Articles
Tag: asia pacific (page 2)
-
Flipboard Launches iPhone App for China, Makes Chinese Content Accessible Worldwide
The iPad has made social magazine apps in fashion, with the likes of Flipboard and Zite. Zite earlier launched a variant of its social reader for smaller iOS devices, and Flipboard now makes its grand launch for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Continue reading...
-
Microsoft to Launch Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh in China by March 21
Microsoft is gearing up for the release of Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh in the world's biggest mobile phone market next week. Originally codenamed "Tango," the Windows Phone 7 update will launch via China's three major mobile networks by March 21.
Continue reading...
-
Nokia Likely to Launch Windows 8-Powered Tablet Computers by Q4
Nokia may have initially been shrugged off as a has-been in the smartphone business, due to the demise of its former flagship Symbian operating system in deference to Android and iOS.
Continue reading...
-
Voice-Enabled Personal Assistants are Useful, But Not a Killer Feature in Asia
Siri has been lauded as one of the iPhone 4S's main selling points. The voice-powered personal assistant can be used for just about anything, although the feature is not exactly popular in some markets, particularly in Asia. Apple's iPhone 4S launched in October last year to much fanfare.
Continue reading...
-
Android Grabs Half of Smartphone Market; Legal and Market Challenges Ahead
Time and again, Google's Android (news, site ) is proving itself to be a capable mobile platform, and the market seems to agree.
Continue reading...
-
China's Alibaba Developing Mobile OS: Can it Challenge Android & iOS?
The mobile platform wars are heating up. And if it's not one platform outdoing the other in terms of the ecosystem size, it's one platform challenging others in terms of legalities. Amid the flurry of activity, another party wants to join the fray, as China's Alibaba (news
Continue reading...
-
HTC Facebook Phone Released in China: No Facebook, Only Weibo
Mobile and social networking mix well, as evident with how social networking apps are popular among smartphone and tablet users. Taiwanese manufacturer HTC (news, site ) has even gone as far as marketing a "Facebook Phone" in the HTC Chacha and HTC Salsa.
Continue reading...
-
Apple Hugely Popular in China; What's The Secret Formula?
The Chinese have a love affair with Apple (news, site ), as evident with how their Apple Stores in the country are outselling even the most popular Apple Stores in the US.
Continue reading...
-
Fujitsu to Release First "Mango" Windows Phone, Ahead of Microsoft's Fall Launch
Microsoft (news, site) has had a successful run with its Windows Mobile platform, particularly in the corporate setting, but then the iPhone and Android rose in popularity and Microsoft found the need to refresh its mobile strategy. Microsoft is banking on the new Windows Phone 7 platform
Continue reading...
-
Bing to Service English-Language Search in China; Lost Opportunity for Google?
Search is big business in China, with a 470 million-strong Internet userbase. While Google has shied away from servicing China due to strict censoring laws, Microsoft (news, site) has found a partner in the country's biggest search company, Baidu (news, site ).
Continue reading...
-
Australian States Debate Data Sovereignty Issues With Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is on the rise. But as organizations get their data and work on the cloud, data jurisdiction can be questionable, especially if data centers are offshore.
Continue reading...
-
Twitter Partners With Yahoo! Japan for Real-Time Search; Preemptive Strike Against Asian Microblogs?
Twitter (news, site ) is aggressively expanding into the Japanese market, in particular partnering with mobile networks and portals in the country. Twitter's latest partnership involves adding live feeds in Yahoo! Japan search results.
Continue reading...
-
Weibo Now Testing Enterprise Features; China's 'Twitter Killer' Learning Fast
Access to Twitter is banned from within Chinese ISPs. So where do the half-billion Internet users in the country turn to for microblogging? Weibo (news, site ) is among the most popular microblogging sites.
Continue reading...
-
Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform Service 'Windows Azure Appliance' Available This August
Fujitsu (news, site ) and Microsoft have announced the first production release of the Windows Azure Platform appliance. Fujitsu's Global Cloud Platform (FGCP/A5) Service, running at Fujitsu's Japan datacenter, is currently in test deployment and is expected to launch by August 2011.
Continue reading...
Displaying 15-28 of 68