China taking orders for the iPhone 5
Apple next-generation iPhone has not even been released yet, but China’s e-commerce platform Taobao are already accepting pre-orders.
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‘Steve Jobs was the Leonardo da Vinci of our age’
From San Francisco to Seoul to Sydney, fans paid tribute to Steve Jobs after he resigned as CEO, calling him an icon for the technology industry.
China tells US ‘good old days’ of borrowing are over
The United States’ biggest creditor, China, bluntly criticised the superpower one day after the superpower’s credit rating was downgraded.
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Chinese city orders two fake Apple shops to close
Chinese officials in Kunming have ordered two fake Apple shops to close because the stores did not have official business permits.
Google risks China’s ire with slap to censorship
Google shut its mainland Chinese-language portal and began rerouting searches to an uncensored Hong Kong-based site.
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Chinese media launches new attack on Google
The Xinhua news agency launched a new broadside against Google on Monday, saying that the company had reneged on promises to abide by Chinese law.
Chinese shrug shoulders at possible Google pull-out
With speculation that Google will soon announce the closure of its China-based internet portal, the reaction from some has been hurry up and leave.
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Google postpones cellphone launch in China
Google has postponed the launch of two cellphones in China, in a sign its business there is starting to be affected by a dispute over hacking.
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New breed of elite sex workers cater to India’s rich
Zeba, a 23-year-old model and actress says she’s found the perfect job. The money is great and her working hours are convenient.
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Virgin Galactic plans more spaceships
Virgin Galactic, billionaire Richard Branson’s space travel venture, plans to order five more spaceships and aims to turn a profit in five years from its commercial launch in 2010, an official said on Thursday. Prospective space travellers have so far placed deposits totalling more than -million for tickets that cost 000 each.
