Facebook is trying a new way into China, after years of being locked out of the … chief strategy officer and head of technology research at GBH Insights. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made severa……
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China Mobile to host Apple’s China iCloud until 2020
State-imposed hoster GCBD will use China Telecom servers till Apple can build a new Ghuizhou data center Guizhou-Cloud Big Data Industry Co (GCBD), which recently took over the operation of Apple’s iC… ( read original…
Facebook opens subsidiary in China after being locked out of the country for years
A notice published on China’s National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System listed the company as Facebook Technology (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd and noted that it is wholly owned by Facebook Hong K… ( read original story…
Facebook gets a toehold in China after being locked out of the country for years
Neither materialized. Oculus, Facebook’s virtual reality company, has a Shanghai office, and the company is interested in China for its growing hardware ambitions. ( read original story …)
Facebook, Trying to Move Forward in China, Registers a Chinese Subsidiary
SHANGHAI — After a decade of effort in which Facebook’s progress at courting China often seemed to stall, the social network finally gained an official status in the country — at least temporarily. Fa… (…
Xiongan calls in ConsenSys to bring blockchain technology to Xi Jinping’s dream city
“As one of our first major projects in the People’s Republic of China, we are excited to help define the many ‘use cases’ that could benefit from the trust infrastructure enabled by ethereum technolog… (…
China waging ‘cold war’ in its bid to become the world’s dominant power, CIA expert warns
Marcel Lettre, former undersecretary of defence for intelligence, said China was also pursuing advances in cyber, artificial intelligence, engineering and technology, counter-space, anti-satellite cap… ( read original story …)
Facebook sets up subsidiary in China: filing
BEIJING (Reuters) – Facebook has set up a subsidiary in China with registered capital of $30 million … The subsidiary’s operations will include network information technology development and related … ( read original story …)
China Mobile Launches Commercial Operator Cloud VR Service with Huawei
China Mobile Fujian (Fujian Mobile) announced a pilot commercial launch of Operator Cloud VR service with Huawei and other partners. The AND Cloud VR for smart home video services requires upgrade of … ( read…
China Pivots to Europe for Technology Transfers
Amid escalating trade friction with the United States, China appears to be courting Europe to fill the gaps in providing opportunities for technology transfers. Analysts, however, are urging Europe to … ( read original story…
Tech firm China Unicom confidently enters Africa
Global ICT and connectivity services provider China Unicom has officially entered the African telecoms space and set up operations in South Africa. The company hosted a launch ceremony in Johannesburg … ( read original story…
China’s mobile payment platforms are transforming online marketing
Getting a cup of coffee in Starbucks used to be a pretty pedestrian affair. Stand in line, hand over some crumpled banknotes and receive your fuel for the day. Mobile payments are changing that: more…
Wild About Tech, China Even Loves Robot Waiters That Can’t Serve
China has become a global technological force in just a few years. It is shaping the future of the internet. Its technology ambitions helped prompt the Trump administration to start a trade war. Hundr… (…
