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There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech news that have left behind last week because we are just too busy or too lazy to post. There are stories on 300 million weibo user, Nvidia virtual GPU computing, Lenovo carbon ultrabook and so on, check them out after the break. Video for this week: could China rival Silicon Valley … Hope everyone have a fresh start to your week.
Last week Chinese media reported that the government has banned mobile manufacturers from installing Google applications on the mobile devices. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) quickly denied the rumors. The announcement came after reports by a number of major news websites in China, citing an note on the official website of a Shenzhen-based mobile service provider. The authorities said they have never delivered an order to ban the usage of Google logo and applications on mobile terminal products. The online news was not the truth …
Google withdrew its search engine business from China in 2010 after it was the victim of a coordinated cyber attack that hacked into their email service. Those attacks originated in China. According to a so-called exclusive report from The Epoch Times, a media organization from Taiwan, the ex-Chongqing mayor orchestrated the downfall of Google. Bo Xilai, the ex-Chongqing’s mayer, is supposed to be one of the main contenders for promotion in China’s leadership change this year. But he has been sacked for suggesting a fierce political fight behind the scenes. In 2009, Bo approached Baidu’s chairman, willing to promise that Google would be thrust out of China. The ambitious politician needed the local search engine to cooperate with Chongqing officials, and lift the censorship on articles criticizing the country’s leader, Premier and presumptive next Party head … UPDATE: Baidu has approached us and want us to remove this story …
Google announced its Google Drive cloud storage service yesterday and just hours later the service was found to be blocked in China, just like Dropbox and countless other Western web services. While the blocking of the new Google service is not surprising, given that Google not so-good relationship with the Chinese authorities. The situation is giving chances to local players to take advantage of Chinese Internet users’ growing interest in cloud services. Apparently, most of the Chinese people are restricted to use international web services …
There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech news which have left behind because we are just too busy or too lazy to post. There are stories on Angry birds in China, Android rules, Intel smart phone, IdeaPad Yoga and so on, check them out after the break. Video for this week: an imaginative human camera created by a Hong Kong media artist … Hope everyone have a fresh start to your week.
Baidu, the well-known Chinese internet giant, has already overtaken Google as the leader in the search engine market in China. Baidu was created in 2000 as just a simple search engine, but it has now developed into a multifaceted site providing a range of online services. In terms of search queries, Baidu covers more than 80 percent of the Chinese market while Google reaches just 11 percent of market share. In 2010, Google turned its back on the Chinese market following a run-in with officials over the censorship of Google’s Chinese site (google.cn). Click-in to further examine the difference between google and the communist’s search engine …
YouTube, the most popular video-sharing web site is now accessible in China. Several sources from SINA Weibo, the nation most influential micro-blogging service, has reported that YouTube is partially accessible without using any VPN service. Chinese internet user can access and search any video from YouTube, including politically sensitive content. But not every video can be played successfully. Could it mean that Google itself–not Google China–is cooperating with Chinese authorities ?
Apart from the three popular Chinese email services integrated into iOS 5 last year, we have also heard a few rumors swirling that Apple’s iOS will have more Chinese app pre-installed. In May last year, the founder of Youku claimed they had met Steve Jobs for discussion of integrating Youku app to replace Youtube for iPhone. Last month, Apple is reportedly in preparation to bring support for the Chinese language to Siri next month as well. Today, Sina Tech reported Apple will introduce an update for iOS that integrates search functionality from Chinese giant Baidu into the operating system. The source also claimed an update could become available as early as next month.
There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech news we are lazy to post or left behind, there are stories on super computers, next-gen optical network, Apple and China, Chinese content from Flipboard and so on, check them out after the break. Video for this week: American television talk show reviews hilarious bra infomercial from China … Hope everyone have enjoyed your weekend and a fresh start to your week.
Don’t be deceived by the Android Robot. It’s fake. Google did not open a Android store in China yet, but probably it’s what Google considering to do in the future. These photos were taken in Zhuhai, a city on the southern coast of Guangdong province. The best part? The store is offering iPhone and Xiaomi phone, and there’s a glowing Apple logo inside it!
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