Posts Tagged ‘Commentary’
VTech Data Breach Highlights IoT Failings
November 29th, 2015
VTech Holdings Limited, the Hong Kong maker of baby monitors and electronic toys, announced that its customer database was hacked two weeks ago. The company says an unauthorized party accessed VTech customer data housed in its Learning Lodge app store database on November 14, 2015. Learning Lodge gives its customers the ability to download apps, […]
Apple Malware Infestation In China Shows Companies’ Weaknesses
September 22nd, 2015
A number of Chinese Apple iOS apps this week were found infected with XcodeGhost malware. This makes both Apple and the technology companies who created the malware-infested apps look bad. Download speeds appear to be a prime reason why Chinese app developers of at least 57 apps, including WeChat and Didi Chuxing, chose to download […]
China’s Great Cannon Raises Questions For China’s Top Search Engine
April 14th, 2015
The news in recent days of China’s “Great Cannon” and a related research report from Canada has cast a spotlight from outside China on the machinations of China’s government-run Internet services. Dubbed “Great Cannon” in a research report from the University of Toronto’s Citizenlab, the researchers say, “The Great Cannon is not simply an extension […]
Deciphering Alibaba CEO’s Letter To Investors
September 8th, 2014
China’s Alibaba starts selling stakes in its Cayman Island company Alibaba Group Holding Limited today in the United States. In a “Letter From Jack Ma” which was filed last Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ma “Jack” Yun outlines expectations, caveats, and hopes for armchair investors in his extended family of Chinese e-commerce businesses. […]
IBM Releases White Book, CIOs Face China Challenges
May 19th, 2008
In cooperation with CCW Research, IBM (IBM) Global Technology Services has released a white book called “Chinese IT Development Trend White Book” which analyzes in detail the history of Chinese enterprises’ IT development as well as their development trend in the future.
Tencent May Have Just Defeated Baidu At Its Own Game In China
September 22nd, 2017