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iPads used in restaurants in China to prevent overcharging
06/13/2012, Don’t you hate it when sometimes you go to a seafood restaurant and you end up getting ripped off? Well it seems that due to tourists complaining about exorbitant seafood prices at Sanya in Southern China’s Hainan province, the local [...]
Samsung Galaxy S3 set to arrive in China on June 9
06/05/2012, So far, Samsung has been aggressive in pushing its flagship device to the marketplace. The Samsung Galaxy S3 and its date of arrival arrival has already been confirmed by almost all major carriers in the U.S. Other countries too have already reported [...]
Apple’s new iPad cleared for 3G use in China
05/31/2012, If you’re living in China, you might be in for a treat as Apple’s new iPad with 3G capabilites could be officially going on sale soon. This comes from reports via the Wall Street Journal that China’s Telecommunication Equipment Certification [...]
China surpasses U.S. in smartphone usage, becomes world’s largest smartphone market
05/04/2012, China is indeed a sleeping giant. According to China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology or MIIT, China now has over 1 billion (1.01882 billion to be exact) mobile subscribers as of March this year with a growing rate of [...]
China’s Unified CPU Architecture, Why and When
04/27/2012, Part of the web was buzzing about the fact that China’s ministry of technology is trying to define a ‘unified” processor architecture, based either on an existing platform, or a new one. By “processor architecture”, we mean “instruction set architecture” [...]
A wind-powered car emerges from a farm in China
04/25/2012, There is no doubt that China is a true pioneer in technology, not to mention its countless inventions such gunpowder, the compass, papermaking and more. Even in today’s web 2.0 world, China continues to invent cool amazing stuff. One such [...]
Google Drive has been blocked in China shortly after its launch
04/25/2012, It was only yesterday that Google Drive was officially announced, however given Google and China’s relationship and history, we guess it was not a complete surprise to learn that the Chinese government has blocked off access to Google’s new cloud [...]
Special Windows 8 SKU for China to combat piracy?
03/30/2012, If there is one thing that China is famous for in the modern era, it would be the ability of the country’s factories to churn out knockoffs, be they fashion or technology. Where the latter is concerned, we do know [...]
Android store in China sells iPhones
03/21/2012, If you ever set foot in an Android store, the last thing you’ll probably expect to see on sale would be the iPhone – unless you’re in China. A blogger in China recently spotted an unsanctioned Android store in Zuhai [...]
First Windows Phone, HTC Eternity launches in China today
03/21/2012, While news in China doesn’t really affect us on this side of the world, the country received its first taste of Windows Phone today, which warrants some coverage. The first Chinese Windows Phone, available today, comes in the form of [...]
NEC 909e launched in China
03/20/2012, NEC has been on a roll with Android phones recently, pushing out quite a large number of devices over the past few months. Well the company has just announced a new device recently, this time targeting the China market. Called [...]
HongYuXing Android 4.0 tablet is an affordable $59 in China
03/12/2012, One of the perks of living in China is that you will get access to a ton of extremely cheap gadgets, some of them with specs that aren’t too bad either. Well if you are living in China at the [...]
Man gets caught trying to smuggle iPhones into China
03/06/2012, Since iPhones sell for $125 more in China than they do in Hong Kong, quite a number of smugglers have been bringing phones across the border to make a quick buck. Well, one smuggler that had the same idea wasn’t [...]