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Access to more online services including the Korean messaging apps Line and KakaoTalk, the photo-sharing website Flickr and Microsoft’s (MSFT.NASDAQ) OneDrive cloud storage service have been blocked by the Chinese government in what activists believe is a move to block information about pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, Reuters reported. Some users of Chinese microblog Weibo […]
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC; 0981.HKG) on Thursday said it had secured orders from Qualcomm (QCOM.NASDAQ) to make chips for the world’s largest supplier of smartphone processors, Bloomberg reported. Shanghai-based SMIC will work with the San Diego-based chip designer to make its Snapdragon processors. Qualcomm will have its marquee smartphone chip made in China as it […]
Lenovo Group (0992.HKG) says its plans to purchase IBM’s (IBM.NYSE) low-end server unit and Google’s (GOOG.NASDAQ) Motorola Mobility business should be completed by year’s end, Reuters reported, citing comments from Lenovo Chief Executive Officer Yang Yuanqing on Wednesday. The deals are undergoing approval by US and Chinese regulators, and last week, The Wall Street Journal […]
Web giant Tencent (0700.HKG) on Friday said it agreed to pay US$736 million for a 19.9% stake in 58.com (WUBA.NYSE), a local equivalent of Craigslist that provides users with information such as job postings and rentals, The Wall Street Journal reported. For Tencent, whose WeChat application has more than 350 million users, the decision is […]