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24 Feb 2020

Mobile app uses AR to locate friends in a crowd

Mobile app uses AR to locate friends in a crowd

10 Jun 2019

China tech firms shake up world's biggest car market

China tech firms shake up world's biggest car market

24 Apr 2015

'Great Cannon' expands China web blocking: researchers

'Great Cannon' expands China web blocking: researchers

13 Apr 2015

China blasts Google security move as 'unacceptable'

China blasts Google security move as 'unacceptable'

7 Apr 2015

New media, New China: Xinhua relaunch on barred networks

New media, New China: Xinhua relaunch on barred networks

5 Mar 2015

Kim Jong-Un - not crying, but he won't like the 'crying pig' reference. (Image extracted from YouTube)

Pro-IS hackers hijack Facebook page linked to North Korea airline

15 Jan 2015

China smartphone maker Xiaomi wants slice of Apple pie

China smartphone maker Xiaomi wants slice of Apple pie

9 Jan 2015

Chinese paper blames Google over Gmail blocking

Chinese paper blames Google over Gmail blocking

31 Dec 2014

To VPN or not to VPN - the case for, as Gmail's blocked in China - again

To VPN or not to VPN - the case for, as Gmail's blocked in China - again

29 Dec 2014

Twitter to set up shop in Hong Kong

Twitter to set up shop in Hong Kong

12 Nov 2014

Samsung wobbles but stays its ground

Samsung wobbles but stays its ground

4 Nov 2014

Sales of the Galaxy Note 4 have not been as impressive as Samsung had hoped amid increasing competition from phones like the iPhone 6. Image:

Samsung's profits plunge to three-year low

31 Oct 2014

Toshiba has reported profits of ¥30.8bn for the six months to September, 43% higher than its profits last year. The conglomerate is involved in a host of industries including power generation, transmission systems and medical equipment to computer chips and laptops. Image:

Toshiba's profits of ¥30,8bn in six months

31 Oct 2014

Information technology company Fujitsu has seen its profit rise 31.5% year-on-year but warns that the higher sales tax in Japan is dampening consumer sales in the Japanese market. Image: Fujitsu

Fujitsu's profits up by 31,5%

31 Oct 2014

Li Shaohua announces the creation of China's new travel platform Alitrip, that takes over the Taobao Travel, also part of the Alibaba empire. Image:

Alibaba creates Alitrip for online travel arrangements

29 Oct 2014

Facebook was ordered to reveal the IP addresses of two fake accounts used to post revealing revenge porn photographs taken of a woman in Tokyo. Image:

Facebook ordered to reveal revenge porn IP addresses

22 Oct 2014

Thousands of students protesting in Hong Kong were tear-gassed by police last week. Then hacking group Anonymous threatened to sabotage "all government websites" and now five hackers have been arrested and detained. Image:

Five alleged hackers arrested in Hong Kong

7 Oct 2014

Microsoft's Xbox One is the first gaming console allowed to be sold in China but users say the games on offer are dull and uninspiring and the prices for the consoles are too high. Image: Xbox

Xbox now available in China

30 Sep 2014

Adobe says it will close its offices in Beijing and shut down the research and development division there, putting 350 people out of work. Image: http://chinhdangvu.blogspot.com Chinhdangvu]]

Adobe to shut research arm in Beijing

26 Sep 2014

Apple's store in Ginza, Japan was buzzing as people from various countries including China queued for hours to get their hands on the new phones and sell them at a profit in mainland China. Image: Apple

Huge demand for iPhone 6 from Chinese buyers

22 Sep 2014

Sony's Kazuo Hirai says a new business strategy is in place but it will take years before Sony returns to profitability after years of losses. Image:

Sony warns it will lose $2.14bn this year

18 Sep 2014

Rakuten's Hiroshi Mikitani has bought US-based Ebates for $1bn to gain a foothold in the US market. Image:

Rakuten buys shopping site Ebates for $1bn

10 Sep 2014

Samsung's new Gear S smartphone that receives and makes calls without being tethered to a mobile phone. Image:

Samsung, LG making new smartwatches

29 Aug 2014

The SAIC's Zhang Mao says Microsoft is being investigated for flaunting China's anti-monopoly laws particularly with Windows, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player. Image:

Microsoft's music player and browser scrutinised by China

26 Aug 2014

Fans have asked Nintendo to name a character after Robin Williams for its new Legend of Zelda game. Williams was a huge fan of the game and advertised it too. Williams died last week. Image:

Fans ask that Robin Williams be part of new instalment in Legend of Zelda

20 Aug 2014

Founder and Chief Executive of SmartThings has sold his start-up to Samsung as the South Korean company tries to expand away from its reliance on the smartphone market for profits. Image:

Samsung buys US firm SmartThings

18 Aug 2014

Lenovo's smartphone shipments grew by 39% year-on-year as it made strong inroads into the smartphone market. Image:

Lenovo's profits rise by 23% to $214m

15 Aug 2014