Hong Kong

Music streaming service launches in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, and is betting legally-free music will subsequently compel users to pay for content and eradicate music piracy in the region.

April 16, 2013 by Ellyne Phneah

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Government plans to build data centers in subterranean caverns a bid to find new space, but finding suitable sites may be difficult and construction may have an environmental impact on water tables.

March 22, 2013 by Ellyne Phneah

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The biggest telecom carrier in China, and the world, China Mobile has been criticized for offering far cheaper monthly service plans in Hong Kong than mainland China, triggering much discontent among Chinese customers.

March 14, 2013 by Cyrus Lee

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Falling cost of printers and the business case for using 3D imaging to create product prototypes more efficiently will help drive the technology toward mainstream adoption. But, its use must first be simplified.

January 23, 2013 by Mahesh Sharma

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Alibaba, one of China's largest e-commerce businesses, could be going public this year, causing tech analysts to wonder how Yahoo will play into this.

January 16, 2013 by Rachel King

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UPDATED: U.K.-headquartered brick-and-mortar music store HMV has appointed administrators amid falling sales; another victim of the 'iTunes evolution'?

January 14, 2013 by Zack Whittaker

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Hong Kong-based telco spends US$1.16 billion to up its stake in monopoly landline operator Companhia de Telecommunicacoes de Macau, to a total of 99 percent, as part of wider plans to expand in Greater China.

January 13, 2013 by Ellyne Phneah

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Hong Kong operator launches its mobile TV service in a bid to increase revenue from smartphone subscribers by boosting data traffic.

December 10, 2012 by Liau Yun Qing

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Country's cybersecurity center will prevent and detect computer crime by monitoring network traffic, and assist critical infrastructure operators in the event of a cyberattack.

December 9, 2012 by Ellyne Phneah

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Those charged were from five gangs and had smuggled 162,000 mobile phones--a majority of which were iPhones worth of US$79 million--and committed for tax evasion amounting to US$8.68 million.

November 15, 2012 by Cyrus Lee

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The 28-year-old had planned to use the photographs and video of the hack last year to promote the DoS prevention services of his firm, Pacswitch Globe Telecom.

November 12, 2012 by Liau Yun Qing

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City will be the first in Asia-Pacific to have dual mode TD- and FDD-LTE network when China Mobile Hong Kong rolls out its service.

November 5, 2012 by Liau Yun Qing

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Windows and Samsung are definitely eroding Apple's popularity in the world's largest smartphone market as the latter, which is making tons of profits in the territory, is still treating China like a lower-end market.

November 4, 2012 by Cyrus Lee

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Despite Apple adopting the lottery ordering system for iPad mini and iPad 4 in Hong Kong, the sufficient stocks suggest its latest tablet isn't really viewed a hotcake item among Chinese people.

November 2, 2012 by Cyrus Lee

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Scalpers are reselling iPhone 5 up to US$1,550 per set due to scarce supply in the city.

September 24, 2012 by Cyrus Lee

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