Blog Tag - Google

Machine Non-Learning: The Chinese Words That Trip Up Google Translate
Humankind now speaks more than 5,000 languages, which as anyone who has traveled or lived in a foreign country can attest to, makes life more...
Large Fire Erupts on Roof of Google's Beijing Offices in Zhongguancun
A fire erupted on what appeared to be the roof of Google's Bejing offices on Wednesday morning, Dec 12. Black smoke was first spotted coming from the...
Google’s Internal Dissent Over China Plans Sheds Light on Broader Transparency Issues in China
Last week, roughly 1,400 Google employees had signed an internal letter demanding that more information be shared with employees about the products...
Google in China: 5 Winners, 4 Losers, and 3 Questions
It seems every single news outlet has published a line similar to this over the last week: “The tech world has been abuzz with talk of Google’s...
Is Google Partnering With Tencent for Its China Comeback?
It is safe to assume at this point that both Google and Facebook are prioritizing re-entry into the China market. There is also a growing amount of...
Google Is Planning a Censored Version of Its Search Engine for China
Google has been planning to launch a censored version of its search engine in China under a project code-named Dragonfly, according to documents...
Google Invests USD 550 Million in JD.com Strategic Partnership With Overseas Focus
JD.com and Google have announced that Google will invest USD 550 million in cash into China’s largest retailer as part of a strategic partnership....
Google Knockoff Fuels Anticipation for Google Comeback
Google-ch (www.google-ch.com) went live in China recently, raising public speculations of a possible Google comeback in China. But a closer look...
Entrepreneur, Blogger Kai-Fu Lee Announces Cancer Diagnosis Online
Entrepreneur Kai-Fu Lee, a former Google China head, former Microsoft executive and one of China’s most popular bloggers, announced Friday he has...
Baidu Launches Street View Maps, Beijing Still Has Soso
Another web service has jumped on the bandwagon to offer people the street view navigation of Chinese cities that Google can't. We're just waiting...
Roll Over, Sergey Brin – Google Gets Dark and Kafkaesque
I live in China. The four o’clock knock came as an innocuous beep on my Android phone. I rolled over in bed, pressed the screen to show the message...
Motorola’s China Presence and New Google Venture
It’s been three months since Google finalized its acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the mobile arm of the one-time communications giant Motorola....
We're Back! TheBeijinger.com Gets Clean Bill of Health
For the last few days, TheBeijinger.com has been battling a virus. We finally overcame it yesterday, and today the medics at Google have given us...
News You Might Have Missed: Occupation and Laughter on the Internet and Not-so-Naked Running
Chinese netizens took a tongue-in-cheek response to Obama and, needless to say, the outpouring of Chinese-language comments have confused Americans...
News You Might Have Missed: Roads, Rodeos, and Imitation
Beijing's roads are being crushed while rodeo dreams are not. Meanwhile Apple and Google are being copied in China, like it or not. There’s a new...