Microsoft says Windows Phone will beat the iPhone in China Microsoft believes its Windows Phone operating system will help the software giant push past Apple in China?s smartphone market, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. Passing Apple is an “interim goal” for the company, as the longer-term objective is to surpass Google’s Android platform and become the local market leader, Microsoft?s chairman and chief executive officer for the Greate [..]
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'Twitters' beat media in reporting China earthquake
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Microsoft: Piracy Makes China An Irrelevant Market Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer is still lashing out at Chinese software pirates.
In August Microsoft rolled out a new anti-piracy program called "Windows Genuine Advantage." Critics in China call it the "Black Screen [..]
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Microsoft brings Windows Phone to China with HTC Eternity Microsoft announced on Wednesday that its mobile operating system Windows Phone is now officially available in China. The company confirmed the launch on its Windows Phone blog on Wednesday. The first Windows Phone-powered handset to be released in the region is the HTC Eternity, known as the HTC Titan in the United States. It features a huge 4.7-inch display, a 1.5GHz single-core Snapdragon proce [..]
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Microsoft working on approval to sell Xbox 360 in China
Microsoft is apparently working with Chinese regulators to allow the sale of its Xbox 360 console in the country of 1.3 billion people. Shanghai Daily (subscription required) reports that Ya-Qin Zhang, a corporate VP for MS in China, sta [..]