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Youa Spun off from Baidu to Operate Independently, Raising Tens of Millions
[Translate] Youa, the ecommerce subsidiary of Baidu announced today raising US dollars tens of millions from IDC-Accel and Qiming Venture Partners and spinning off from Baidu as an independent company, a move which is part of a broader and growing effort of the Chinese search giant to venture into the heated Chinese ecommerce market, again....
Qihoo 360 in Talks with Follow5 for Potential Acquisition
[Translate] We wrote about microblog syncing service Follow5 which went online since 2007 discontinuing service early this month, well, it seems the company could have another shot. According to people familiar with the matter, Follow5 is currently in talks with several companies about selling the company with Qihoo 360 as one of the potential buyer....
How Can China and Korea Help Internet Game Addicts?
[Translate] CNN reported last week that South Korea has implemented a controversial law called “Shutdown law” or “Cinderella law”, which bans people under the age of 16 to play games online after midnight. South Korea is infamous for having the best and most addicted gamers in the world. Their addiction in the online world has...
Drumo, Discover Your City with LBS Question & Answers
[Translate] It’s rather rare to stumble upon a cool start-up from my hometown of Sydney, but as soon as I read about it on TechCrunch and figured out the Co-Founder, Elliott Risby was following us on Twitter (@technodechina), I jumped at the chance to interview him. Put simply, Drumo is a location based, Quora like...
GitHub: Better Community Than Tool
[Translate] I answered such a question on Zhihu a few days ago: How did GitHub get so popular? The founders of GitHub once mentioned how they met at a Ruby developer meetup in the book Startups Open Sourced and why they value community engagement so much. Their GitHub Drinkup gatherings which started from Bay Area and...
Ministry of Industry Invests 3 Bn Yuan to Support SMEs, says Baidu
[Translate] ZD Net reported today that Baidu announced that China’s Ministry of Industry will invest a hefty 3 Billion yuan to support SME’s. Called the glorious “Millions of small and medium power Xiang plan”, the investment will be used to help 2 million SME’s access Baidu products and services to boost productivity and sales. According...
No More Cartoon Emoticons, Express Yourself with 3D Living Portraits
[Translate] In our busy lives, time is of the essence and getting the message across in the shortest possible time makes a lot of difference. When we are communicating by mobile or instant messaging, it is customary to use a cute emoticon to express how we feel. happy sad =/ worried joking But we must...
Sina Launches Walkie-Talkie Service Sina Weiyou
[Translate] It’s known to all that Tencent build its entire empire on top of QQ IM service, and we noticed many times that Sina is also trying to leverage the popularity of its Weibo service to expand it tentacles – through the introduction of Qing weibo (Tumblr-like), real-time search engine, WebIM, 3rd apps center and...
China BizTech This Week
[Translate] Announcing the ChinaBang Awards Announcing ChinaBang Awards 2011, the Most Respectable Chinese Startup-Focus Annual Awards Shanghai is Catching up with Beijing’s Startup Ecosystem YesOrNo, Toy Story,Chatbox and Medhome, Four Winning Teams from StartupWeekend Shanghai Startup Cafe, CoWorking Space, Incubators and GirlsinTech, Shanghai Is Getting More Interesting for Startups Fundings And Profits Healthcare...
Startup Cafe, CoWorking Space, Incubators and GirlsinTech, Shanghai Is Getting More Interesting for Startups
Eight local companies/startups presented at TechNode Touch event in Shanghai (co-hosted with AppChina), including VeryCD (the largest eD2k-link file sharing site in China), Mobcent, 173zy.com (web/mobile games development company), Zuikong (eBook publisher), iBobar (a portal for audio content distribution), iKuaishou (a video content aggregation for mobile), iKeepU (a content discover platform) and mBook (a leading...
Baidu’s Qiyi Launches New Brand Name iQiyi
[Translate] Still remember the Qwister setback for Netflix? The company finally made peace with its angry customers by announcing backing off the plan to spin off and rebrand its DVD rental business. If there’s anything we can learn from the irritation, it should be that don’t easily give up your existing brand name easily –...
Korean Mobile Gaming, Igniting the Engine of Growth
[Translate] This article is written by James Jung , founder of Korea-based technology blog Onsuccess.me, where you can find insights into Korean startup ecosystem and tech space. Apple, on November 2, opened a game category window on its Korean App-store, thanks to which Korean users no longer need foreign account access to download games using Apple’s...
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