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Featured Articles

360Buy to Go Global

Tencent Tech, 3/23/12

360Buy VP Zhang Shouchuan said today that the Beijing-based B2C e-commerce platform will establish several dozen "international sites" around the world this year. Read More...

Baidu to Integrate APIs in Cloud-Based OS

Netease Tech, 3/23/12

Lin Shiding, chief architect of Chinese internet company Baidu's (Nasdaq: BIDU) cloud services division recently revealed that Baidu is in the process of integrating its existing APIs, such as those for Baidu Maps and search, with upcoming APIs for Baidu Knows, Baidu Post Bar, Baidupedia and other services into a single platform as part of a Baidu cloud-based OS to begin open beta testing by the end of the year. Read More...

Tencent to Consolidate and Link E-Commerce Platforms

SIna Tech, 3/23/12

Wu Xiaoguang, Shenzhen-based internet company Tencent's (0700.HK) senior vice president for e-commerce, said today that the chief goal of Tencent's e-commerce platform this year would be consolidation - consolidating the companies in which Tencent had previously invested, and connecting their platforms. Read More...

Shanghai Mobile Offers Secondary Number Service

Oriental Morning Post, 3/23/12

China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) subsidiary Shanghai Mobile recently launched a "secondary number-switching" service, allowing subscribers to receive an additional mobile number, usable concurrently with their main number, without any need to change mobile phones or SIM cards. Read More...

Yosion Introduces USB Dongle for Apple Devices

Southern Weekly, 3/22/12

Yosion, the Shenzhen-based developers of the "Apple Peel," recently launched the new "Apple Drive," a USB storage dongle which plugs into the power/data serial port on the base of an iPhone handset and allows the handset to directly read movie and music files stored on the drive. Read More...