Windows Phone “Tango” officially launches in China on March 21

Microsoft China has recently sent out invitations to media outlets for their Windows Phone 7.5 launch event. This will mark the official entrance of Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system into the mainland Chinese market. ... Read more »

Nokia signs deal with Tencent to bring QQ Game Hall to Nokia Windows Phones in China

We reported last week that with Windows Phone “Tango” in China, Microsoft will be removing Xbox LIVE from the Games hub, due to the fact that the service is not available in that region. ... Read more »

Confirmed: Windows Phone “Tango” to get Facebook and Twitter replaced in China

Microsoft planned expand Windows Phone into the Chinese market for a long time, and with Windows Phone “Tango”, this will push it into reality. However, establishing in the Chinese market is not simple, given ... Read more »

Windows Phone Marketplace expands to developers in China and India, plus other changes

One week ago Microsoft officially launched Windows Phone 7.5 in India, bringing three devices – the HTC Radar, Samsung Omnia W, and Acer Allegro to the market by the end of November. Together with ... Read more »

A new homepage for MSN China portal

Last week, MSN China launched a new homepage for its news and content portal website. Along with a new logo, the new, cleaner look has the same design as current MSN.com in the US ... Read more »

Rumor: Microsoft and Baidu to reach a search deal in China

According to Business Insider, a Chinese press DoNews.com is reporting that Microsoft is closing in on a deal with Baidu, currently China’s largest search engine, as soon as this coming weekend. According to the ... Read more »

As Microsoft releases IE9, IE6 still dominates in China: here’s why

IE9 was just released this week (you can get it here), and for many there will be a rush to upgrade.  In China, however, it’s a different story. In preparation for the launch of ... Read more »

MSN China partners with Sina.com, resolves Spaces migration issue in China

While Microsoft announced back in September that they have partnered with WordPress.com to migrate all Windows Live Spaces over, those users in mainland China missed out – as WordPress is inaccessible in mainland China ... Read more »

Bing powers eTao.com website search in China

While we wait for word coming from Mountain View on today’s Bing announcements, news is out today that Bing is powering web searches on a new e-commerce website in China. ETao.com returns search results ... Read more »

The China Google rift: is it good for Bing?

Yesterday Google dropped quite a bombshell when it announced that, because of a series of attacks on Google and other companies by hackers trying to get access to Chinese human rights activists GMail accounts, ... Read more »