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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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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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Google’s China gambit – defiance of compliance may prove costly

Posted in Android, Apple, China, Google on Jan 13th, 2010

If you haven’t heard the news … Google announced yesterday that they’re reviewing the “feasibility” of their business operations in China. Doing away with PR speak, Google is threatening to shut down their offices and get out of the search business in China altogether unless China makes concessions. Google’s ultimatum stems from incidences of state-sanctioned cyber [...]

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