China's Internet Titans Fend Off Mobile Challenge With Microblog Growth
Two of China’s largest internet companies have reported contrasting Q3 financial fortunes – but each’s mobile fortunes have been hit by new… Read more at paidContent »
Today in Green IT: 3 reasons cleantech VC is heading east
Kleiner Perkins’s $250 million China fund represents the logical next step in a migration of cleantech investment toward China, points out GigaOM Green IT analyst Adam Lesser. Here’s three reasons cleantech VC dollars are heading east. Read more »
Microsoft: Talking To Huawei For Android Patent License; Inks Openwave Deal
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) could be adding one more OEM to its list of Android licensees, and this one is a biggie: Huawei, the ambitious Chines… Read more at paidContent »
China Has 70 Android App Stores, But That Could Soon Whittle Down To 10
Android is on its way to becoming the most ubiquitous smartphone OS in the world, but could the fragmentation in the platform — the many ve… Read more at paidContent »
China Says No Net Video Allowed On TV
China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has been on the warpath recently. First, they threw a haymaker at China’s… Read more at paidContent »
Kleiner Perkins raising $250M China fund
Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is raising a second $250 million fund to invest in Chinese companies, according to a filing. Kleiner hasn’t closed on any of the funds yet, called the KPCB China Fund II, according to the document. Read more »
Mobile Apps Seeing ‘Astronomical’ Growth In China
These are the 10 countries where mobile apps have seen the fastest consumer adoption this year, new Flurry analytics show… Read more at paidContent »
Hey, T-Mobile USA: Here’s A Tip From China Mobile On How To Sell The iPhone
T-Mobile is the last major carrier in the U.S. not to have the iPhone — a consequence of the device’s radio chipsets being different from t… Read more at paidContent »
Huawei eyes cloud buys, but politics keep it away from U.S. startups
Huawei is planning to boost its cloud offerings on the software side through acquisitions, but thanks to the uncertain politics related to the Chinese government, U.S. startups may not be in the running. Read more »
Solar incentives to fall amid uncertain global economy
Another dark cloud is waiting for solar companies: the decline of government incentives that in the past have pumped the growth of the solar market worldwide. The United Kingdom, for example, plans to halve its subsidies for solar panels in 2012. Read more »
This is why Apple needs China
China Telecom, the No. 3 player in the Chinese mobile market, has managed to add 9 million subscribers in the third quarter and 26.4 million so far this year. No wonder mobile players such as Apple (AAPL) are so eager to get into the market. Read more »
Amazon’s China Story Continues: Planning For Kindle, Kindle Fire Release?
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) appears to be ramping up its activities in China. Today a report notes that the company is in talks with the Chinese gov… Read more at paidContent »
Bulls In Wall Street’s China Shop: Baidu Soars, Another IPO Planned
Beijing-based Chinese portal Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU) had the pleasure of telling the Nasdaq, where its stock is listed, how Q3 net income is up n… Read more at paidContent »
Amazon Goes It Alone In China, With A New Name And URL
The American e-commerce site Amazon has made some big changes to its China site today – there’s now a new name and a new short URL, in a s… Read more at paidContent »
Nokia Has A Brimful Of Hope For Emerging ‘Smart’ Phone Markets
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) unveiled four new Symbian S40 handsets designed to appeal to upwardly-mobile youngsters in emerging-markets with smartphon… Read more at paidContent »
WPP Buying Further In To Chinese Online Ad Measurement
photo: Yodel Anecdotal
Chinese digital ads measurement firm Moment Systems is taking a $20 million second round investment led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers… Read more at paidContent »
U.S. solar fights back against cheap Chinese panels
Solyndra bankruptcy has helped to fuel resentment toward China for its generous subsidies of Chinese solar companies. That resentment has morphed into petitions filed Wednesday that ask the U.S. government to investigate Chinese companies for allegedly flooding the U.S. market with goods below costs. Read more »
China is now Apple’s second-most important market
China isn’t just where Apple manufactures products. It’s now the country delivering the most revenue for them after the U.S. In the most recent quarter, China accounted for 16 percent of the Apple’s sales, and the company says it will continue to increase its presence. Read more »
