Asia Pacific

A Look Back at IBM’s Palmisano Era and the China Strategy

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 2 at 9:33 am PT

Palmisano will be remembered as the man who sold IBM’s PC division to China’s Lenovo. Seven years later, it seems to have been a good trade for both parties.

Apple’s 10-K Shows Asian Stake Sizzling

John Paczkowski in News on October 27, 2011 at 4:05 am PT

Apple has found a real sweet spot in the Asia Pacific.

Google Adds to Cloud Coverage in Asia

John Paczkowski in News on September 28, 2011 at 10:00 am PT

Google announces plans to build new data centers in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan.

For Apple iPhone, CDMA Means Capturing Developing Markets in Asia

John Paczkowski in Mobile on April 13, 2011 at 4:05 am PT

The Verizon iPhone was likely just the first step in Apple’s broader push into the CDMA handset market. And while the company stands to reap the most benefit from that first partnership, there are plenty of other opportunities abroad for CDMA market success.

Apple’s Really Good Quarter Was Really, Really Good in China

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 19, 2011 at 5:45 am PT

The iPhone and iPad maker saw sales of $2.6 billion for the December quarter, four times the business it was doing there a year earlier. Its four stores in China produce more sales and attract more visitors, on average, than any of the company’s other retail locations.

Mobile Ad Network Millennial Media Raises $27.5 Million to Fight Apple and Google

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 5, 2011 at 7:37 am PT

Millennial Media has raised a new round of capital today to help it stay independent and fight the Goliaths in the space, like Apple and Google. Will it be enough?

If (When) Goopon Closes, Remember Her Name: Google's Commerce Chief Stephanie Tilenius

Kara Swisher in News on December 2, 2010 at 4:45 am PT

As the possible acquisition of Groupon by Google chugs along–sources tell me bankers are starting to swan around annoyingly, which could be a sign of fruition, but we shall see–BoomTown realized that I have been remiss in mentioning one likely key person in the deal strategy. And, I am only guessing, that would be the search giant’s relatively new head of commerce, Stephanie Tilenius. That’s because the unassuming former longtime eBay exec–you won’t see her all over the scene swanning, for sure–is one of the few at the company sharp enough to have seen Groupon’s copious local retail data as a strong fit into Google.

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Fighting China's Pirates

Owen Fletcher, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 26, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

After years of relying on legal and political muscle to fight rampant piracy in China, big software companies have started wielding a new weapon: lower prices. And the early results are encouraging.

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Chinese Tech Firms Plan More Android Devices

Owen Fletcher, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 2, 2010 at 12:23 pm PT

ZTE Corp. and Huawei Technologies Co., China’s two biggest telecommunications hardware makers, said they will offer new mobile devices that use Google Inc.’s Android operating system, with ZTE saying it plans to release a tablet computer akin to Apple Inc.’s iPad.