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 B2B e-commerce group Alibaba has completed its acquisition of the traffic statistics service provider CNZZ, marking a crucial step for the group's layout within the e-commerce industry chain. Early in February 2011, there was rumor on the Internet saying that Alibaba planned to invest USD15 million to acquire CNZZ, a Chinese traffic statistics service [...]
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 game and software company Kingsoft has published its annual performance for 2010, stating that its annual operating revenue decreased by 5% year-on-year to CNY970 million while its net profit decreased by 4% year-on-year to CNY370 million. Qiu Bojun, chairman and chief executive officer of Kingsoft, told local media that the year 2010 was [...]
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 [...]
Customer relationship management company SugarCRM is hoping to appeal to more Chinese users with a new Chinese-language software offering. The company's latest version of Sugar 6 — CRM Made Simple — will reportedly offer full Chinese language and currency support. SugarCRM has simplified the installation and deployment of the new language packs. Users can select [...]
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 [...]
Qi Xiangdong, president of Qihoo 360, revealed during a local media interview that China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Ministry of Public Security have interfered in the dispute between his company and Tencent. The Chinese Internet media and e-commerce firm Tencent previously announced that it will shut down its instant messaging service QQ [...]
Microsoft China and the municipal government of Jinan have signed a three-year strategic memorandum of understanding to implement comprehensive cooperation in cloud computing, talent training, outsourcing, and protection of intellectual property, and the technology company will set up a new branch in Jinan. Under the memorandum, Microsoft will establish a new subsidiary in Jinan to [...]
Chinese online security service provider Qihoo 360 has formally released the final version of its latest free anti-virus software. Qi Xiangdong, president of Qihoo 360, said that the new version anti-virus software has no restrictions to users and any individual and company can download it and use it for free forever. In July 2008, Qihoo 360 launched [...]
