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China’s Xiaomi shipped 11m smartphones in first three months of 2014, aims for 60m by year end

Mar31
by on March 31, 2014 at 6:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Gadgets

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In an indication of the rising popularity of Xiaomi devices, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer has announced that it shipped 11 million smartphones in the first quarter of this year. For comparison, Xiaomi sold 18.7 million smartphones in 2013, up 160 percent from a year earlier and more than its initial target of 15 million devices. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun earlier stated that the company expects to ship 40 million smartphones for 2014, but says now that it could reach 60 million units instead. He also expects Xiaomi to ship 100 million smartphones next year. The rise in shipments is no doubt being aided by Xiaomi’s…

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Hootsuite adds more functionality and features to its integrated Chinese microblogging apps

Mar31
by on March 31, 2014 at 4:12 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Product Updates, weibo

Social media management platform HootSuite has integrated two Chinese Twitter-like microblogging services — Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo — since October 2012 and April 2013 respectively. Today, it has relaunched the apps to add more functionality and features, as it seeks to provide greater convenience to users in Asia. The updated Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo apps in Hootsuite are available not only in English, but also in simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese. They now let users schedule posts to each network , as well as manage their scheduled posts. What’s more, users also have new ways to organize the users they follow and can…

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China’s Alibaba invests in department store operator Intime to bring online shopping offline

Mar31
by on March 31, 2014 at 2:36 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, e-commerce

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is keen to bring online shopping offline, essentially creating an entire ecosystem for online-to-offline retail, and it has now teamed up with department store operator Intime to do so. The two companies announced today that they have partnered each other to beef up the online shopping experience on Alibaba by connecting to Intime’s physical stores and membership system. To this extent, Alibaba has agreed to invest about $692 million in Intime. This will essentially give Alibaba a presence in the physical world — as at the end of 2013, Intime operated 36 stores, including 28 department stores and eight…

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Online learning company Coursera launches an Android app

Mar30
by on March 30, 2014 at 7:34 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Online learning company Coursera has finally come to Android after launching an app for the Google-owned mobile platform. The launch comes just over three months after Coursera debuted its iOS app, its first native mobile app, and will help the company towards its goal of providing access to free education worldwide. Coursera for Android — which was first spotted by Android Police — is much like the iOS incarnation. Both are designed to keep students engaged with the 600-plus courses on the service, which are provided by more than 100 educational institutions, including Stanford and Yale, while they are on the go….

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