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China travel sites come together

sandy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:06:31 +0000

Quick Take: In the midst of difficult times, travel sites in China have come together in an alliance. The alliance objectives is to promote domestic tourism and other synergies.

China Tech news: Chinese Internet Travel Media Form Alliance

Baidu signs up with Suning

sandy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:05:38 +0000

Quick Take: As per sources, Bing has tied up with home appliances company Suning, to provide search based solutions for suning businesses. Suning B2C appliances business will be also promoted on search marketing in Baidu.

Baidu to launch improved web stats

sandy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:04:13 +0000

Quick Take: As per reports, Baidu, will have a new improved web stats service by mid-August. The new service is result of one year of R & D and supposed to improve on search trends on Baidu.

Proactive investors: Baidu to launch improved web statistics service

China blocks twitter, other media from affected town

sandy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:02:34 +0000

Quick Take: China has block twitter, and other similar sites, in riots affected place, Urumqi, to censor news. There are reports that search egnines, Chinese video publishing sites and youtube are also facing problems.

BBC: China clampdown on tech in Urumqi; NYT: In Latest Upheaval, China Applies New Strategies to Control Flow of Information

Internet users defy China’s censors on riot: AFP

sandy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:01:45 +0000

Quick Take: Chinese internet users have posted information and videos on various internet sites, of riots in north-west China, AFP reports. AFP also reports, that Chinese government tried to censor news on internet in terms of blogs and videos removed.

AFP Story: Savvy Internet users defy China’s censors on riot

Google to increase China revenues Q-on-Q

sandy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:00:43 +0000

Quick Take: As per various reports, Google is to increase its revenues Q-on-Q in China, to the tune of 25% by some estimates. This news comes amid all the concerns Chinese Government has shown towards Google to “be spreading pornography”.

Brand Republic: Google set to boost ad revenue by 25 per cent in China

PC makers offer “Green Dam” inclusion in China

sandy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Quick Take: PC makers in China like Acer, have offer “Green Dam” as part of software package in new PCs. The “Green Dam” is not yet mandatory in China, still it will be available in new PCs and can be easily removed by running a patch, this is upon request of Chinese government.

AFP: PC makers offer China Internet filter

315.com.cn to get 100 million funding

sandy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:59:23 +0000

Quick Take: Shenzhen Fortune Venture Capital has announced 100 million Chinese Yuan funding in Beijing-based business-to-business e-commerce site 315.com.cn. The site is in online trading, for B2B segment, dealing in commodities.

China Tech News: Fortune VC Invests CNY100 Million In 315.com.cn

“World of Warcraft” to be Delayed

sandy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:58:34 +0000

Quick Take: The “World of Warcraft” Online game, which was scheduled to be relaunched in China, in late June, is going to be delayed. The game operating comapny netease reported that the delay is due to factors out of their control and no new timeframe for launch has been given.

Reuters: China’s NetEase says relaunch of key game delayed; China Tech News: NetEase.com Apologizes For Postponed WoW Game Server Opening

China delays “Green Dam”

sandy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:57:40 +0000

Quick Take: China has delayed the internet filter project, The Chinese ministry has said that mass installation will need more time. Although toobars and free downloads are available.

Xinhuanet: China delays mandatory installation of controversial filtering software