Legal online movie services offered by sites like Youku and Tudou may benefit after e-commerce platform Taobao consents to Hollywood's pleas that it stop selling counterfeit movie discs.…
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Baidu shows China pushing forward mobile, cloud, maps and apps
Many may consider China a copycat country. But some of its biggest tech players are taking western ideas and improving upon them. Baidu shows off its own steps forward in several product categories.…
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As the details emerge about how Japan will try to reach its 35 percent renewable energy target by 2030, the early jockeying…
Read MoreChinese video leaders Youku and Tudou merge to cut costs
China's online video market is set for strong growth - so much so that the leading services are merging to share the costs of expansion.…
Read MoreInterview: How China’s giant Tencent makes users pay
No wonder Tencent ranked #9 in this year's paidContent 50. In a land considered a piracy hotbed, the massive Chinese service has attracted millions to pay for online experiences. It's all thanks to the humble instant messenger, Tencent GM Sophia Ong tells paidContent.…
Read MoreWhat’s a portal for in the mobile age? Sina searches its soul
Portals used to be the on-ramp to a world of desktop web services. But individual apps and services rule the smartphone waves. Sina admits it's worried and frightened about its role as internet springboard evaporating on mobile.…
Read MoreLook out, Zynga; China’s online game giants are coming to America
China's online games market is huge. Now some of its biggest publishers want to replicate that success in the west. Where does that leave Zynga and Playfish?…
Read MoreSustainability through the eyes of Apple
It seems that the last six months has brought an increasing focus on Apple’s conscience as everything from its labor practices in…
Read MoreAnimated infographic: China’s mobile internet boom
Check out all the key trends in China's fast-growing mobile segment, with this snazzy animated data-blast.…
Read MoreKobo’s big in Japan already, now heads to Italy
The Kobo e-reader looks like becoming an e-books success in Japan following its acquisition by Pinterest investor Rakuten.…
Read MoreIs geothermal poised for growth?
Geothermal energy remains a very small part of the global energy equation, contributing about a quarter of a percent to the global…
Read MoreRakuten putting Pinterest, Kobo to work in Japan
After acquiring and investing in e-books' Kobo and social sharing's Pinterest, Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten rolls both out at home in the same week.…
Read MoreMapping the global trade routes of mobile apps
Mobile apps may not be shipped on galleons or via airfreight, but they are definitely crossing oceans. According to data from VisionMobile’s recent developer survey, a big market around the import and export of apps has emerged globally.…
Read MoreApple presses play on iTunes, Apple TV expansion in Asia
On Wednesday Apple made a push to expand its content business in Asia. iTunes is now available for buying music and videos in 12 new countries, and its Apple TV set-top box is now for sale in four new countries in the region.…
Read MoreFour South Korean startups to watch
Korea's future as a startup hub is still a work in progress but I see a lot of reasons to be optimistic about companies emerging from this country of 50 million people. Here are four start-ups that caught my attention at the BeLaunch conference last week.…
Read MoreNews Corp’s IGN games site going to Asia-Pacific
News Corp's video gaming news and reviews site IGN is launching in to China, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Hong Kong, as part of its ambition to be a global games media brand.…
Read MorePinterest investor Rakuten buys its way in to European VOD
It seems the world has a new digital media M&A power player. Fresh from buying Play.com, Kobo and a piece of Pinterest, Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is acquiring Spanish TV and movie streaming service Wuaki.tv.…
Read MoreIs the iPhone overcrowding the world’s 3G networks?
There are an awful lot of active iPhones in the market, and according to a new report from Ericsson, those devices are having an outsized impact on the world's 3G networks. Traffic from the iPhone is nearing 50 percent of all data traversing carriers’ HSPA networks.…
Read MorePhorm taking even more money for ad targeting dream, now in China
Heard this one before? Controversial ISP-level web ads targeter Phorm is taking on more money to seek riches in another new country. But can it succeed in Asia where it has failed before?…
Read MoreDragons, bulls and bears: How are China’s digital media faring on Wall Street?
Wall Street is replete with Chinese digital media stocks. But, as the Nasdaq welcomes yet another amid Facebook's slump, how is the Chinese internet faring in New York?…
Read MoreFacebook doesn’t just want world domination: it needs it
Facebook's rise has come on the back of astonishing international growth -- but it needs to keep expanding everywhere, and in every way, to keep up with investors' expectations. Where can it find the silver bullet? And how will it happen?…
Read MoreJapan’s Docomo buying mobile content powerhouse Buongiorno for €224 million
Japan's largest mobile telco is about to buy in to mobile media content in Europe and farther afield, by acquiring one of the space's pioneer companies.…
Read MoreApple TV rumor mill makes millions as iTV ‘confirmed’
Apple may not be buying a high-design German home entertainment device maker, but that doesn't mean investors in the rumoured target company won't make a killing - and it doesn't mean it won't still have a part to play in Apple's iTV.…
Read MoreBBC’s Rivera wants to make 2012 digital’s Coronation
“The Olympics will be the biggest 19 days in the 15 years of BBC Online," says BBC future media director Ralph Rivera, as he summarises a big year for the service.…
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