Bad news for internet users in China; reports of an outage of Google services in China are beginning to flood in. Gmail, Maps, Play Music, and anything else Google related is being blocked for Chinese users.
Google just announced it is shutting down its Google Shopping China service. The website is still online, but Google confirmed its closure in a post on its China blog (link via Google Translate). It stated:
In order to better optimize resources, we have decided to close our shopping search service in China.
After months of deliberation, Chinese antitrust and competition authorities have finally given the green light on Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility. The Chinese approval of Google’s latest venture was one of several that were required in order for the deal to go through.
Google to Shut Down China Music Service - WSJ.com
'BEIJING—Google Inc. said it will shut down its China-only music-download service, in the search giant's latest setback in the fiercely competitive Chinese Internet market.
The Mountain View, Calif., company said Friday it would shut down Google Music Search on Oct.
Is Google playing the role of a big bully? That’s what Chinese internet company Alibaba is claiming. As the Chinese alternative to Google grows and exerts influence on the mobile world (well, in China at least), Alibaba is not being shy about providing a better mobile user experience than Android does.
“China”, just hearing the word projects images of grandeur and power. So what, you might ask, would make such a powerful country worry outside of the next world war? In a word, GOOGLE!
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Chinese economics magazine Caijing reported today (link via Google Translate) that the National People’s Congress is considering a new law that would require Internet users who wish to register for services to use their real names (more information from Xinhua, China’s official news agency, is available here in English).
Written by: Alex Zaharov-ReuttAlthough Apple thought it had already purchased the “iPad” trademark from Proview, but to its chagrin later discovered that it had apparently not purchased the rights to “iPad” for mainland China, ultimately resulting in a $60m payout to secure the name.
{loadposition alex08}It’s rare for Apple to make a misstep, but when the crunchy company purchased the rights to t
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