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Facebook Is Still Very Hungry to Enter China

Star Chang — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:30:22 PST

Facebook has announced plans for an initial public offering (IPO) and try to raise 5 billion dollars. The paperwork filed for the IPO provided a glimpse of the future plans of the Web giant launched by Mark Zuckerberg eight years ago. The filing mentions several times on the potential of China market and competition from Chinese language social media sites. Facebook has global ambitions and the company has been very keen to get into China for some time, yet it is still blocked inside China ...

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China Set to Embrace In-flight Wi-Fi That Is Faster Than U.S.

Maggie Hui — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:57:47 PST

Last November, we have reported Air China became the first Chinese airlines offering wireless network on flights. However, Chinese passengers will only be able to use the service to access the craft's intranet network, allowing them to play games and shop online but not to surf the World Wide Web. With the country's ambition to tap the sky-high Wi-Fi market, Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is testing the land to air broadband communications system, allow passengers to access the real Internet using wi-fi while flying ...

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Watch This Chinese Man Rode a MotorBike With Bathtub Cockpit (Video)

Herman Lai — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:45:54 PST

This Chinese man must have been watching way too many reruns of Mr. Bean because he decided that he could take care of his bathtub while riding on the street. Apart from the bathtub, its bike sets the wheels in the other way around as well...Video after the break.

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Lenovo’s Latest Commercial Gets Bruce Lee Slices Apart The Zombies and The Green Pig

Herman Lai — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:55:51 PST

Lenovo recently came up with a new promo video to emphasize its new slim and light laptop V370. The commercial makes use of characters from Plants vs. Zombies and Angry Birds, as well as the Chinese martial arts master Bruce Lee. Awwww...In the video, Bruce Lee found Lenovo V370 is a better weapon instead of nunchucks for him to beat up its enemies. Video after the break.

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Making Batteries and Components For Apple Is Better Than Auto Production

Star Chang — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:42:21 PST

BYD, the well-known Chinese manufacturer for automobiles and rechargeable batteries, is one of the Chinese supplier for Apple. BYD's stocks price in Hong Kong went up nearly 8 percent after being revealed as Apple supplier. BYD has been an Apple supplier for a long time but was prevented from disclosing this due to an agreement between Apple and its suppliers. BYD has still not disclosed what components it manufactures for Apple products, but using information from BYD's financial reports as evidence, BYD provides Apple with batteries that used in mobile devices. And after we have done some research, we also confirmed that the aluminum back shell of iPad 1 is made by BYD, not foxconn ...

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iPhone 3GS Seems To Be The Most Likely Model To Explode (Videos)

Herman Lai — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:38:13 PST

This isn't the first time to hear iPhone exploded, but iPhone 3GS seems to be the one that exploded the most. If you are currently using iPhone 3GS, check out this post see how this Hong Kong lady got her phone exploded.

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The Despicable Foxconn CEO Terry Gou Gets Animated! (Video)

Herman Lai — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:16:35 PST

Two weeks ago, the iPads and iPhones maker Terry Gou said the management of one million workers gives him headaches, and he compared his workers to animals during a company event held at the Taipei Zoo, which had sparked many disputes from many foreign and local medias. So if you are using an iProduct, then you should get to know Terry Gou. It will explains how despicable he is!

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Can Smart TV Gets Booming in China This Year?

Herman Lai — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:40:45 PST

Smart TV industry began heated up in China back in 2010 when Google rolled out its Google TV, where many people agreed that smart televisions were a possibility for the future. So far, there are at least six Chinese television makers have committed themselves to the production of smart TVs, including Chinese PC maker Lenovo. However, the development of smart televisions in China is being hindered due to the slow integration of the three networks of TV, telecommunications and the Internet. So, what should we expect to see the growth of Smart TV this year ?

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Steve Jobs Look-alike With Angel Wings and Halo Promotes 7-inch Android Tablet (video)

Chris Chang — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:47:08 PST

It's not the first time we see a Chinese clone of Steve Jobs, but watching this Taiwanese Steve Jobs impersonator with angel wings and a halo emitting a “reality distortion field” from the stage has pretty much made my day! Video after the break.

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This Camera-Equipped iPod Nano Is A Prototype That Takes Overexposed Photos

Chris Chang — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:35:11 PST

Alright, what you are seeing here is a next-generation iPod Nano with an alleged 1.3-megapixel camera on its back, while still keeping the current model’s size and display. It's real, and it's a two-month-old prototype that has big problems. It comes with an auto iris lens that can be affected by diffraction and blurring when the iris opening becomes too small in bright conditions. Ok, I gotta say it simply, it takes overexposed photos.

