The Latest Chinese Export: Tencent's QQ Mobile Browser, Via GetJar
We’ve observed a lot of western companies looking to cash in on the explosive growth of China’s mobile population by taking their products i… Read more »
One More Step For Apple In China: It's Now Accepting App Payments In Yuan
photo: Getty Images / Feng Li
China has become an increasingly important part of Apple’s empire, and today it looks like the company has taken one more step to growing th… Read more »
Tencent Launches A Shanzhai iTunes To Sync Your iPhone, iPad
photo: Apple iPod Commercial
Tencent (HKG:0700), China’s social media giant, has thumbed its nose at Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) (NASDAQ:AAPL) by releasing a desktop ‘App Assista… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-11-11: Riots/BBM; Android/Adobe; Sprint; OpenFeint
photo: Getty Images / Chris Jackson
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
– BlackBerry/London riots: As Prime Minister David Cameron considers whether social med… Read more »
Chinese Portal Tencent Gives Staff $155 Million In Interest-Free Home Loans
And you thought stock options were a company perk? In China, the diversified Tencent internet company is setting aside 1 billion yuan ($155… Read more »
Nokia Strikes Deals With Sina, Tencent To Capitalize On Its Lead In China
Nokia’s results yesterday showed how important China is to the handset maker. While market share in already-challenging markets like the U.S… Read more »
Tencent Invests $300 Million In Facebook And Zynga Backer Digital Sky Technologies
photo: Flickr / Jawen
Digital Sky Technologies, which has been busily investing hundreds of millions in American social media firms in recent months, now has a ne… Read more »
Online Gamer Riot Games Lands $8 Million Funding, Partners With Tencent
Riot Games has raised $8 million in funding from Benchmark Capital, FirstMark Capital, and Chinese online media company Tencent. Tencent is… Read more »
Take-Two Brings NBA Game To China, Launches 2K Online With Tencent
photo: 2K Sports
Take-Two Interactive (NSDQ: TTWO) is ready to make its first big leap into the online gaming arena, and it’s partnering with Chinese interne… Read more »
How One Social Net In China Is Making A Lot Of Money
While U.S. social networks and portals watch their profits shrivel along with the online market advertising market, one of their Chinese cou… Read more »
