PhotoSketch is an impressive image montage maker

PhotoSketch is an impressive image montage maker
A group of Chinese students have developed a new product named PhotoSketch.
PhotoSketch is a very high quality image montage maker. The technology behind this product is pretty awesome.
You just start by drawing a rough sketch of what you are looking for.
PhotoSketch then searches for images [...]

Spotify coming to China with support from Tom Group

Spotify coming to China with support from Tom Group
China based media company Tom Group has announced that they are collaborating with Spotify to bring their services to the Chinese market.
Spotify is a free web based service that streams music. It is currently available in select countries in Europe.
The service generates revenues through advertising. [...]

Evermore Software working on an online office suite

Evermore Software working on an online office suite
Evermore Software is the latest company to enter the competitive online office suite market.
The china based company already has a presence in the desktop office suite market with their Evermore Integrated Office.
The product competes with Microsoft Office in the Chinese market.
The company is currently focused [...]

Alibaba Group adds social networking components to their web services

Alibaba Group adds social networking components to their web services
Social networks have become massively popular online and a lot of other services are adding components to make them more social.
Alibaba Group is a big China based online brand. They are also getting into this market by adding social components to their services.
Both Taobao.com [...]

Mac version of Green Dam-Youth Escort being tested

Mac version of Green Dam-Youth Escort being tested
The internet cheered when the Chinese government announced that they were delaying the requirement for PC manufacturers in the country to ship all computers with Green Dam-Youth Escort web filtering software.
The Chinese government has confirmed that the plans are not cancelled at all. They are just delaying [...]

Green Dam Youth Escort

Green Dam Youth Escort
Green Dam Youth Escort is the name of the software that is being forced on PC manufacturers in China to bundle with their machines.
The application is primarily being labelled as an internet filtering software.
However online sources claim that it is much more than that.
Here are some features that are not [...]

Microsoft targets pirate users in China with Black Screen

Microsoft targets pirate users in China with Black Screen
Microsoft delivered a new software through its Windows Genuine Advantage Program in China.
Chinese users who were on pirated copies of Windows operating system were then greeted with black screen which wiped out information on the monitor.
This update is designed to turn the screen black after every 60 [...]

Apple News Site Challlenges Steve Jobs to China Factory Visit

Ryan Ritchey, the producer of The Digital Lifestyle, today posted a blog entry challenging Apple CEO Steve Jobs to an iPhone factory visit in China. In 2006, Apple investigated wrongdoing at a Foxconn location due to press reports of inhumane conditions. Apple’s own report found overtime violations and some questionable living quarters.
Philadelphia, PA – Ryan [...]

EFF makes available Switzerland Network Testing Tool

EFF makes available Switzerland Network Testing Tool
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has made available a new application named Switzerland Network Testing Tool.
Switzerland Network Testing Tool is an open source application which is designed to help the user test out the integrity of data communications over networks, ISPs and firewalls.
Basically, it can be used to check [...]

Joost launches China focused services

Joost launches China focused services
Internet television service provider Joost has announced the launch of their China focused services.
They are collaborating with TOM Online to expand their offering in this market which is the largest internet market in the world.
Joost CEO Mike Volpi said in a statement: “There’s a great market opportunity in China: content producers [...]

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