Business / Trendsetter

Top app drawn up by comic-crazed youth

[2014-07-10 07:16]

MYOTee, known in Chinese as Lianmeng, lets people customize cartoon images by choosing facial features, hair color and accessories like hats or sunglasses.

Facebook leases office in Beijing with eye on long-term prospects

[2014-07-05 06:40]

Facebook Inc has leased space in downtown Beijing as the social network prepares to open a China office even though its service remains unaccessible in the country.

Xiaomi sees 271% rise in smartphones sales

[2014-07-02 15:56]

Local electronics marker Xiaomi Corp has sold more than 26 million smartphones in the first six months of this year, a year-on-year jump of 271 percent.

Craiglist-like Ganji transfers business to Tianjin

[2014-07-02 14:59]

China's largest classifieds website decided to transfer its key business to Tianjin Municipality on Tuesday.

Job ads signal Apple plans for retail expansion

[2014-07-02 07:11]

Apple Inc plans to open 10 more brick-and-mortar retail stores in China, the company's online recruitment bulletin showed on Tuesday.

Samsung: Suppliers fell short on safety

[2014-07-02 07:11]

Samsung Electronics Co said 59 suppliers failed to provide adequate safety equipment for workers as the world's largest smartphone maker struggles to improve labor standards at plants in China.

10 Apple stores to open in China

[2014-07-01 16:08]

US computer and electronics giant Apple is planning to open 10 more brick-and-mortar retail stores in China.

Chinese tech firm sues Apple for trademark infringement

[2014-07-01 10:06]

A Chinese technology company in Shanghai is suing Apple Inc. and another local company for infringement of its trademark and unfair competition.

Alipay aims to build ecosystem to improve payment security

[2014-06-30 22:14]

Alipay, the e-payment arm of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, officially launched a program in Beijing on Monday to share its risk control capacity with all organizations involved in the Internet security industry, aiming to improve the entire payment security ecosystem.

China Mobile faces 4G challenge

[2014-06-28 06:50]

Competition in China's fourth-generation telecommunications market is set to heat up after the regulator awarded LTE-FDD trial permits to local carriers on Friday, industry sources said.

Server buyout going to plan, pledges Lenovo chief

[2014-06-27 17:46]

Lenovo will complete its IBM x86 server acquisition by year's end as planned, company CEO Yang Yuanqing said in Nanjing on Friday.

China set to open FDD-LTE market

[2014-06-27 16:32]

China will open a trial run of FDD-LTE fourth-generation networks in major Chinese cities, industry insiders said.

Alibaba plans to list shares on NYSE

[2014-06-27 09:03]

Alibaba said in a file to the US SEC that it plans to list its shares on NYSE. It is expected to be one of the largest stock listings in the US history.

Google's annual showcase unveils new connections

[2014-06-27 07:06]

More than 6,000 geeks, app developers and Google fans flocked to San Francisco's Moscone Center on Wednesday to attend Google I/O's annual conference and unveiling of new products.

Internet giant becomes China’s most valuable brand

[2014-06-26 17:40]

Tencent Holdings Ltd has been crowned the most valuable Chinese brand in 2014, according Hurun Report, a leading authority on China's wealthy, on Thursday.

Shake-up puts CMGE in spotlight

[2014-06-26 10:43]

The sudden announcement of shake-up of the executives has put the Nasdaq-listed China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group (CMGE) in the limelight.

Overseas services boosted by Alipay

[2014-06-26 04:51]

Internet giant Alibaba Group is promoting global use of its e-payment services amid a rising appetite for overseas shopping by increasingly wealthy Chinese consumers.

Facebook, Alibaba award $15m to math masters

[2014-06-25 15:06]

Breakthrough Prize, which is funded by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Alibaba's Jack Ma as well as other leading businesspeople, honored its first winners with awards worth $15 million for mathematics.

Alibaba invests big in media company

[2014-06-25 14:52]

Alibaba has invested heavily in Hong Kong-listed China Vision Media Group Ltd (CVMG), becoming the media company's biggest shareholder.

Shares of China's Xunlei soar on Nasdaq trading debut

[2014-06-25 10:37]

China's Xunlei Limited made its trading debut Tuesday on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and saw its shares soared on the first trading day.

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