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The global Tech player Google has been forced to shut down its Dragonfly Project after an internal confrontation over data privacy. It was using to develop a censored search engine for China after members of the company’s privacy team raised internal complaints that it had been kept secret from them according to a new report by The Intercept.
Source: Google has reportedly ended its Search Engine Project for China
The big bets placed on machine learning by Kai-fu Lee the former Apple, Microsoft and Google executive turned as investor, a key figure in the Chinese technology industry leading the way for China With a portfolio of 300 companies. Lee is among the leading investors in Chinese AI startups through his venture fund Sinovation Ventures, a $1.8bn dual currency fund, which also invests in the US. “The State Council paper laid out China’s desire to be a hub of AI innovation by 2030, and these papers have teeth in terms of very strong local execution,” says Kai-Fu Lee.
This isn’t a divination by a researcher or academic, it’s government policy from Beijing. A State Council document, issued in July last year, resolved to position China as the world’s pre-eminent practitioner of artificial intelligence (AI) in both research and application within the next 12 years. Governments across the world are rushing to support innovation in AI, but none has published as coherent a plan as China and – more importantly – has the ability to get things done: the Chinese government can implement policy in ways that are impossible in western democracies.
Intent, however, is one thing: to paraphrase the boxer Mike Tyson, everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. The Chinese not only have a strategy, they have a track record of delivering on large-scale, ambitious projects. Its One Belt, One Road infrastructure project is reshaping large chunks of the world and its policy for ‘mass entrepreneurship and innovation’ has set aside $320 billion to support entrepreneurs in order to drive a structural shift from an industrial to service-based economy underpinned technology and innovation….Read More
The much-vaunted launch of India’s low-priced tablet computer, Aakash, has lost its sheen due to reports doing the round that some of the most updated versions of the tablet, Aakash-2, have been designed and manufactured by the Chinese companies.
However, Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO, DataWind, the Canada-based company that won a government contract to produce the first 100,000 Aakash tablets to be distributed to the students, has refuted the allegation by saying that some of Aakash’s components were made in China, but the Chinese companies are not responsible for the assembly and product design….See More
Mahindra Satyam has planned to triple its employee (associate) strength in China to 1,500 by 2015 as part of strategic focus on the Engineering/Manufacturing and Telecom sectors, while using China as a base to serve its global clients.
“China will be a critical pillar of our regional and global strategy. The region will increase its revenue contribution from 24% currently in view of the size of the Chinese economy…more
ZTE has announced that it will open an innovation and training centre in cooperation with the Universidad de Chile. The announcement was attended by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Chilean President Sebastian Pinera.
As part of the agreement, ZTE Chile will donate 4G equipments to the centre and the Universidad de Chile’s Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences will provide human capital and laboratories. The university and ZTE will sign an MOU to expand the functions of innovation centre to include training for ZTE engineers and Universidad de Chile students.
“The establishment of this innovation centre with the Universidad de Chile is an important step forward for innovation in Latin America. We are honoured and proud to partner with Chile’s most prestigious university on this initiative,” said Zeng Li, University President, ZTE.
Technology executives worldwide believe that China and the US will be at the forefront, with Cloud enabling both the next indispensable consumer technology and business transformation for enterprises. Mobile technologies will continue to build on Cloud, providing the tech breakthrough that will transform businesses, according to the Global Technology Innovation survey by KPMG LLP (US).
Gary Matuszak, Partner, Global Chair & US leader, KPMG’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice, said, “The pace of technology innovations today is happening at an unparalleled speed and China’s projected rapid rise to prominence as a technology leader would be another example of this. China’s anticipated parity with the US tech sector shows the significant challenge facing the US to retain its position as an innovation leader. Other countries will continue taking steps to boost technology innovation and to attract tech entrepreneurs.”
Egidio Zarrella, a Partner with KPMG in China, said, “These survey findings also demonstrate that China’s innovation investment has fostered an environment for the development of disruptive technologies that is growing by leaps and bounds. The Chinese Government is encouraging significant investment in three key areas – (1) shared services and outsourcing, (2) payments and cloud computing. The 12th Five-Year Plan is also driving innovation in these critical areas, in order to create a nationwide virtual environment. It is clear that technology leaders in countries where technology innovation is thriving believe that the Cloud represents a technology tidal shift. They are placing a huge bet on Cloud, as it has multiple capabilities and benefits for providers and users such as generating revenue, improving operational efficiency, reducing costs and time-to-market, and enabling other disruptive technologies such as mobile and social applications. The significant Cloud investment that is under way is likely to spur technologies that drive breakthroughs in business transformation.”
China Sourcing Fair HK is said to showcase a wide range of products in many different fields with the first show is the category of electronics & components held in April 12-15. Newmen is believed to bring many kinds of new products in this fair such as wireless power saving mouse whose battery life can reach up to 3 years, high-end gaming mouse, mini Bluetooth keyboard and illuminated gaming keyboard. Besides, Newmen has enriched product series for its international brand and several new headphones, speakers, USB hubs will be exhibited in this show as well.
Some of these products are wireless mouse – Nightingale series with fashionable outlook and super power saving; special wireless mouse – MINI series for young people; desktop sets – high end wireless combo model R300; multi touch mouse and presenter series.
Ruckus Wireless has announced that its ZoneFlex Smart Wireless LAN (WLAN) system has seen worldwide adoption by many of the busiest airports around the globe looking to bring reliable, high-performance Wi-Fi connectivity to highly trafficked, high-density passenger terminals.
Among the airports around the world to select Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi products and technology are China’s two largest airports – Beijing Capital International Airport and Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport – which are using the Ruckus system to offer high-speed wireless networking guest access, as well as to support digital signage and other applications.
Foxconn is planning to spread its base for smartphones in China’s central Henan province next year. According to market buzz, the expansion plan, costing 7 billion yuan ($1.1 billion) is expected to bring $20 billion in sales revenue in 2012. The base is said to be centered on the Foxconn Science Park in Zhengzhou, increasing its current production lines to 95, sources claimed.
Foxconn has opened new factories in Henan and Sichuan last year, targeting low labour costs and rising markets in the inland provinces. The company is believed to employ 1.2 million people, with about one million of them based in the Chinese mainland.
Foxconn is said to launch Popo Cloud, self-developed and operated personal cloud computing services for handsets, tablet PCs, notebooks and other terminal devices with different operating systems, in the China market, as per the market sources.
Foxconn’s new cloud solution is supposed to allow data to be transferred between iOS and Android mobile devices and currently does not have any limitation over storage space and is provided for free.
In addition to hardware, the software for Popo Cloud service is claimed to be developed by Foxconn.
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