China Internet and Technology Roundup provided by Chinamemes.com:
Bring on the Games!
According to the China Internet Network
Information Center (CINIC), nearly 32% of the nation's 132 million Internet
users played games online in 2006, while iResearch estimates that China's online
gaming market will reach close to $1 billion in 2007.
Spotlight:
Jack Ma, co-founder of Alibaba.comInternational Herald Tribune:
Portrait of Jack Ma, CEO of Alibaba.com (Alibaba, Taobao, YahooChina) and
China's most popular Internet entrepreneur.
China: Falling Hard
for Web 2.0The BusinessWeek describes China's Web 2.0 sphere.
Companies mentioned: Yoqoo, Mojiti, Qihoo, MySpace, Digg,
YouTube
Is China's IPv6 Link World's Fastest?China's
is IPv6 40 Gigabits per second (Gbps) link on the long haul between Beijing and
Tianjin is considered one of the fastest links anywhere on Earth and is a key
element of China's Next Generation Internet (CNGI) IPv6
infrastructure.
Japan's "Amazon" Rakuten to Venture into Chinese
E-CommerceJapan's Rakuten Inc. plans to launch an online shopping
mall in China in 2007. They will compete against Alibaba.com, China's largest
e-commerce company.
China Mobile Content 2.0 - Research
ReportWRHambrecht&Co. Research Report on China's Mobile Content
Providers. Companies mentioned: Tom.com, Kongzhong, Hurray!, Sina,
Linktone.
Surprise, Surprise! China Economy May
AccelerateBloomberg News columnist William Pesek thinks that in
2007, the odds favor China accelerating rather than trying to cool down the
world's fastest-growing major economy.
Google to buy stake in
Chinese P2P network operatorGoogle Inc., will be buying a stake in
Xunlei Networking Tech. Xunlei is a Chinese peer-to-peer file sharing network
operator which attracts more than 50 million visitors a
day.
China Mobile Gets Google SearchChina Mobile and
Google have joined hands to provide mobile and Internet search services in
China.
Sohu.com Upgrades Internet Search
ServiceChinese portal website Sohu.com (SOHU) says it has launched
Sogou 3.0, a new product upgrade version for its proprietary Internet search
engine, Sogou.
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