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QQ/Tencent Moving Oversea

Monk — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:23:40 +0000

QQ, once just the biggest online instant messaging service, has become also the biggest online gaming company in China. And like other giant online game companies in China, QQ's steps across the border line has quickened over the last year.

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Skylight – Lenovo’s Android Netbook?

Monk — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:08:08 +0000

As Raw Plunger has reported earlier, Lenovo has bought back Lenovo Mobile business and promised to stride into mobile internet business. And they're not just talking, but moving fast with a flashy new netbook, rumored to be named "Skylight", which will abandon the clunky Windows XP and instead using Android OS.

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Out and Free Again

Monk — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:49:22 +0000

After over a month and half Raw Plunger's DNS server was taken offline by MII, we finally convinced them that we're not writing anything other than celebrating the harmony of China's society. And now finally here we are, out and free again. I hope those of you out there weren't holding your breathe waiting for us to come back; or somehow we hope you were,

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A Peek at China Unicom’s AppStore – WanJiaYing

Monk — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:00:35 +0000

The highly expected AppStore from China has come very close to being released. A work-in-progress test URL has leaked through sources which gave a peek of Unicom's AppStore called WanJiaYing (Gamer's Base).

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Blackberry’s China Plan

Monk — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:28:17 +0000

A mass Blackberry distribution plan has been made between RIM and Digital China, in which Digital China will be distributing Blackberry handsets in the China market for RIM, while previously they're only legitimately accessible through CMCC.

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SIM card, the new Credit Card for China Mobile Users

Monk — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:44:07 +0000

Announced by China Mobile Shanghai, CMCC is rolling out a new SIM card which is equipped with payment functionality. Any handset with such SIM card inside can be swiped at the designated machine to pay for anything, just like your Visa or Laser

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BitTorrent Has Hit the Wall Finally in China

Monk — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:27:39 +0000

Three major BitTorrent websites including BT@China, Eden and YouYouNiao have been taken offline since 4th November. Those websites served millions of online population in the past and now they'll have to look somewhere else.

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Here is What China Unicom Has Done Wrong with iPhone

Monk — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:08:52 +0000

Disclosed last month, four days after iPhone came out on the China market, only 5,000 iPhones have been sold; and in the online store China Unicom held in Taobao, which is the biggest online shopping site in China, only 5 iPhones have been sold after 2 weeks.

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Shanda 2009Q3 Earnings Going Strong

Monk — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:24:59 +0000

One of the biggest online game company Shanda (NASDAQ:SNDA) announced their earnings of 2009Q3, with total revenue of 203 million USD, a growth of 11.8% period-on-period and47.5% year-on-year, which is a new

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India Boycotting China Made Handsets?

Monk — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:35:46 +0000

Since the middle of October, India has started tightening import of handsets made in China, whitebox or not; now a lot of India handset retails have suspended sales and import of China-Made handsets. A delegation in India working for a Shenzhen handset workshop revealed to journalists that, their business had been on hold for almost a month and a half

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