Defining a High Tech Business in China
China Tech News reports:
China’s State Administration of Taxation has released an important rule on the appraisal and classification of high-tech enterprises, which sets a new threshold for high-tech companies to enjoy China’s preferential taxes.
The new rule says that high-tech companies must be those that are engaged in at least one of the eight fields under [...]
Microsoft: They Still Haven’t Found What They’re Looking For
China Tech News reports:
Ma Weiying, principal researcher and research area manager for Microsoft (MSFT) Research Asia in Beijing, says that Microsoft has arranged a large team for the development of search engines in China and expects to make some achievements in the field in the coming years.
Ma told local media that though Microsoft’s Internet and [...]
Rural China Online Update
People’s Daily reports:
The online population in China’s rural areas grew 127.7 percent last year, outpacing the 38.2 percent urban expansion, according to the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).
About 29.17 million out of the country’s 73 million new netizens, or 40 percent of the total, were from the countryside, taking the total Internet population in [...]
Google in China: Mobile Search Means Mobile Ads
Shanghai Daily reports:
GOOGLE Inc, trailing Baidu.com Inc in China’s online search market, expects to process more local Web queries through mobile phones than computers by 2011, aided by an alliance with the nation’s largest wireless carrier.
“In some quarters, our mobile traffic will double, whereas it will take perhaps a year to double on the [...]
Apple: When Cracking is Loving
Computer Reseller News reports:
After announcing its second quarter earnings on Wednesday, Apple COO Tim Cook told analysts and investors that the company expects to hit its target and sell 10 million iPhones this year, and that unlocked iPhones are just evidence of the phone’s popularity.
“We’re confident on hitting the 10 million for the year,” said [...]