China has vowed to crack down on social media controls in a move that surprised nary and SEO or SMM. The growth of micro logs and people having an opinion which may be contrary to the opinion of the ruling communist government has sparked this announcement. Social media plays into this because the combination of [...]
China Cracks Down on Social Media Bloggers – Again
October 31st, 2011China’s hPhone Dogs Apple
August 12th, 2011You may not have an iPhone 5 yet – because it isn’t available yet, but if you live in China you may be able to get your hands on or already have the hiPhone 5. The hiPhone is of course a knock-off of the much anticipated iPhone 5 from Apple which is due out whenever [...]
Facebook and Zynga for China…
August 3rd, 2011…gamers’ paradise or rip-off? Zynga Games, best known for sucking more billable hours out of employees than perhaps any company in history (Purely speculating) by convincing people that they need to plant, tend and harvest imaginary farm crops along with thousands of other mindless tasks has breached the China Seal. Before long, the Chinese may [...]
A Baidu Android?
July 24th, 2010Chinese Internet search giant Baidu Inc. is stepping into the mobile market – trying to reach agreements with smartphone makers that use Google’s Android operating system. The Beijing-based company wants to embed a Baidu search box on phones headed for the Chinese market, according to company’s Chief Executive Robin Li, who stated that Baidu’s goal [...]
China Backs Down, Renews Google’s License
July 9th, 2010In the face of enormous backlash from China’s scientific and educational communities in response to threats of shutting Google down in China entirely, a compromise has apparently been reached allowing the Chinese government to save face and Google to continue to operate uncensored. In 2007, when Google originally secured a license to operate in China, [...]