No April Fool: Baidu’s Google Glass rival ‘Eye’ has no screen
It seems that Baidu’s April 1st announcement that it was working on a Google Glass rival called ‘Eye’ was not a prank after all. The Chinese search giant has revealed a working prototype of a mobile assistant with a notable omission…it doesn’t feature a screen....Chinese web giants team up for $813m ecommerce deal
Chinese entertainment firm Dalian Wanda (owner of the AMC cinema chain) is reportedly set to make a massive move into ecommerce via a partnership with Tencent and Baidu. The deal will let users of Tencent’s WeChat or its QQ messaging service and Baidu’s maps will find...WhatsApp biggest chat app in world with 600m users
WhatsApp’s user-base has now been increased to 600 million, as the Facebook-owned chatapp stroms ahead of LINE and WeChat as the most popular chat app in the world. The news was announced by CEO and founder Jan Koum, who tweeted that the popular messaging app was...WeChat adds virtual payments to messaging app
WeChat has updated its mobile messaging app with a feature that lets users to make money transfers to one another by generating a unique QR code. The firm, owned by Chinese internet giant Tencent, introduced to system earlier this month in a bid to capitalise the...China to replace Android, Microsoft and Apple with own software?
The Chinese government is developing its own operating system, in a bid to oust ‘imported’ software from the likes of Microsoft, Apple and Android. The unnamed desktop version is due for release in October with its own app store, independent of western companies, with...Global web trends 2014: Consumers ditching traditional media for digital
People are spending more time each day on online rather than traditional forms of media., according to new research looking into global media consumption trends. The study, from GlobalWebIndex, found that the only places where traditional still leads are the UK,...Internet marketing in China – McKinsey sees digital as key to economic growth
The latest research about how to unlock the slowing China economy suggests internet marketing in China will be the key. China’s economy is undergoing a massive slowdown, but digital channels and government strategy could be the key to getting the world’s economic...Top smartphones in China: Xiaomi overtakes Samsung
Xiaomi, often dubbed the ‘Apple of China’, has overtaken Samsung in terms of smartphone units sold for the first time in the country, according to new research. Watch this video covering Xiaomi’s latest smartphone launch here: Research from Canalys indicates...Xiaomi debuts $13 fitness band with latest smartphone
Xiaomi has launched a new flagship smartphone and low-cost companion wristband, as the fast-growing Chinese electronics firm looks to expand into the wearable technology sector. #MiBand – More colours and features! At an amazing price of RMB$79...Amazon smartphone: The emerging market challenge
Amazon has been teasing a new product for weeks, and today Amazon is holding a launch event to show off the fruit of their labours. Through leaks and Amazon’s own teasers the device looks to be a smartphone running a forked version of Android that re-introduces 3D to...Alibaba buys mobile browser firm UCWeb
Ecommerce giant Alibaba has bought UCWeb, one of Chinas top mobile browser companies, in a deal that will give the firm 500,000 new smartphone users. It’s unclear how much Alibaba is paying for the company, but it already owns a 66% stake in UCWeb. As part of...Global ad trends: Digital ‘to account for third of all revenue by 2018’
Digital ads will lead the way for global media growth in the next four years, accounting for 33% of total advertising revenue, nearly catching TV in the process, according to a new report.
