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Updated: China to Google: Here’s our compromise – “disobey and you will pay”

Posted in Android, China, Google on Mar 13th, 2010

Update – March 13, 2010: The other shoe has dropped … The Financial Times is reporting that Google will indeed terminate their search business in China as talks with authorities have reached an “impasse;” Google has drawn up detailed plans for the closure of its Chinese search engine and is now “99.9 per cent” certain [...]

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Updated: Apple sues HTC over patent infringements – “Multi-touch this”

Posted in Android, Apple, iPhone, Smart Phones on Mar 2nd, 2010

Update – March 2, 2010: Apple files suit against HTC Boom! One month after Google’s latest OS update enabled “multi-touch,” Apple has dropped the much anticipated bomb … a patent lawsuit. But rather than sue Google, Apple is going after HTC and perhaps (soon?) other handset manufacturers who opt to deploy Apple’s patented intellectual property (IP). [...]

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Google’s battles in China may benefit iPhone

Posted in Android, China, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Google, iPhone in China, Uncategorized on Jan 18th, 2010

Update – January 19, 2010: A Google spokesman has confirmed the postponement of the launch of two Android phones in China. The manufacturers are Motorola and Samsung and China Unicom would have been the carrier. The future of the Android HTC Nexus One (so called Google phone) in China remains in doubt. January 18, 2010: The [...]

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Google’s China gambit less about censorship and more about defense of IP

Posted in Android, China, Google on Jan 18th, 2010

The latest in Google’s China gambit is that closed door “talks” between China and Google are progressing, yet the future of Google’s China “search” business remains in doubt. The fact that talks are continuing at all, may be due to to Google’s backtracking on their initial defiance of compliance. After a brief half-day (January 13) [...]

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Google and China working to salvage carriers’ Android plans

Posted in Android, China Mobile on Jan 15th, 2010

In the aftermath of Tuesday’s (January 12) bombshell announcement, Google is now engaged in discussions with Chinese ministry officials about the “feasibility” of their business operations in China. Key points of contention include state censorship of “search” on Google.cn and incidences of cyber spying. Read > Google’s China Gambit According to a Marbridge Consulting report, [...]

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