The world's most heavily populated country has has Tim Cook as its guest this past week, Apple assuring Chinese officials from Beijing that they would be investing further in the country as it opens up to the mobile world. This visit is not the first time Apple has been in the country, of course, with both parts factories and sales hitting the news headlines for quite a few months now. Apple's few retail stores in China have blossomed in the short time they've been there, with Cook's visit coming amid promises that the successful retail model Apple has in the USA will expand to China past their initial "test phase."
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Tim Cook visits China for “greater investment”
Australian government bans Huawei from bidding amid security concerns
The Australian government was accepting bids for building a high-speed Internet network within the country. When bids opened up the Australian government decided to block the Chinese firm Huawei from the bidding process. The reason cited for blocking Huawei from bidding was security with many cyber attacks carried out against corporations in the West believed to have originated from China.
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Scalpers scramble as new iPad gains Chinese sales approval
Apple's new iPad launch in China could take place as early as April, with the country's safety regulators finally approving the WiFi model, though grey-market third-gen iPads have been available immediately after the tablet first went on sale. The China Quality Certification Center, the country's official safety standards agency, granted the new iPad WiFi its China Compulsory Certification on Thursday last week, paving the way for sales to begin as early as April.
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Google Android store fools hundreds in China
The unofficial Android store we're discovering exists in Zhuhai today shows us what it really means to go up against the masses in the world's largest smartphone market. What we've got here is an off-green skinny store with the Android logo posted above the official Android text logo. This store not only offers Android devices galore, it's carrying the iPhone as well!
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Flipboard sees red in China launch
Auto-curating digital magazine Flipboard has begun its assault on China, with a new update adding support for social networks Sina, Weibo and Renren, along with new Chinese content. The app automatically pulls in news and articles from users' Facebook and Twitter contacts, but in a v1.8.3 update today, Flipboard introduced China-specific social network support so as to make a more convincing play for the market.
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Chinese activate more Apple and Android devices than Americans
China is the most populous country in the world and has one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. That means more and more Chinese citizens are coming to the world of gadgets and smartphones, and they are coming in droves. The latest report from Flurry has shown that China has surpassed the United States in the number of activations for Apple and Android devices.
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Over 200,000 new iPads already smuggled into China
According to Chinese media reports, cited by Tech in Asia, more than 200,000 new iPads have already been smuggled into China. Many of these gray market iPads come from the US where online pre-orders and the abundance of retail stores selling the device has made it much easier to obtain. They are reportedly being imported from the US to Shenzhen, a city just outside of Hong Kong, for a profit of $20 per iPad.
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Apple granted Interactive Stand Patent
If you’ve walked into an Apple Store recently, you’re probably familiar some of their retail stands. While you can pick up and freely interact with products like the iPhone and iPad, usually next them you’ll find an iPad encased in slanted perspex that will give you more information. New information shows Apple applied for patents for those retail stands, which have now been granted in China.
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Nokia Lumia may hit China March 28
As if Nokia's flagship Windows Phone brand hasn't been enough of a success in markets like Europe and the US, the company is now setting its sights on a very large prize - China. According to the latest report, the manufacturer has already struck a deal with major carriers China Unicorn, China Telecom, and China Mobile. And they'll be launching very soon.
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Workers still seek treatment after December iPad plant explosion
According to the NPR, hours after Apple inspectors left an iPad manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China where the iPad is produced an explosion struck. The explosion occurred in December of last year, and it happened in a facility other than the one the New York Times investigated. Last week, NPR reports that it met with 25 of the workers of his injured in the Shanghai explosion. The workers claim that it had been inspected by Apple hours before the blast.
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iPhone well behind Samsung in Chinese market share
The iPhone is the top smartphone in most markets around the world except in China. The top platform remains Android in most places, but the single most popular smartphone in the majority of areas is the iPhone. Apple is making a big push into China since the country is the largest smartphone market in the world.
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Pangean 300 million year old forest discovered in China
This week University of Pennsylvania paleobotanist Hermann Pfefferkorn and colleagues have presented findings they've collected from a fossilized forest hidden under a coal mine in China for 300 million years. These findings will lend insight into the ecology and climate from the time and place that the forest was alive, before it was covered in a volcano's ash over a period of several days. Because of the speed in which the ash fell and the subsequent perfect storm of environmental factors that proceeded, this site has been kept in relatively excellent condition since the age of Pangea.
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