China is the blue whale of emerging tech markets. China will be…

Life after Koos Bekker: where to next for Naspers?

There’s a quote from outgoing Naspers chief executive Koos Bekker buried right at the end of Sunday’s City Press article that tells you an…

Battling WhatsApp in India, messaging app Hike grows to 15 million users

There’s even more focus on messaging apps after Facebook’s buy-out of WhatsApp. The acquisition has also highlighted the many strong alternatives that there are…

How Chinese New Year changed how people use their mobiles

Everything’s getting back to normal in China as the New Year festivities dwindle to a halt. The daily lives of Chinese people dramatically break…

MTN’s $50 Steppa smartphone changes (almost) everything

It’s been astonishing to see how quickly mobile operator MTN’s Steppa smartphone has been written off, when the devices have hardly made it to…

Baidu confirms it’s working on Eye, China’s answer to Google Glass

Google Glass, meet Baidu Eye. Yep, the Chinese internet giant has confirmed that it is working on a wearable device prototype that features speech…

Tablets set to explode in emerging markets as global PC sales keep falling

Tablets use is set to rapidly escalate in emerging markets as their hunger for smart connected devices continues to grow. According to tech research…

The next step for North Korea’s web? Importing the Great Firewall from China

We are all familiar enough with the internet now to realize that it’s not a magical, virtual, hyper-human neuron network and is in fact…

Naspers buys 18% stake in Russian classifieds giant Avito

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em and um… buy a large chunk of ’em just to be on the safe side. That seems…

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba names Jonathan Lu as its new CEO

Jack Ma, the founder of China’s top e-commerce company, announced in January that he’d step down from his role as Alibaba Group CEO. This…

Why big Western tech companies have made it in Vietnam but not China

Oftentimes, people like to compare Vietnam with China. In some ways, the similarities are pretty obvious. The Chinese dynasties ruled Vietnam for one thousand…

China is not impressed with Android’s smartphone domination

It’s no secret that Android is winning the smartphone wars by a landslide — and the home of the world’s biggest smartphone market is…

As part of its emerging markets push, Evernote Business heads to South Africa

The to-do list app that has become the backbone of entire businesses is expanding its global roll out to offer its business products to…

Samsung nation? India’s top 10 Android phones are all Galaxy devices

We’ve all seen the big-screen Samsung Galaxy Note 2 or SIII phones being clutched in one uncomfortably stretched palm, but India’s Android market reveals…

Why Facebook should be very, very worried about Asian messaging apps

Facebook is under siege from every direction. SnapChat’s picking away at the young sexting market, Twitter dominated TV sets at the Superbowl, and Path…

HP’s new rules are set to tackle Chinese factories using child labour

In an attempt to address the on-going problem of underage workers in electronic factories in China, HP has taken a strong new stance against…

Music service Deezer hits 22 more countries in emerging market hotspots

Well, Deezer is certainly on a roll. The music streaming service announced recently that it is now available in a massive 128 countries worldwide,…

China’s Qihoo hit with unfair competition warning, apps removed

Internet security and software company Qihoo, one of Baidu’s main competitors in the search space, isn’t having a good week: its apps have been…

Is the rise of WeChat and weibos helping to slow SMS growth in China?

When a country is home to more than a billion cellphone users, you start to expect the record growth to continue to every area…

The Memeburn interview: Google exec on the future of the ‘third screen’

We currently live in the world of three screens. We are connected to our PCs, mobile phones and tablets, and soon there will be…

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