China-based Shanda Literature announced an adjustment to its Cloudary in which the company will divest its content and hardware businesses. After the adjustment, Cloudary will still be responsible for Shanda's Bambook e-reader. However, the Cloudary app will be integrated with that of Qidian.com, another Internet literature branch of Shanda Literature. This adjustment aims to solve […]

The Nokia Experience and Innovation Center and China Mobile have jointly launched a Windows Phone application development contest that aims to recruit over 1,000 applications over the next four months. The Nokia Experience and Innovation Center is an entrepreneur support platform established for mobile Internet developers. It provides capital, technology, marketing, and venue support to […]

Chinese telecom device maker ZTE published its semi-annual performance results ended June 30, 2013, stating that during the first half of 2013, the company achieved operating revenue of CNY37.708 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 11.57%; while its net profit attributable to shareholders was CNY302 million, a year-on-year increase of 23.47%. According to the report, the […]

With security and spying concerns breathing down its neck in other parts of the world, Chinese telecom device maker Huawei plans to invest EUR100 million in Romania over the next five years. Huawei has been operating businesses in Romania for over ten years and it currently has about 800 employees in this country. Its facilities […]

Google announced that John Liu, Google's head of Greater China and global vice president, will soon depart the company, and his role will be taken over by Scott Beaumont, who leads Google's partnerships business in Europe, in August 2013. Public files show that Liu joined Google in January 2008 as Google's global vice president, leading […]

After China Mobile announced a decrease of its international roaming fee at the beginning of July 2013, Chinese telecom operator China Unicom now says it will lower international roaming fees in 39 countries and regions, with an average decrease rate of 47%. After the roaming fee decrease, China Unicom's users who travel to countries and […]

Taiwanese PC maker published its performance results for the second quarter of 2013, stating that due to the sales decrease of laptops and tablets, the company's operating revenue decreased by 13% to NTD99.6 billion. This is reportedly the first time for Asus to see quarterly operating revenue of less than NTD100 billion since the second […]

Chinese search engine provider Baidu Inc. intends to buy a Chinese mobile app store for USD1.9 billion. Baidu has signed a memorandum of understanding for a proposed acquisition of all equity interests in NetDragon's 91 Wireless Websoft Limited. Started in 2007, 91 Wireless develops and operates two smartphone app distribution platforms in China, named 91 […]

Chinese telecom device maker ZTE and mobile phone retail chain D.phone have reached a strategic cooperation deal to jointly increase the sales of ZTE's phones in D.phone stores. As the competition in the Chinese smartphone market grows intense and margins shrink, ZTE, which had good performance in the carrier customized product sector, attaches more importance […]

Israeli information technology outsourcing service provider Matrix announced that they have opened a mobile application development center in Changzhou, Jiangsu. The new development center will focus on mobile application development for Chinese and worldwide customers. The company said they plan to open more research and development centers in China. The new development center is a […]

Microsoft announced that its Microsoft Ventures, a startup initiative that aligns the BizSpark community program, the Accelerator program, and the Seed Fund, has been formally launched in China. Meanwhile, the company announced the third batch of enterprises that are included in Microsoft's cloud accelerator. Microsoft Ventures integrates Microsoft's various resources on a worldwide platform for […]

Chinese telecom device maker ZTE has launched its first Firefox OS smartphone named Open in Europe with the price of EUR69, which is about CNY552. ZTE's Open adopts a 3.5-inch display with the resolution of 480×320. It has a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM7225A processor, 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM, a 3.2 million pixel rear camera, and the […]

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile unveiled last week a CNY18 daily international roaming package in 63 countries and regions frequented by Chinese travelers. Meanwhile, the company will include 62 countries and regions, including Canada and Russia, into its CNY1, CNY2, and CNY3 international roaming fee zones. So far, all the 242 countries and regions where […]

Chinese online game developer and operator Giant Interactive Group and South Korean game developer and operator Ntreev Soft Company Ltd. signed an agreement in Shanghai for the launch of a new product in China. Under the agreement, the two parties will cooperate in the development and operation of mobile game products. Their first product Project […]

Apps such as Hailo and Uber that operate on mobile devices and assist passengers to book taxis in Shanghai are facing more scrutiny in one of China's largest cities. According to Chinese media reports, these types of third-party apps have led to disputes and are potentially dangerous as cabbies spend too much time looking at […]

Xi Guohua, chairman of China Mobile, revealed that the TD-LTE industry has matured and 11 new TD-LTE mobile phones are expected to be launched in 2013 by his company. During the CommunicAsia 2013 conference held in Shanghai, Xi said this maturation is an encouraging situation. At present, there are over 160 TD-LTE devices launched across […]