Google v. Baidu: Which company will win China?
The Chinese company dominates online searches in its home market, but Google's ambitions go well beyond Googling. At first glance one might readily declare "game over" in the China online search war....
View ArticleGoogle's gutsy move
Fortune's man in Shanghai offers perspective on the online ad giant's threat to end its China venture. By Bill Powell, Senior writer //Safari can't open the page...
View ArticleWho wins when Google leaves China? Microsoft and Baidu might not like the answer
The big question in China isn't why Google is leaving but who will take its market share. Microsoft wants it, Baidu's a favorite, but local powers like Sohu and Tencent are more likely to be the big...
View ArticleTechmate: Google vs. China
Jon and Michael debate the merits of Google (GOOG) pulling out of China over spying concerns. Filed under: Techmate, Video
View ArticleChina: Facebook's undiscovered country
If Mark Zuckerberg wants in on the biggest boom country in Asia, the social networking champ will have to make some tough choices about what kind of company he wants Facebook to be. "Like" it, hate it,...
View ArticleFacebook's China problem
CEO Mark Zuckerberg would like to reach the country's 513 million Internet users. Too bad local entrepreneurs have beaten him to the punch. FORTUNE -- Last May when Mark Zuckerberg wed his...
View ArticleHow mobile will transform internet access
Checking mobile devices is like blinking our eyes, says Facebook's Carolyn Everson. By Beth Kowitt, writer FORTUNE -- Mobile is the most profound development we will see in our lifetime, said Carolyn...
View ArticleDoes Baidu’s Robin Li have the hardest job in the world?
FORTUNE — Unlike Google GOOG , Baidu, Chinas largest search engine, cooperates with the governments policy of censorship. The western press commonly asks the companys CEO, Robin Li, how he justifies...
View ArticleTop women in Asia embrace risk
When Jennifer Li moved from General Motors GM to Baidu BIDU as chief financial officer in 2008, the stock of the Chinese Internet search company was selling for $21 a share. Today, the shares trade...
View ArticleThis $100-million building looks exactly like Star Trek’s Enterprise
A Chinese executive who sits on the board of Baidu has constructed an office that pays faithful homage to Star Trek‘s USS Enterprise. The building, which was built by NetDragon Websoft’s 43-year-old...
View ArticleMercedes is partnering with this Chinese tech giant on cars
German automobile manufacturer Daimler announced a partnership Monday with Chinese search giant Baidu BIDU . The companies plan to work together to integrate software from Baidu, sometimes referred to...
View ArticleChina is making a massive new move to censor the Internet
China, long known for its strict Internet censorship laws, is now sending online censors to take posts at the country’s biggest online companies. Key “network security officers” will monitor the work...
View ArticleFidelity, Microsoft, and Baidu just invested millions in this hot cloud startup
A group of big name companies have invested $110 million in the networking and cyber security startup CloudFlare, the company said on Tuesday. Fidelity Investments led the funding round along with...
View ArticleFrom carwashes to karaoke: See China’s advanced mobile economy in action
The sharing or on-demand economy, epitomized by companies like Uber, Airbnb and Instacart, is a booming business in the United States, but it might be nothing compared with what’s happening in China....
View ArticleHow Apple’s next big move in China could fail
Apple Music launches in China on Wednesday. The streaming service, available in the States since the end of June, will be available to Chinese customers for 10 yuan per month, or less than $2. That’s...
View ArticleSecrets of Intel’s “Super 7” Cloud Computing Customers
There are seven companies whose computing buying power is so impressive they not only get early access to chips that aren’t available to any other customer, but they also influence how an increasing...
View ArticleHere’s Why Elon Musk and Everyone Else Is Betting Big on AI
Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and fellow tech kingpins committed $1 billion to researching artificial intelligence. The group’s findings would be made available for the world. The possibilities where...
View ArticleMicrosoft Cozies Up to China With a Custom Version of Windows
Microsoft will provide a customized version of Windows 10 to the Chinese government, the company announced on Thursday, as it continues to strengthen its relationship with Chinese regulators. The...
View ArticleChinese Automaker GAC Group Joins Uber China as Strategic Investor
Uber’s China-based business has received a new cash infusion from GAC Group, a Chinese automaker, the company said on Tuesday. Though Uber declined to share the size of the investment, it seems the...
View ArticleAI Is Super Hot, so Where Are All the Chip Firms That Aren’t Named Nvidia?
This week, several of the big brains in artificial intelligence met in New York to discuss technical and societal challenges associated with building “intelligent” machines. I wasn’t able to attend,...
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