Posted on 29 June 2012.
Two apartments were reportedly ruined by fire this week in a district on the east side of Shenzhen. This Wednesday, a resident allegedly left a cell phone charging in their apartment for several days, eventually setting the sofa on fire and engulfing the room. According to the report, the two tenants of the apartment in…
Posted on 28 June 2012.
According to a release yesterday from the MIIT (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology) reported by TechinAsia today, the telecommunications industry is encouraging and seeking private investment from individuals. This is a strange turn of events for China in several ways, given the fact that there is generally little support for privatization in China’s mostly state-owned…
Posted on 27 June 2012.
It looks as if smartphones are finally on a steady march towards market maturity in China. Turns out that Xiaomi’s CEO Leo Jun has announced this week that the company is now valued at a whopping $4 billion USD! Though he would not reveal, a bit suspiciously, the names of his investors; he declared outwardly…
Posted on 27 June 2012.
Ricardo Quesada was born in 1973 in Argentina. When he was 12 years old, his parents bought him a computer. That computer was the Commodore 64. As soon as he started it up, much like other children, Ricardo put all his energy into playing games on the computer. But after several months, he bought a…
Posted on 25 June 2012.
The development of cross-platform methods is becoming an important key to the ongoing success of applications and mobile games. Gamers prefer having several device options when they want to access a game or an app. This was the message of mobile advertising platform Tapjoy at last week’s Mobile Gaming Summit in Beijing. There are multiple…
Posted on 25 June 2012.
Many in China have been waiting in hopeful expectation for this moment. Almost like clockwork, Apple appears to be finally listening to criticism by providing the last of what it needs in the Chinese market: compatibility. It is said that the new iPhone, expected to launch in October, will provide support for China’s TD-SCDMA 3G network….
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Posted on 24 June 2012.
Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing David Liu, CEO of Jiepang. Jiepang is China’s largest mobile “check-in” platform with offices in Beijing and Shanghai. 1. Tell me a little bit about yourself and how Jiepang got its start. I’m a 27 year old, American born Chinese, grew up in the bay area, and have…
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Posted on 21 June 2012.
Want to make money in apps? Focus on the international market, says App Annie CEO Bertrand Schmitt. That was the takeaway message from Schmitt’s talk at today’s Mobile Game Summit Beijing 2012, hosted by CHAIN (China America Innovation Network) and Happy Elements. The conference, held at the Beijing International Conference Center, focused on bringing developers,…
Posted on 20 June 2012.
Is Apple making a judgement error in China? This would appear to be the case for Shaun Rein, one of China’s foremost market experts. When recently interviewed by Hamish McKenzie over at PandoDaily, the author of The End of Cheap China had a bone to pick with Apple over what he perceives as a lack…
Posted on 19 June 2012.
Though it has not been reported here on MobiSights, recent events have led some to believe that UCWeb, China’s top mobile browser, is in the process of negotiating an acquisition with Baidu, China’s top search engine. Not true, says UCWeb CEO Yu Yongfu today on his Sina Weibo account. Claiming that UC has its “own…
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