04 Dec 08 A Winning Web Formula
Advertisers could benefit from analyzing the early popularity of online content.Tagi: popularity
22 Oct 09 China authors says Google violated copyrights
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A group representing authors in China has accused Google of violating copyrights with its digital library, a claim that Google denies by saying the service complies with international law.Tagi: comies, google, reuters, digital library, shanghai, copyrights, china
04 Nov 09 Apple's iPhone Launch in China Not All That Hot
Apple's iPhone launched in China last Friday with plenty of fanfare, but the sales numbers so far appear a little light.Tagi: sales numbers, iphone, fanfare, last friday, launch, apple, china
23 Dec 09 China to require Internet domain name registration
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has issued new Internet regulations, including what appears to be an effort to create a "whitelist" of approved websites that could potentially place much of the Internet off-limits to Chinese readers.Tagi: internet domain name, internet domain name registration, chinese readers, domain name registration, reuters, beijing, ace, china
03 Jan 10 Google Sets Censorship Precedent In India
eldavojohn writes "Censorship varies from country to country but India, home to a sixth of the world's population, appears to be shaping up much like China. Not far behind everyone else, Google has increasingly censored websites with an incident where a very popular politician died and Google forcibly deleted and dissolved a group on Orkut where offensive comments about the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh were posted. An official from India's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said, 'If you are doing business here, you should follow the local law, the sentiments of the people, the culture of the country. If somebody starts abusing Lord Rama on a Web site, that could start riots.' The lengthy opinion piece calls attention to the beginnings of a definitive lack of free speech online for Indian citizens. A spokeswoman for the 'Do No Evil' company explained, 'India does value free speech and political speech. But they are weighing the harm of free speech against violence in their streets.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Tagi: lord rama, indian citizens, india home, google, offensive comments, political speech, minter, free speech, censorship, riots, sentiments, spokeswoman, politician, doing business, peoe, violence, china
