When is the last time you book a flight ticket without checking any online travelling site? Well, I guess it has been ages for most of you, and so it is for most Chinese travellers. Zhang Haijun, the CEO of travelling meta-search Kuxun predicted that in two or three years, online booked air tickets would […]
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Finance Startups in Hong Kong and the Rest of the world
[This article is contributed by Carlo Pandian who is a business graduate interested in finance, start-up and technology. He also writes tutorials on Intuit QuickBooks Online and has previously contributed to tech blogs such as Under30CEO, Startup Malaysia and Bisnis Startup. Carlo loves to investigate new media trends and share his thoughts with online tech communities.] For […]
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Veteran Musician: No Pirated Digital Music in China Any More in Three Months
Gao Xiaosong, one of the most well-known musicians in China, said at a music event today that the Chinese music industry would see the end of online music piracy online as soon as July(report in Chinese). “After the revision of IPR regulation in last year and with musicians’ efforts, we’ll see enormous changes after July 1st. […]
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How Big Is the Online Music Show Market in China?
9158, who is recognized as the inventor of the profitable online live music show, reportedly made one billion yuan in revenue in 2011. The company denied it. But the founder did tell media last year that the costs, revenue cuts going to performers and related cost, were about 300-400 million yuan and gross margin was 20%. […]
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Yahoo! China is Going Home Soon?
News came that the e-commerce giant Alibaba Group would return the adopted child Yahoo! China to its birth parents in the US through a share swap as soon as this May. Former Yahoo staff said that in the rest of the year, the company would relocate to Hangzhou (headquarters of Alibaba) and focused on the […]
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Qihoo360 Search Speeds Up Monetization
An insider from Qihoo disclosed that the company had branched out its agents for search advertising in eight regions, Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang province, Jiangsu province, Guangdong province, Hebei province, Shandong province and Henan province. Three advertising products are offered. The first one is paid search. The second one is somewhat like Baidu’s Brand Zone, featuring […]
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Shanda to Launch A Smart Watch
Yesterday we heard that Xiaomi was developing a pair of Smart Shoes. Today we have Guoke, a hardware company under Shanda, revealing updates about its new gadget, Bambook Smart Watch. The watch will be launched in the upcoming June. Not only does it has a model running the ubiquitous Android, but also one running the newly […]
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InitialView Offers Unique Video Interview to Enhance the Communication Between U.S. Universities and Chinese Applicants
[This past Saturday I had the opportunity to sit in on Prof. Steve Hansen’s class at Beijing University’s Guanghua School of Management. Prof. Hansen’s class is on one of the hottest topics being debated in China right now: entrepreneurship. Each week he is inviting entrepreneurs in Beijing to guest lecture, and this past week he […]
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Xiaomi Smart Shoes?
Xiaomi, the smartphone company, started selling canvas shoes (in the image) one week ago. Today, Li Wanqiang, co-founder and vice president of Xiaomi, disclosed that they, actually, were developing a pair of “smart” shoes (report in Chinese). The Xiaomi smart shoes can connect to Xiaomi phone to track the road you travel or count heart beats when you are […]
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Chinese Operator Saw Losses in Text & Voice Businesses, Worried About WeChat
Last week rumors circulated that the big three Chinese operators were in talks with Tencent about WeChat’s snatching their text and voice businesses. One rumor went as far as the big three were going to charge WeChat users separately or even Tencent, WeChat’s parent company. Tencent denied the latter. But what’s true is China Mobile, […]