Days after China removed foreign security vendors from its procurement lists for government departments, it has reportedly done the same with Apple(s aapl) products. According to anonymous sources quoted by Bloomberg,… Read more »
A Chinese government supplier list for security firms now includes only Chinese outfits, with Symantec and Kaspersky having been shown the door. Read more »
It’s not clear why the company is being investigated, but based on earlier statements by the Chinese government it is most likely to do with the security of Windows. Read more »
The OECD’s definition of broadband may be loose, but according to its figures the U.S. now has as many high-speed wireless links as it has people. Read more »
Not that we needed yet another data-point explaining why China is such an important mobile market or anything but Reuters is happy to provide one. On Monday, it reported that for the first… Read more »
Given the usual strategy for OTT communications apps is to grow big and then sell out to an internet giant, Line’s plan to go independent runs counter to the market. Read more »
Samsung has suspended business with a supplier called Dongguan Shinyang Electronics, after China Labor Watch (CLW) exposed the apparent use of child labor in Shinyang’s factory (along with other labor violations… Read more »
Chinese media, which tend to toe the government line, have already cast aspersions on Microsoft’s Windows 8, IBM’s servers and pretty much the entire U.S. tech industry. Read more »
A Chinese man who owns trademarks and a domain name for Tesla in China is suing to shut down the company across the country unless it pays him. Given China’s unpredictable… Read more »