In China what can be shown on TV is tightly controlled by the widely-hated SARFT. When a new generation of set-top boxes able to stream online video emerged in the Chinese market, SARFT stepped in, only allowing videos from seven licensed content providers. Connected TVs which have come out since have to play by these regulations […]
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Chinese Smartphone Maker Meizu to Raise Funding and Set up R&D Center in the US to Take on Xiaomi
Meizu as a smartphone maker isn’t so well-known to the world outside mainland China as Huawei, ZTE and, more recently, Xiaomi. However, Huang Zhang — aka J.W. (Jhon Wong), founder of Meizu is a legendary figure in China’s consumer electronics market. For a long time he was the chairman of the board but now is back to […]
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Connected Karaoke Bars: The New Battlefield for Chinese Music Services
Chinese online video broadcast platform Tiange (also known as 9158) and mobile Karaoke app Changba have been working on connected Karaoke clubs, trying to disrupt an entertainment experience Chinese have been OK with for many years. What they have in common is they want the equipment in Karaoke clubs, the TV display and the song-ordering system […]
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China’s M-commerce Turnover Rockets 378% YOY to 254B Yuan in H1 2014
China’s high-speed increase of e-commerce industry in the past decade seems to drawing to a close in recent years. According to report released by China e-Business Research Center, Chinese e-commerce volume sales increased by 43.9% YOY from 754.2 billion yuan (around US$123 billion) in H1 2013 to 1.08 trillion yuan in H1 2014. The whole-year sale […]
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Keyboard App TouchPal, Now with 200M Registered Users, Embraces The Proven Chinese Monetization Solution, Stopping Charging Licensing Fees Overseas
TouchPal Keyboard, a mobile text input solution by Chinese developer CooTek, announced 200 registered users today. It’s been only two months since it announced 170 million registered users. The rapid growth of installs must be largely driven by the fact that the company has been working with Android phone makers including Sumsang, Sony and the […]
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Weibo Payment to Open up to Every User. Alibaba’s Countermeasure to WeChat Mobile Store?
Weibo launched Weibo Payment less than half a year ago. Today Weibo Payment announced to open up to “every user”, either business or individual, at the end of this month. Users, however, need to apply and no details on approval rules have been disclosed today. It will make Weibo, according to the company, a “social commerce […]
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JD+, Smart Hardware Accelerator by Chinese Online Retail Giant JD.com
Chinese online retail giant JD.com has become one of the first distributors smart hardware makers would turn to whenever they are about to ship products. When maker revolution was about to explode JD established a sub-channel for selling smart hardware products only. Earlier this year, the company launched JD+, an accelerator for smart hardware products, offering funding, […]
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58% of Active Smart Mobile Devices in China were in Third or Lower-tier Cities as of Q1 2014: Umeng Report
As of Q1 2014, 58% of the total active smart mobile devices, including smartphones and pads, were in third or lower-tier cities in China, according to the latest report released by Umeng, the mobile analytics and service provider of Alibaba Group. Out of the 780 million active devices on Umeng covers, the active devices in third […]
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Tencent Joins Android Launcher Trend
We see Android launcher will be one of the hottest topics in China in 2014. Ambitious Chinese companies or entrepreneurs always want control of users’ access to Internet services and then monetize user traffic or sell services to users. On the Chinese Web, Qihoo is such a company that successfully converted its free security users […]
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Mobile Search Wandoujia Has Two Major Chinese Mobile Search Services Adopted Its API
Chinese mobile app & in-app search service Wandoujia has had 31 partners adopted its API. Those partners not only include retailer Suning, and smart device makers such as Xiaomi, Meizu and ASUS, but also a couple of mobile search services, Sogou and the newly established Shenma. Users of those smart devices or mobile search services […]
