Chinese search engine Baidu has unveiled a web-based app store, the Box Computing Open Platform.
The platform will carry games, videos, e-books and other applications, accessible directly through the Baidu site using any web browser, WSJ.com said.&nb
Wireless inductive charging technology is set to surge with the release of the first industry standard for wireless chargers for mobile phones and other gadgets.
Sony is making a play for a slice of the online entertainment market with new TV and music offerings designed to trump the best that Apple has to offer.
The consumer electronics giant promised its new video on demand service would deliver “hundreds of box office hits” from big-name studios, and said its
Alcatel Lucent has bought cross-platform mobile software firm OpenPlug – its second addition to its app development capabilities in three months.
OpenPlug allows developers to write an application once and then convert it into native software for Apple’s iOS, Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile or Linux.
Web users in BRICI countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and Indonesia – will almost double in the next five years, as PC and smartphone penetration grows, analysts say.
The number of subscribers accessing the web in the five markets will grow from 610 million in 2009 to 1.2 billion in 2015, Boston Consulting Group predicts, as PC penetration doubles
After years of trying, China has launched its “real-name registration system” for telecom customers.
From today, customers will be required to show their ID when buying a prepaid mobile phone service from one of the three carriers, China Daily has reported