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Google Probably In Talks with Chinese Government About Map Censorship

Herman Lai — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:25:28 PST

~~At the start of this year,~~ Back in November last year, China's online mapping service providers were required to apply a new licence to continue operate their business in China. Until today, many locals online mapping service providers had already received the license from China's industry regulator, while Google is still waiting for it.

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China Unicom Shares Drop As China Telecom Confirms Launching iPhone 4S This Month

Chris Chang — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:49:49 PST

Looks like China Unicom's iPhone exclusivity may be the contributing factor for its shares to remain stable in the stock market. Recently, shares of China Unicom fell as much as 3.3 percent in Hong Kong trading after China Telecom (third-largest carrier in China) confirmed that it will begin selling the iPhone 4S as early as the end of February or beginning of March.

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‘iFeng 4S’ Hair Dryer Tribute to Steve Jobs ?

Maggie Hui — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:23:50 PST

China businessmen are always clever to turn a profit from death. A small home appliance company from Chaozhou, a city in eastern Guangdong province of China, has released a limited edition of "iFeng 4S" hair dryer, with the name of Steve Jobs printed on it. The name "iFeng 4S" is similar to Apple's iPhone 4s, the pronunciation of the word 'Feng' literally means wind in Chinese. The company said that the white color special edition of the hair dryer is to pay a tribute to the greatest man, and only 100 units will go for sales ...

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Apple Fights Back On iPad Trademark Rejection in China

Chris Chang — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:52:13 PST

Good news for Chinese Apple fanboys. As expected, Apple has decided to file an appeal with the courts in China in an attempt to get hold of the iPad trademark in the country, after the company lost a court case to Proview, the Chinese display monitor company that claims control over the iPad trademark in China back in December last year. Apple filed the appeal on 5th January with the Higher People's Court of Guangdong Province and asking for a compensation of 4 million yuan (abt US$634,400) in legal fees ...

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No Chance for Twitter in China ? (Video)

Star Chang — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:58:14 PST

Twitter has clarify details around the company's new censorship policy. The move, which has already been praised by Chinese government mouthpiece Global Times, caused controversy amongst users who accused the microblogging site of caving into censorship. While some have speculated that the introduction could be a play to move into China market, where the service is currently blocked, Dick Costolo, the CEO of twitter has denied the theory ...

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Chinese Soliders Play ‘Hot Potato’ With a Real Bomb (Video)

Herman Lai — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:42:00 PST

We all know soldiers risk their life on the front line, but for the Chinese preparing for the battlefield is apparently just as dangerous. The video shows us a group of Chinese soldiers tossing a live hand grenade in the circle, like playing 'Hot Potato', the last to hold the grenade will have to accurately dump it into a hole. We have never imagine such kid's game could be seen in a military training. Check it out after the jump.

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Take a Look at Android and Windows Phone Red Envelopes

Maggie Hui — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:25:51 PST

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do". Microsoft and Sony Ericsson are following the Chinese tradition to give away red envelopes to Hong Kong press as a Chinese New Year gift. The design of the envelopes are unique, not simply with a trademark or greetings in old fashion way. Sony Ericsson did not choose traditional "red" color, they pick gold color instead with graphic of android robot dressed in Chinese-style clothing. While Microsoft used their Windows Phone 7 interface as the cover, all Live Tiles have become different Chinese New Year greetings. These special gift are pretty impressive and collectable ...

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Thousands Line Up For Foxconn’s Jobs in Zhengzhou (video)

Chris Chang — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:03:05 PST

On the 30th of January, thousands of hopefuls stood for hours outside a labor agency located in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, the largest city of Henan province in north-central China. The lines stretched more than 200 meters along the road, and the people who were waiting in line with their applications just hope to get a job at Foxconn, as the electronics contracting giant ramps up its iPhone production at Zhengzhou plant ...

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Smuggling Bear Paws to China

Star Chang — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:22:49 PST

A logistics company that had arrived at Chongqing airport to pickup seafood was discovered to have bear paws. A total of 10 bear paws were smuggled from outside the country and it was shipping to Shenzhen China, with Chongqing only being a transit point. All items shipped by air must be opened and inspected. The security officer cautiously opened the black plastic bags in two of the cartons and was shocked to find two furry black animal paws inside ...

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Apple Only Gives Chinese Scalpers 3 Hours Each Day to Reserve Their iPhone Online

Chris Chang — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:12:18 PST

Previously, Hong Kong was gripped by iPhone 4S fever as more than 1,000 fans and scalpers queued outside the Apple store to buy Apple's latest smartphone. In order to stop the incidents of repeated violence over sales of the iPhone 4S, Apple has recently implemented a new system to fight those pesky scalpers, and the new system makes the scalping business very difficult.

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