Chinese auction website eBay Eachnet has launched a mobile based auction platform with Tom Online. Under the agreement Tom Online provides wireless technology for eBay Eachnet. This new platform will allow users to do their shopping through any WAP-enabled mobile phones. eBay Eachnet is competing with Taobao.com, China’s most-used online

Sergey Brin, Google co-founder, met with reporters near Capitol Hill and acknowledged the company has compromised its values by relenting to Chinese censorship demands. He said Google is trying to make the deal work before deciding whether to reverse course. Google China or GuGe, the new Chinese name for the

Google, the world’s leading search engine service provider, authorized Shenzhen Metropolis Search to sell Google AdWords service in Shenzhen and the Shantou area of Guangdong Province in southern China. Shenzhen Metropolis Search was set up in 2005. CE Dongli Technology Group Co., Ltd. (www.ce.net.cn), the largest Internet application service provider

China Mobile, China’s largest cell phone carrier based on number of subscribers (260 million), and Google are in talks to create a mobile services search engine. China Mobile is seeking ways to offset declining revenues from voice services. No details of the talks were shared by either China Mobile or

Baidu, China’s leading search engine, launched a censored version of the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. The website Baike.Baidu.com is also referred to as “Baidupedia”. Late last year China blocked all access to Wikipedia. Registered users can contribute but Baidu also hires “experts” to “ensure the quality of entries and keep the

The number of bloggers in China is expected to reach 60 million by the end of the year and 100 million in 2007 according to a report on China’s media industry by the prestigious Qinghua University. China is the world’s second-largest Internet market after the United States with more than

Google’s new name, Gu Ge which loosely translated means harvest song, is getting a lot of feedback and most of it is negative. In a recent poll by Sina.com, 85% of those responding were opposed to the Gu Ge name. Gou Gou (dog dog), already taken, was favored by most

Paul Gigot of Fox News interviewed James McGregor, former Wall Street Journal China Bureau Chief and the author of “One Billion Customers: Lessons of from the Frontlines of doing Business in China.” McGregor will be a keynote speaker at adTech in San Francisco this week. GIGOT: What about this issue

In a move that was praised by the People’s Daily, eleven news websites backed a call for self-censorship and the eradication of pornographic and violent content on the internet . Fourteen portals in China also announced earlier that they were blocking “unhealthy” content. They urged other portals to join them

Baidu, China’s leading search engine, and Intel signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate in the development of Internet search and related applications in China. The two companies will work together to develop search applications for personal computers, laptops, handsets and home devices. Intel is Baidu’s backend server platform