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2 min ago | Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Tech Business Roundup: Apple TV Update and Facebook's Equity HELL

It's getting closer. The Chinese site Sina reports that the Apple TV set has entered the "trial production stage" at contract manufacturer Foxconn.

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Related Topix: iPad App, iPhone App, Facebook, iPod touch App, iPhone and iPad App, Search Engines, Media, Computers, Startups, Apple, Twitter, iPhone, Amazon

4 hrs ago | International Business Times

China's Sina Weibo Introduces New Rules and Regulations

's largest and widest microblogging service, recently introduced new rules and regulations for their users in order to prevent online rumors and other content that are considered as inappropriate by Internet censors.

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Related Topix: Computers, Media, Search Engines

7 hrs ago | Wall Street Journal

Microblog Conduct Rules in Question

From time to time, we will send you e-mail announcements on new features and special offers from The Wall Street Journal Online.

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Related Topix: Media, IT Services, Wall Street Journal Online, Computers, Search Engines

11 hrs ago | VentureBeat

You think terms of service are tricky? Check out this Chinese 'code of conduct'

The Chinese equivalent of Twitter has just issued a "code of conduct" for its users in an attempt to put a stop to political criticism, rumors, and the spread of social unrest.

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Related Topix: Computers, Media, Search Engines

15 hrs ago | Techmeme

China moves to tame microbloggers amid censorship claims

China moves to tame microbloggers amid censorship claims - - China's Sina Corp has introduced a code of conduct for users of the local version of Twitter amid accusations of censorship to rein in what has grown into a raucous online forum to air political and social grievances.

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Related Topix: Media, Computers, Search Engines, Twitter, OpenDNS

Mon May 28, 2012

The Sun Online

Facebook boss makes weird cameo in Chinese cop documentary

FACEBOOK billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have made a bizarre appearance in a Chinese documentary about the police.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Media, Computers, Search Engines, Offbeat

Slate Magazine

Hairy Eyeball

Sina Weibo is looking for more censors. The social media company, often described as China's version of Twitter, has a rumored 1.000 "information security" editors working to remove posts and comments about forbidden subjects like "Chen Guangcheng" or "Tiananmen Square." But according to a report in the Asian Wall Street Journal , the NASDAQ-listed ... (more)

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Related Topix: Media, Computers, Search Engines, Non-Profit

Sun May 27, 2012

IT Business

Social media networks going beyond social

In the social media playground , folks check their numerous site pages and Twitter accounts, sometimes before they're out of bed and several times during the day.

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Related Topix: iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Social Software, Startups, Facebook, Media, Computers, Search Engines

BBC News

'China's Twitter' adopts new code

Users are reported to start with 80 points - they gain more by taking part in promotional activities, but lose points if they break any of the rules.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Media, Computers, Search Engines, Business News

Fri May 25, 2012

CNET News.com

Baidu integration in iOS coming next month, report says

When China-based users search the Web, they currently don't have the option to automatically choose Baidu.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Baidu, Media, Computers, iPod touch App, iPad App, Google Translate, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Google+, Google, Startups

Thu May 24, 2012

ComputerWorld

China's Sina Weibo targeting Japanese advertisers

One of China's top Twitter-like sites, Sina Weibo, is working to attract Japanese companies to advertise on its platform by helping the firms open and use accounts on the microblogging service.

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Related Topix: Media, Computers, Search Engines

Bellingham Herald

China, North Korea ties hit rough weather

China's leadership is hitting a rough patch with ally North Korea under its new leader Kim Jong Un, as Beijing finds itself wrong-footed in episodes including Pyongyang's rocket launch and the murky detention of Chinese fishing boats.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, China, Media, Computers, Search Engines,

Wed May 23, 2012

AmericanBankingNews.com

Sina's "Neutral" Rating Reaffirmed at Zacks

's stock had its "neutral" rating reiterated by Zacks in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Media, Computers, Search Engines, Banking, Financial Services, Bank of America

Mon May 21, 2012

The Stockmasters

Covered Call Picks

Here are today's Covered Call Picks for Monday 05-21-2012. Today we're looking at the January 2013 strike price.

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Wall Street Journal

Is This What a Chinese Internet Censor Job Ad Looks Like?

A screenshot shows a "monitoring editor" job ad posted on Sina Weibo on Monday, May 21, along with a comment mocking it below.

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Related Topix: Computers, Media, Search Engines, Social Software

Seeking Alpha

Three Small To Mid-Cap Chinese Tech Stocks Worth Watching

The Facebook IPO might have drawn a lot of the attention away from the rest of the power tech plays, but it didn't make us forget about them.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Baidu, Media, Computers, Search Engines, Telecom, Zong, China Mobile Hong Kong, Readers Digest Associates, Publishing

Sun May 20, 2012

FiveThirtyEight

IHT Rendezvous: A Defeaning Silence About Chen in China

If you woke up in China on Sunday you were likely still in the dark when it came to the arrival of Chen Guangcheng, the blind legal advocate, in the United States.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, China, Search Engines, Media, Computers, Startups, IGN Entertainment, Century Media Records, Publishing, Ottaway Newspapers, Music

Sat May 19, 2012

People's Daily Online

Cellist case reflects skewed attitude to foreigners

Not long after last week's incident involving alleged sexual harassment by a British man, a Russian has now stirred another round of online uproar for his rude behavior toward a Chinese woman.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Media, Computers, Search Engines

Fri May 18, 2012

Minyanville

China: Facebook Mania Hits China, While Apple Adds a New Chinese Operator

Facebook mania hit Wall Street and the rest of the world today, and even China did not escape the hype of the biggest ever Internet IPO, with news outlets like Sina and Sohu all breathlessly reporting on Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg .

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Apple, Media, Computers, Search Engines, Mark Zuckerberg, eBay, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App

Sys-Con Media

Shares of SINA and Renren Spike Despite Reporting Losses

It is estimated that only 37.7 percent of China is online according to the China Internet Network Information Center .

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Related Topix: Media, Computers, Search Engines

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