The United States Department of Commerce has reportedly agreed to extend ZTE's temporary export license to March 29, 2017, allowing …

Shanghai, China, October 20, 2016 /ChinaNewswire.com/ – Microsoft and AccorHotels presented Staff Hub at Microsoft experiences'16. This app will simplify employee shift schedule management for the world's leading hotel operator. Staff Hub is the first collaborative application that allows hoteliers and their teams to manage their schedules completely on their mobile phones. It was developed… Read More

Lenovo and Microsoft announced plans to enhance their strategic cooperation and Lenovo will pre-install Microsoft's productivity applications such as Office, …

The keyboard app provider Kika Tech announced the completion of its B+ round of funding and the company's valuation reached …

Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi and Microsoft will reportedly further expand their global cooperation partnership to provide innovative user experience on …

Microsoft's portal website in China at Cn.msn.com will stop providing its Simplified Chinese services from June 7, 2016. Cn.msn.com is …

Chinese telecom device maker Huawei announced in Spain that the company has officially entered the PC sector by launching its …

China's WeChat, the instant messaging app by Tencent, has Facebook's WhatsApp, Japan's Line, and Microsoft's Skype service in its sights …

Nokia's chief executive officer Rajeev Suri has confirmed that after the company's licensing agreement with Microsoft expires in 2016, Nokia will return to the smartphone market. As part of this transition, Foxconn will make Nokia's first Android smartphone, which will be first released in China, India, and some European countries. Foxconn is a Taiwan-based original […]

With a newly-minted IPO under its belt, Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc. announced today that is now taking pre-orders for Microsoft's Xbox One gaming console. As part of an agreement between the companies, JD.com will have the exclusive right to accept pre-orders for Xbox One in China from July 28-30, 2014, through JD.com's Mobile QQ […]

Nokia's brand motto "Connecting People" should instead be "Disconnecting People" as the company plans China layoffs of up to 3,000 workers in its Beijing factory. Moreover, the company's factory may be relocated to another city within three to five months, according to reports in Chinese local media. Nokia's Beijing factory is located in the Beijing […]

MediaTek and Acer will cooperate in the Internet of Things sector to promote cloud applications, wearable devices, and the Internet of Things technologies. The news was announced during Computex Taipei 2014. The cooperation between MediaTek and Acer will focus on open platforms and it will be based on the Acer Open Platform. Stan Shih, chairman […]

Microsoft announced at the Mobile World Congress 2014 held in Barcelona that several companies, including Lenovo, LG, Huawei, and ZTE, have become new partners for its Windows Phone platform. Though some manufacturers already launched smartphones using the Windows Phone operating system, this platform was not their focus. But with the new cooperation, more Windows Phone […]

Microsoft has formed a partnership with Guangming Founder, which will operate Skype for Microsoft in mainland China. Founded in 2011, Guangming Founder is a joint venture between Gmw.cn and Founder, a Chinese computing company. The company mainly focuses on developing mobile new media businesses. Financial terms of the deal were not revealed. According to Microsoft, […]

Microsoft's Office Mobile running on Android devices will be launched in the Chinese mainland market in the following weeks. Microsoft launched this application first in America in July 2013 and it has been deployed to many key markets in Asia. At present, this product is available in 14 countries and regions in Asia Pacific, including […]

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 […]

In a bid to compete directly with Microsoft's Skype and Tencent's Weixin WeChat, China Mobile International Limited will formally launch a self-developed instant communications and network telephone application named Jego by the end of this month. Initially targeting the large Chinese overseas diaspora and international users who want to contact their friends and relatives in […]

Microsoft announced that it has reached patent licensing agreement with China's ZTE on Android and Chrome operating system patents. Microsoft will provide a patent portfolio to ZTE's smartphones, tablets, computers, and other devices run on Android and Chrome operating systems. ZTE is reportedly the first Chinese mainland company that signed an Android patent licensing agreement […]

Microsoft has launched the Chinese version and professional version of its Surface tablet in China. The Chinese version is available in 64G and 128G versions, which are sold at CNY6,588 and CNY7,388, respectively. The professional version is sold at CNY7,388. The Surface Pro has pre-installed Windows 8 professional operating system and Office 365 home premium […]

During the Mobile World Congress 2013 held in Barcelona, Spain, the Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE launched ZTE Open, its first smartphone product running on Firefox OS. ZTE Open has a Cortex A5 processor and a 3.5-inch screen, but other features have not yet been disclosed. At the same time, another mobile phone brand Alcatel […]