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The Latest Chinese Export: Tencent’s QQ Mobile Browser, Via GetJar

Nov 22, 2011 5:54 AM

We’ve observed a lot of western companies looking to cash in on the explosive growth of China’s mobile population by taking their products into the country. Now here’s an example of a Chinese giant looking shop its own mobile services abroad: the internet portal Tencent is now distributing its QQ…

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Posted In: Apps, E-Commerce, Payment Systems, Entertainment, Games, Mobile, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Browsers, Companies, Apple, iTunes, Google, Android, T-Mobile, Countries, Asia, China, alibaba, app store, baidu, getjar, java, symbian, tencent

One More Step For Apple In China: It’s Now Accepting App Payments In Yuan

Nov 18, 2011 5:51 AM

China has become an increasingly important part of Apple’s empire, and today it looks like the company has taken one more step to growing that even more: the company is now accepting payments in Chinese Yuan on its App Store.

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Posted In: Apps, Legal, Piracy, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, iTunes, Countries, Asia, China, alibaba, alipay, apple store, china, china mobile, ebay, paypal, tencent

Apple’s Only Dipping A Toe Into Mobile Payments, But It Could Make A Splash

Nov 14, 2011 6:09 PM

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has yet to give a line on where it sees NFC in its future product and service roadmaps, but that doesn’t mean the company has ignored the issue of mobile payments, or decided to leave it entirely to third parties like Square to use its devices to…

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPhone, iTunes, Google, Android, Nokia, Countries, Asia, China, alibaba, alipay, apple store, barcodes, neomedia

The Latest App Store, From China’s Search Giant Baidu: ‘Baidu Yi’

Sep 2, 2011 5:14 AM

Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU), the search-portal provider and “Google (NSDQ: GOOG) of China,” has made a key move into the world of mobile today: it is launching its own app store, to be called “Baidu Yi,” which will be available on Google’s Android OS. The move comes after months of speculation…

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Posted In: Apps, Entertainment, Games, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Search, Companies, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Android, HTC, Nokia, Countries, Europe, UK, Asia, China, alibaba, baidu, baidu yi, sina, weibo

Alibaba Prepares Cloud-Based Mobile OS For Exploding Chinese Market

Jul 28, 2011 1:45 PM

It’s hard to imagine that the world needs another mobile operating system, but it may be exactly what China needs. Alibaba’s mobile group is preparing a Web-based mobile operating system for phones and tablets that could give the world’s largest mobile market a homegrown alternative to operating systems designed in…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Mobile, Companies, Google, Android, alibaba, allyun os

Mobile Lowdown 7-28-2011: iPhone Rumors, ‘Impossible’ Data Speeds, BBM 6

Jul 28, 2011 10:45 AM

Here’s a look at some of the top stories today in mobile:

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Posted In: Apps, Entertainment, Games, Gadgets, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPhone, RIM, BlackBerry, alibaba, nintendo, steve pearlman

Mobile Lowdown 7-5-11: iPhone 5; Vodafone; Google/RIM; HTC; Nokia; Alibaba

Jul 5, 2011 6:02 AM

A look at some of the big news in mobile today: —iPhone 5: Yet more details on what looks to be an iPhone 5 launch in the autumn. Taiwan notebook manufacturer Pegatron is thought to have received an order for 15 million iPhone 5s for shipment in September. A few…

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Posted In: Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Dennis Publishing, Google, Android, HTC, Nokia, RIM, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone, Countries, Asia, Japan, Europe, Germany, UK, alibaba, baidu, htc

Alibaba Plans To Spend At Least $200 Million On Acquisitions

Jun 3, 2009 1:43 AM

Most companies in the digital space are laying low when it comes to M&A these days but China’s Alibaba Group says it plans to spend at least $200 million on acquisitions over the next few years. Wei Zhang, who heads the e-commerce company’s strategic investment unit, told the WSJ Alibaba…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Companies, Yahoo, Countries, Asia, China, alibaba

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