Google search competitor duckduckgo gets blocked in china

Google Search Competitor DuckDuckGo Gets Blocked In China

Although Peking Duck is a frequent mainstay on Chinese restaurant menus, DuckDuckGo is not. Reports have been arising that DuckDuckGo is no longer accessible to use in China, but no reasons explaining why have been forthcoming. DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg confirmed suspicions that the search engine is indeed blocked. However, Weinberg, according to Engadget, has…

Sales of oculus rift suspended in china over scalper problem

Sales of Oculus Rift Suspended in China Over Scalper Problem

For developers in China looking to test-drive Oculus Rift, the past week brought some bad news. Oculus VR recently confirmed that they have been pushed to stop selling the development kit for their virtual reality headsets in China due to high rates of scalpers gobbling up the kits before legitimate developers can get to them. Widespread…

China’s e-commerce giant alibaba launching online bazaar for u. S.

China’s E-Commerce Giant Alibaba Launching Online Bazaar for U.S.

Nicknamed “China’s Google” by the tech industry, Alibaba has set its sights on America, with plans to open an online marketplace for the U.S. market. The site, 11Main.com, aims to provide an online shopping experienced inspired by Main Streets, historically the retail hubs of American cities. Rather than an amalgam of products ranging from the questionably cheap to…

Console wars: china edition

Console Wars: China Edition

Since 2000, the video game consoles that we all know and love have been banned in China.  However, early this year, this ban has been lifted, allowing Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony to sell consoles and software.  With the recent announcement of Sony manufacturing and selling Playstation 4’s in China, gamers around the world are left…

Flipboard Gets Blocked in China

The People’s Republic of China’s Great Internet Firewall has  gotten itself another victim – Flipboard. The popular news aggregator app has had its international version blocked in the country. Users in China reported early last week that they were unable to refresh content on Flipboard’s international version. Flipboard itself seems to be at a loss…

China plans to release its own operating system named kylin

China Plans to Release Its Own Operating System Named Kylin

The Chinese government have begun a collaboration with software company Canonical that will see the development and release of a “home-gown” computer operating system (OS). A Chinese specific version of Ubuntu will be released this April Canonical are widely known for the development, distribution and continued support of the Linux-based Ubuntu OS which, as well…

Unlicensed warcraft themepark opens in changzhou, china

Unlicensed Warcraft Themepark Opens in Changzhou, China

  In a world where creating an almost-but-not-quite-cool, non-licensed, total knock-off theme park is awesome and getting the go ahead from the intellectual property owner to create the real thing is totally lame, there’s World of Warcraft knock-off, World Joyland, in Changzhou, China. Now you no longer have to settle for knock off electronics, video…