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Survey shows one third of Chinese 3G buyers prefer iPhone

Published on: 8th April, 2011

According to a recent AlphaWise/Morgan Stanley survey, Apple is managing quite well in the phone industry in China. Among the 2,029 Chinese users of cellphones interviewed in February and March, 88 percent claimed they would buy a smartphone as their next phone. Thirty percent of the group intending to acquire a 3G phone declared they [...]

China accused of hacking Gmail to suppress dissent

Published on: 24th March, 2011

A few days ago, Google accused the government of China for the second time to have hacked into Gmail accounts in order to quash protest. Numerous problems of Chinese customers have been signalled over the past month for both sending and flagging messages. Activists are said to have been the primary targets, but attacks were [...]

Tianhe-1A Chinese supercomputer with NVIDIA Tesla

Published on: 31st October, 2010

A new supercomputer, the Chinese Tianhe-1A, was unveiled at HPC 2010 in China and has set a new performance benchmark at 2.507 petaflops. It has become the fastest in the world and has taken the title from the Cray XT5, made in US, which had a performance of 1.756 petaflops. The new supercomputer uses 7,168 [...]

Citibank analyst says Foxconn raises prices for Apple, Nokia

Published on: 18th October, 2010

Analyst Chang Kaiwei from Citibank said that Foxconn would raise the prices it charges Microsoft, Apple and Nokia as a compensation for its workers’ second pay raise. Effective this month, the unspecified charges would keep up Foxconn’s profits and would at the same time improve its workers’ welfare. However, neither Foxconn nor its parent company [...]

Android applications accused of sending GPS and phone numbers to advertising companies

Published on: 5th October, 2010

A joint study from Intel Labs, Penn State University and Duke University has revealed that some Android applications were sending potentially dangerous levels of personal and location information to ad producers. The study found that of thirty free applications, about half were providing advertisers with the positioning of the user and even phone numbers, beyond [...]

iPhone 4 launched in China to crowds of customers

Published on: 30th September, 2010

Apple has enjoyed a large interest in its iPhone 4 during the China launch. About one thousand customers came at the new store in Beijing two days before the official date of the launch. They joined another 50,000 customers already having pre-ordered the phone. This does not include those owners who have already obtained the [...]

Apple to sell iPhone 4 in China, along with the opening of two new stores

Published on: 25th September, 2010

On September 19, 2010, Apple has confirmed its plans to release the iPhone 4 in China, but also added that there will be two new Chinese stores. The device will start selling in China on September 25 at 8AM local time. The official Apple stores will be selling contract-free 16GB and 32GB models for 4,999 [...]

Meizu’s head claims the new iPod is alike M9 II

Published on: 9th September, 2010

Meizu is supposed to be preparing another clone of an Apple device, the M9 II, already shown in teaser photos published by J. Wong, the company’s head. Meizu’s executive claims that the new iPod touch of Apple looks like the M9 II. The device created by the Chinese company has, however, a 960×480 touchscreen, a [...]

New motion-controlled gaming console Ebox supported by Lenovo

Published on: 1st September, 2010

Lenovo is providing financial support and technical input for a new motion-controlled gaming console which is specifically developed for the Chinese market. The Ebox will be made and distributed by Eedoo Technology Ltd from Beijing, a Lenovo’s business arm. Funds reaching $10 million and about 40 members of Lenovo’s technical staff contributing to this project. [...]

$50 Android tablet may be produced by Allgo for India

Published on: 26th August, 2010

Allgo, a private company in India, is currently showing off a prototype Android tablet which only costs $50 to build. The device called Stamp is a seven-inch tablet and has spent over 18 months in development; now, it can wirelessly browse the Internet, run basic applications and even playback video and audio files. It benefits [...]

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