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Qiji i6, The First Handset Supports Both Android And Window Mobile

[Translate] QIGI Future Technology Co., Ltd. (Beijing), a company mainly focus on the development, production and sale of the Windows smartphone, has just unleashed its new smartphone, Qiji i6, the first handset supports both Android (i6 Goal) and Window Mobile system (i6 Win). Equipped with Marvell Monohans 624MHz processor, 256MB Rom and 128MB Ram, SirF...

BesTV, The Leading Provider of IPTV Service in China

[Translate] 2 millions subscribers, bundled with China Telecom’s broadband service and operated by Shanghai Media Group (SMG), a multimedia television and radio broadcasting, news and Internet company with capital assets around RMB 11.7 billion, IPTV service provided by BestTV seems irresistible in China. “We are expecting 10 millions subscribers within 2 years and by then...

Tencent, Crystal CG and Ogilvy Building Virtual World Expo 2010

[Translate] Thanks to Second Life, many of you have reckoned that virtual world would be the future of the web and some of us even link it to the so-called Web3.0 (or you can say Web3.d). I am glad that Chinese officials ‘feel’ the trend: Shanghai World Expo 2010 will be the first time held...

Baidu’s Adventure in Japan

[Translate] Perhaps the most discussed topic during my dissertation trip in China was Baidu’s decision to enter the Japanese search engine market in January 2008. It was the first thing that came to mind of just about everyone I spoke with on the topic of my study. Following a nearly year long study of Japanese-language...

Google And Tencent Partnership On Search Engine Will End Soon

[Translate] For over 1.5 years, Tencent’s search engine Soso has been powered by Google, i.e. Soso has been using Google’s search engine technology to provide results to to its users. ‘This partnership will end soon and Soso will be re-launched and powered by Tencent’s own search engine’, an insider told me when I was in...

Designer and Developer Frontend Technology Forum 08

[Translate] Regarded as THE forum for web and frontend developers, D2 will be held on the 29th November in Shanghai. Being a forum by developers for developers, the forum is being organized in turns. TaoBao was the founding organization, Yahoo China took the honor the second time and Tudou will be organizing this time. Coordinator...

Genoom, Huge Family Tree Extending to China

[Translate] If you run a family-centric site, I bet you can not forget China, although none of those family-centric sites has rocked Chinese market yet. We got in touch with Bob Samii, Marketing Director of Genoom.com which is reported as the 3rd largest social networking site (with 3.5millions user profiles) focusing on connecting families. Genoom...

Red Herring Top 100 Asia Awards Finalists Announced

[Translate] The “Red Herring 100″ awards have been open and awarded to the top 100 private technology companies based upon technology innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition and financial health for over 10 years. Red Herring Asia (4th Edition) which will be held in Hong Kong, JW Marriott Hotel, December 2-3, 2008,...

China Video Sharing Industry will Reshuffle

[Translate] Liu Yan, the CEO of video web site “6 Room” (6.cn) said 6 Room plans to lay off employees from 200 to 60, but don’t like the rumors of only 10. At the same time, Liu Yan said 6 Rooms will not layoff before the end of this year. On the contrary, the company...

Google Adds New Technology to Search PDF Files

[Translate] [Searching PDF files might be a small feature added to Google search engine, and it will not become a huge impact on recent search engine markets. The reason we decided to publish this news here is that, we are so crazy with SNS these days, and probably we should calm down and think about...

GoPlanit, Your Travel Planning Tool

[Translate] [GoPlanit's public launch was announced by CEO Steve Chen while he's presenting on stage as a finalist during this year's TechCrunch 50 Conference. Travel planning can be very frustrating and time-consuming. GoPlanit helps simplifying this - saving the time, money, and aggravation! Our guest editor Jonathan Tse got in touch with its COO Jimmy...