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 […]

Sina.com's microblog service Weibo.com has fully closed its open platform private messaging interface to prevent third-party applications from sending private messages to Weibo users. This move aims to solve some of the private messaging harassment problems users have complained about in recent months. However, it also tightens Sina's reins over how advertising messages are sent […]

Chinese social networking company Renren.com has launched two new mobile products: REST API and Mobile Plugins. Renren.com's REST API follows the standard REST protocol, including a content service interface, message service interface, friendship information interface, and LBS service interface. It supports the OAuth2.0 authentication. Mobile Plugins, which are social networking components, include login and registration […]