China

Android cements Chinese dominance: has 140m users

China has, at present, 390-million mobile internet users among its billion-strong phone subscribers. And now new data for 2012 Q3 from Beijing-based mobile analytics…

Samsung says it’s not using child labour following extensive audit

Korean tech behemoth Samsung Electronics says that none of the 105 manufacturers of its products and components employ child labour. This comes after extensive…

Whip out your credit card! How online made Black Friday a global phenomenon

Today is Black Friday and you know what that means — you’ll be hunting shops galore for amazing specials with discounts of up to…

Now that it’s got more than a billion to burn, what could Baidu buy?

Chinese search giant Baidu recently got a whole lot richer when it raised US$1.5-billion in its first ever bonds issue. And it’s going to…

Behind the Great Firewall: 5 top Chinese tech predictions beyond 2013

The tech world’s eyes are glued firmly on China, and with good reason too. It has the world’s largest online population. And despite, or…

Sina Weibo hits 400m users, thanks Olympics

Sina Weibo is in rude health. The Chinese social network revealed that it had gone past the 400-million user mark thanks, in part, to…

Top Chinese official urges ‘more forceful’ online controls

China needs to be “more forceful” in the way it manages the web. That’s according to one top government official, as the country attempts…

Millions of Chinese vent online over Beijing smog

Millions of Beijing residents are going online to vent their anger over thick smog that has blanketed the Chinese capital in recent days. Conditions…

China overtakes US to become largest smartphone market

China has overtaken the US to become the world’s largest smartphone market in terms of devices sold. That’s according to a report by research…

China is the next eCommerce giant [Study]

China is set to overtake the US as the world’s largest ecommerce market by 2015. That’s according to research from the Boston Consulting Group…

China’s weibos pass 300-million user mark

Months after revealing that its online adult population had gone past the 500-million mark, Chinese state authorities announced that more than 300-million people in…

No plans to bring Facebook to China, says Zuckerberg

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that he is in no rush to take his company public, or to brave the murky waters of the…

Japan latest target in suspected cyber-espionage attack

The Japanese parliament is the latest victim of cyber-espionage. As with other such attacks, suspicion again is being pointed towards China. Computers in the…

US issues demands to China on ‘Great Firewall’

Ratcheting up its increasingly stern line with Beijing on trade issues, Washington has added concerns about China’s infamous Great Firewall saying that it may…

China restricts eBay trade

Online auction giant eBay is mourning the loss of Chinese customers as it was recently revealed that the East Asian country is now banning…

Losing $80-million without blinking: Koos Bekker’s Memeburn Q&A

Naspers is an oddity. Who would have bet that a one-time newspaper company would have become an emerging-market internet giant? After all “Naspers” means…

China’s online population hits 500-million

China’s online population, the largest in the world, has topped the half-billion mark, reports the state-run Xinhua news agency. The agency quoted Wang Chen,…

Google predicts Indian web explosion

With smartphones becoming cheaper and telecom carriers investing in high-speed wireless infrastructure, Google expects that by the number of people using the internet in…

Cybercrime costs $114bn annually, says Symantec

Cybercrime costs the world US$114-billion every year. That’s according to a report from global software security firm Symantec. The report adds that some 431-million…

WikiLeaks reveals how Apple fought counterfeit products in China

A global security team led by Apple came down on pirated iPhones and iPods in China, according to US Embassy documents recently released by…

Steve Jobs is a God: Chinese web users

From tech leaders to lovers of Apple products, the shock resignation of Apple magnate Steve Jobs triggered an outpouring of praise. For some Chinese…

Bad year for China: 500 000 cyber attacks in 2010

China, in a recently released statement, said that it had been the target of close to 500 000 cyber attacks during 2010. Many of…

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