Chinese online game developer and operator The9 has announced with smartphone maker Sony Ericsson that starting this month The9 will be the exclusive operator and technical supporter for Sony Ericsson's PlayNow application store in China. PlayNow application store provides mobile application programs as well as entertainment resources like ringtones and themes for users of Sony [...]

Rovio, developer of the gaming application Angry Birds, reportedly plans to launch IPO in Hong Kong in 2013. According to reports in Finnish publication Tekniikka & Talous, Peter Vesterbacka, chief marketing officer of Rovio, revealed that Rovio hopes to become a media company with market value similar with Disney, whose market value is about USD65.3 [...]

After an upgrade, Apple changed the terms of use of its App Store in China and has started accepting Yuan-denominated settlement in the country. At present, Apple's App Store supports Renminbi payments with bank cards and credit cards issued by various Chinese banks, including China Merchants Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction [...]

Chinese mobile browser developer UCWeb has officially established a new subsidiary in New Delhi, India, and the company launched its latest UCWeb 8.0 version for Android in the country. Yu Yongfu, chairman and chief executive officer of UC, said that they see great traction in the Indian mobile Internet space, especially with the increase in [...]

By the end of September 2011, there were 150 million registered users of mobile phone application stores in China, an increase of almost 50% compared with the previous quarter, according to latest statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The statistics showed that by the end of the third quarter of 2011, [...]

Beijing technology entrepreneurs and software firms should shut their doors and turn off the lights, as Microsoft China might be aiming at hiring away some top young talent. With the launch of a campus recruitment activity in Peking University, Microsoft China has started its newest recruitment round for the 2012 fiscal year and the company [...]

Microsoft has announced that its application store Market Place will open to developers in China at the end of October 2011. Simon Leung, chairman for Microsoft Greater China, told local media that Microsoft's application store currently has over 30,000 applications and it will be opened to Chinese developers at the end of this month. By [...]

Chinese software provider Kingsoft has launched its WPS 2012 office software and a mobile edition WPS for the Android system. The 2012 edition WPS reportedly integrates an email client software and PDF reader for the first time. Ge Ke, chief executive officer for Kingsoft's office software, said that the new WPS product marks an overall [...]

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei and Deutsche Telekom have signed a strategic cooperation memorandum of understanding to jointly expand services within the enterprise business market. This move marks Huawei's further step of its expansion into the high-end market in Europe. Under the framework agreement signed between the two parties, Huawei and Deutsche Telekom will implement [...]

Swedish networking equipment maker Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson has announced that to meet the increasing demands for telecom management services in China and the world, the company will set up a new global network operating center in China. The company said that the new global network operating center aims to enhance its managed service delivery [...]

The Russian innovation company i-Free has announced in Beijing that it will launch its top mobile phone applications products in the mainland China market. These products include PowerAMP Music Player, a non-game application; some casual games produced by Alawar Entertainment, an international publisher and distributor of casual games; Smartive, i-Free self-developed mobile software which help [...]

Chinese technology company UC has announced that it has teamed with the National Software and Integrated Circuit Public Service Platform in the establishment of the first national mobile Internet application innovation center in China. This is also reportedly the first industry research organization co-founded by a national public service platform and a business unit in [...]

Chinese Internet security provider Kingsoft Network and Wi-Fi service provider WiWide have announced that the two companies have formed a strategic partnership to provide cloud security Internet services to 6,000 business users across China. The cooperation will make Kingsoft the first anti-virus company that offers its security services in business venues, and the project is [...]

Norwegian mobile Internet browser provider Opera Software ASA has announced plans to set up a joint venture with the Chinese mobile phone dealer Telling Telecom Development Company, aiming to develop a customized mobile browser platform for the Chinese market. The new joint venture will have registered capital of CNY135 million, of which Telling Telecom will [...]

China Mobile and Microsoft have reached a deal to jointly promote the application of cloud computing technologies. Under the memorandum of understanding signed by the two parties, China Mobile and Microsoft will start cloud computing cooperation in various fields, including technology, marketing and services. Their cooperation will cover cloud computing; construction of optimized channels; joint [...]

Taiwanese PC maker Acer will launch its online application store in 2011. Gianfranco Lanci, CEO of Acer, revealed to media that Acer's application store will support the full range of Acer products, including PCs, smartphones, and tablet computers. At the same time, its applications can be run on equipment using various operating systems, including Google's [...]

According to Tan Qunzhao, chairman and CEO of the Chinese online game developer and operator Shanda Games, the company plans to launch several games for Apple's iPhone handsets and iPad tablet computers in the third quarter of 2010.
According to reports in local media, Tan explained that these games will mainly target overseas users. Because Apple [...]

Chinese search engine Baidu.com and mobile phone software organization Symbian Foundation are working together to expand Baidu's "box computing" concept to wireless applications.
The two parties announced a strategic initiative where they will co-establish a joint laboratory to stimulate the development and launch of wireless "box computing" tightly integrated with the Symbian platform.
Box computing refers to [...]

Intel has announced that it will cooperate with the Chinese Internet company Tencent to jointly develop the next-generation mobile Internet platform, MeeGo.
The cooperation is expected to bring a series of Tencent's featured applications to MeeGo. At the same time, the Chinese instant messaging and Internet value-added services provider will be able to expand its products [...]

Chinese security software provider 360 has announced plans to launch a permanently free-of-charge mobile phone security software product to help users solve increasing problems of spam SMS and nuisance calls.
Zhou Hongwei, chairman of 360, told local media that combining 360's security technologies with successful experience in fighting malware, trojans, and viruses, the company will provide [...]