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China has started cracking down on cloud storage to combat piracy

Jan 30, 2024

Online piracy is so prevalent in many parts of Asia that actually purchasing content is considered unusual, especially in China. The rapid growth...

Founding a startup may come at the cost of your sex life

Jan 30, 2024

Running a startup requires an immense amount of time and effort, which leaves little room for anything else in your life,...

Japan is bringing GPS satellite accuracy to the next level

Jan 30, 2024

The fact that modern GPS satellites are accurate to within about 11-12 feet is already really impressive, but that margin of error...

LeTV might beat Huawei and Xiaomi to the United States

Jan 30, 2024

China's domestic smartphone companies have been gaining a lot of prestige in recent years, and though most of them are still...

Xiaomi may be in legal trouble for calling its smartphones the best

Jan 30, 2024

Most countries have numerous regulations that prevent companies from falsely advertising their products, but those companies also have a bunch of...

UberCommute is Uber’s new long-distance carpooling service

Jan 30, 2024

China's ride-sharing services may be trying desperately to hinder Uber's expansion in the country, but it doesn't seem to be working. The company has been...

Baidu is considering leaving America and returning to China

Jan 30, 2024

It's been more than a decade since Baidu went public through the NASDAQ, and the Chinese company has since risen to...

China’s homemade operating system is actually picking up steam

Jan 30, 2024

The problem with the PC market being dominated by just two operating systems (OS X and Windows) is that consumer...

Study finds that most Chinese startups lie about their funding

Jan 30, 2024

If you've had your eye on the startup scene in Asia anytime in the past couple of years, the first...

India will have have 236 million mobile Internet users by 2016

Jan 30, 2024

With China's mobile growth starting to slow down, all eyes are turning to India as the next burgeoning mobile market...

Chinese investors are pouring billions into delivery startups

Jan 30, 2024

Be it delivering electronics or picking up laundry, there's just something about delivery startups that attracts hundreds of millions of dollars from Chinese...

China’s smartphone market is about to come to a complete standstill

Jan 30, 2024

China's smartphone market has been experiencing practically unfathomable levels of growth over the past few years thanks to the country's rapidly-growing middle...