Samsung Inks Deal With Yandex For Smart TV, Bada Mobile Services In Russia
Looks like Russia’s search giant Yandex is following in Google’s footsteps once again. Yandex is taking its services to new screens by inkin… Read more at paidContent »
Naspers Targets LatAm, Asia, East Europe Online Investments
Naspers is a case study in media operator reinvention. Formerly just a South African newspaper publisher, the firm has steadily launched ISP… Read more at paidContent »
Xyologic: Android Will Overtake Apple In Monthly Downloads In June 2012
The world of apps is only getting bigger, so it seems fitting that another company is jumping in to try to make sense of it all. One of the… Read more at paidContent »
China Cripples Android With Fitful Blocks of Gmail, Market Apps
Google’s chronicle of woes in China has grown even larger, with the apparent Great Firewall block of Android’s Market and Gmail apps by auth… Read more at paidContent »
China: Now the land of cleantech capital
China has long been perceived as the must-tackle market for clean power and cleantech, but it’s also become a spigot of private capital for startups that find the marriage of money and market opportunity particularly appealing. Read more »
New Service Gives Even The Most Basic Mobile Users Access To Facebook
Facebook’s annual conference, F8, was pretty thin on mobile news, but a news item today demonstrates how it’s not far out of Facebook’s site… Read more at paidContent »
How Will Apple’s iPhone 4S Stand Up To Competition? Depends On The Market
Quite a few commentators expressed a sense of deflation when Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) finally announced its newest device yesterday, the iPhone 4S… Read more at paidContent »
Yet More Reports Of DST, Alibaba And Silver Lake Swarming Over Yahoo
Not a new development, but further confirmation that there may be one on the horizon. China’s Alibaba, Russian investor Digital Sky Technolo… Read more at paidContent »
The Rising iPhone Tide Will Lift Some Carrier Boats More Than Others
Only one day left to iPhone news nirvana, and a lot of leaks are coming through about who will get to sell the device — and what, exactly,… Read more at paidContent »
Angry Birds Aside, Think Globally, Act Locally When It Comes To Mobile Apps
There’s no question that apps have become a global phenomenon in the mobile world — and who doesn’t want to catapult a cute red bird onto s… Read more at paidContent »
5 ways to go global in China
Accessing new markets can be daunting. But by understanding the landscape and taking the right approach, it’s easier than ever before. Robert Laing, CEO of myGengo, shares his tips for expanding your business into China, an increasingly emerging player in the online game. Read more »
Chinese Internet Stocks Bashed By DoJ Accounting Inquiry
Some of China’s biggest online firms are taking a battering on Wall Street, following a report the U.S. Department of Justice is investigati… Read more at paidContent »
China’s ‘Facebook’ RenRen Buys China’s ‘YouTube’ 56.com
A fusion of social and video in China… Renren, the social network which listed on Wall Street this spring, is acquiring the user-uploaded… Read more at paidContent »
Tencent Weibo Launches English Version, Goes Bilingual Faster than Sina
While surfing around Tencent Weibo today, we realized something unique about the Chinese microblogging site – it has launched an option to… Read more at paidContent »
Mobile Lowdown 9-23-11: Google Spain; Apple Stock, Apple In China; ZTE; HP
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Google has started to quietly distribute its own SIM cards with Nexus S devi… Read more at paidContent »
Report: Pandora Prepping A Move In To China, Looking For Local CEO
The streaming subscription music service Pandora (NYSE: P) is reportedly head-hunting a capable China-area CEO ahead of a Pandora service la… Read more at paidContent »
Mobile Lowdown 9-20-11: Apple Stock; Google/Oracle; Nokia; Verizon; Samsung
photo: Getty Images / Daniel Barry
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) stock reached an all-time high yesterday, closing at $411… Read more at paidContent »
Boston-Power lines up $125M to make EV batteries in China
Boston-Power, which once dreamed of building a lithium-ion cell battery factory in the United States, announced Tuesday it has lined up $125 million of investments to shift a big part of its business to China and thin its operation in the U.S. by about 35 percent. Read more »
A Free Twitter Has Lost In China To A Booming But Censored Weibo
photo: Sina Weibo
Twitter is now offering its web interface in Simplified Chinese. But a two-year-old block on Twitter being accessible in China has allowed S… Read more at paidContent »
