While many large communities continue to chase ad revenue and subscription models, I can’t help thinking the real money is in virtual currency and goods. Yesterday we featured an article about Beijing and the fact that TenCent (one of the country’s …
By saying it no longer wants to offer censored search results in China, Google hopes it could change the way the country enforces censorship laws, according to its CEO. Originally posted at Relevant Results
It’s Data Privacy Day and when it comes to generating privacy-related buzz in the blogosphere, there are few governments as controversial as China. From Google’s recent security issues, to blocked social media sites to the proposed Green Dan censors…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Paid virtual private networks (VPNs) are quietly catching on in China as a way to access forbidden websites, analysts say, while authorities are leaving them alone until they become more popular.
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will press China’s foreign minister on the issue of Internet freedom, a growing irritant in ties between the two powers, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday.
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Google knock-off has surfaced in China to compete with the world’s largest search engine, while at the same time pleading with it to stay in the country despite censorship and hacking allegations.
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China sought to head off concerns about curbs on Google phone technology on Wednesday, as U.S. business groups urged Washington to tackle “alarming” measures against foreign high-tech companies in China.
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will not try to limit use of Google’s Android mobile phone platform in the Chinese market, its information technology regulator said on Wednesday.
LONDON (Reuters) – China’s most popular search engine Baidu has been cleared of piracy in a dispute with the music industry, the IFPI trade body for the music sector said on Tuesday.
Last week on Google’s Q4 earnings call Google CEO Eric Schmidt seemed to “walk back” some of Google’s prior strong statements about leaving China if it cannot operate in an unfiltered way there. In response to a financial ana…