Tag: china
Siri the latest victim of Apple's Chinese lawsuit woes
Blimey, Apple aren't having much luck in China at the moment, are they? First they were forced to settle to the sum of £38 million in order to safeguard their iPad trademark, then do the same for their Snow Leopard…
Apple cough up £38 million to protect iPad name in China
Apple have had to open their cheque book in order to protect the iPad tablet name in China, where murky trademark laws have seen numerous companies claiming the right to use the name. The Cupertino company have had to pay…
Take a bite out of this tasty…iPhone 5?
While we're twiddling our thumbs in the West waiting for the iPhone 5 to be inevitably revealed, tech fans in China are already twiddling something else around the next Jesus Phone; their tongues. OK, so a little explanation is needed…
iPhone 5 ready for June, claims Foxconn employee
Apple's iPhone 5 may have just had its release date slipped early by an employee at Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturing plant that builds many of Apple's core hardware products. The Foxconn recruiter, speaking during a TV interview, stated that the…
Apple stops selling iPhone 4S in China due to rioting fears
And here's us thinking that the UK's usual gang of Apple fanboys queuing days for the latest iDevice were crazy; get a load of the rabid crowds scrambling for a piece of iPhone 4S action at the handset's launch…
Apple's viagra team can't stop the Chinese pirates
Apple are struggling to curb the rampant piracy of their products in China, as unlicensed Apple stores continue to pop up up and down the country selling knock-off gear imitating the Cupertino kings. Apple's legal teams were already slow off…
Chinese couple sells children to pay for online gaming habits
We've heard of some pretty awful cases of neglect when it comes to online gaming addiction around the globe, but never any quite as mercenary as this. A Chinese couple have been arrested after it was discovered the pair had…
Internet as human right and the evolution of technology
The internet should be seen as a basic human right, according to to Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the World Wide Web. Speaking at the 20th International World Wide Web Conference in India, Berners-Lee emphasised the importance of…
Google accuses China of sabotaging Gmail
Following problems with the Gmail email service in China, Google has reached a conclusion: it's not me, it's you. Engineers have looked into the problem at length, and concluded there is nothing technically wrong. This means it must be…
WikiLeaks Reveals Google's Struggles In China
It's been over a week since the first documents were leaked by the whistle-blowing site Wikileaks, yet despite the controversy, they continue to publish confidential cables sent from American embassies around the world. The latest cable reveals how Google's…
