China News
Google Launches MP3 Search In China
11th August 2008
A post on the Music 2.0 blog mentions that Google has launched a legal MP3 (music) search service in China under the URL www.google.cn/music. More »
Carrefour Banned On Google China
2nd May 2008
During the Olympic torch relay in France, a wheelchair-bound Chinese participant was attacked by pro-Tibet protesters. To add insult to injury, France has granted honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama, who is the head of the Tibetan Buddhists, who have been agitating against the Chinese Government. These events have apparently not gone down well with both, the Chinese public and government. More »
China Manipulates Politics On Google News, YouTube And Yahoo!
18th March 2008
On Saturday 16th March 2008, the government of China blocked access to YouTube in order to prevent videos of the unrest in Tibet from being viewed by Internet users in mainland China. YouTube showed several clippings of the pro-Tibetan-sovereignty protests, taking place in Lhasa. More »
Interview With Matt Colebourne, CEO of coComment
10th March 2008
Farhad Divecha, Director of AccuraCast interviewed Matt Colebourne, CEO of coComment to find out more about his company, the advantages of unified conversation management and the future of blogging worldwide. The conversation took some very interesting turns, especially when the discussion turned to censorship and how services like coComment could help or hurt vulnerable groups in third world countries. More »
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