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Quick Hits: China Shuts Down 206 Microblogs, AOL Merges Three Pairs of Patch Sites
According to Chinese state media, authorities there have shut down 206 microblogs, citing pornographic or “vulgar” content. More than half of the microblogs came from Weibo, a service comparable to Twitter that even limits each post to 140 Chinese characters. Reuters reports that Chinese state agency Xinhua News Agency and the State [...] more...
Qihoo 360 Reports Earnings, Proves Leader In China
ADOTAS – Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd., a new leader in the Chinese internet market, today reported its unaudited financial results for the third quarter, ending September 30, 2011. Third Quarter 2011 Highlights Include: • Revenues were a record $47.5 million, an increase of 207 percent from $15.5 million in the third [...] more...
Sina Weibo: Blocking a Potential Gold Mine for Google, Facebook and Twitter
BLUE PHOENIX - So in social media today, there are two totally competing narratives. On one side: Twitter’s getting the presidential treatment, Facebook had got users on pins and needles and hedging bets on a possible assist from Skype, and Google+ continues to find fanboys in a tizzy. On the other side: Celebrities like Tom [...] more...
Facebook Insists Mainland China Offering Be Connected to Global Network
ADOTAS – “How can you connect the whole world if you leave out 1.6 billion people?” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asked during a talk at Stanford University last year. Of course he was referencing mainland China, where Facebook’s presence was turned off almost as soon as a Chinese language version appeared. [...] more...
Facebook May Get Its China Wishes Through Baidu
ADOTAS – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg must have shook the right hands during his recent social goodwill tour through China. The rumor mill is on fire with reports that Facebook will start a jointly-owned social network with China search giant Baidu. Back in February, it was reported that Baidu execs [...] more...
Baidu Execs Tour Facebook HQ
ADOTAS – Executives from China’s leading search engine, Baidu, are taking in some sun in California as they visit Facebook headquarters, reports Chinese news site Sina. In December, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited the People’s Republic on a vacation that reportedly included interviews with executives from China Mobile and Baidu, which [...] more...
China’s Tencent Will Bury You, Facebook
ADOTAS – What’s that, Mr. Time Person of the Year? Mark Zuckerberg, you think you can just waltz into mainland China and win every party official and his grandmother over with your pitiful communication skills and your fancy American social network? Think again — Chinese social networks will take over the West! (Wait [...] more...
Facebook Plotting Social Revolution in China?
ADOTAS – Access to an online social network apparently wasn’t a pennant of Mao’s little red book. Just like YouTube and Twitter, the mainland dwellers of the People’s Republic of China are blocked from accessing the wonders of Facebook. They had it for a moment when Facebook launched its Chinese-language version [...] more...
Google and China Continue High Risk Chess Game
ADOTAS – Chinese firms selling advertising space on Google’s search pages have demanded clarity about the search giant’s plans in China, as speculation increases over Google’s future in the world’s largest Internet market, according to a Reuters report. “We see a constant stream of information but cannot predict the future, we [...] more...
After Cyber Attack, Google Threatens China Walkout
ADOTAS – While its recent standoff with the Associated Press involves a power struggle over news content, Google is threatening to walk away from its China operations under far more noble pretenses. According to a post by David Drummond, senior vice president of corporate development and chief legal officer, on the [...] more...
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