• Google wins but not really

      The DOJ approved Google’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility awhile ago. Now,  China’s Ministry of Commerce has done the same. The only thing they want though is that Android must remain open-source and freely available. So, Google will continue have a very fragmented OS on its hands.  Google paid $12.5 billion for Motorola…

  • Microsoft does what Google could not; sets off to take over China with Baidu

    Microsoft is having great 4th today. We all know that Google has left China which is great in principle but business at times cares little about such things. Enter Microsoft who has just signed deal with China’s Baidu. The way this is going to work is that Microsoft will supply search results for English-language queries…

  • Qingdao Haiwan Bridge: Very Long

    At 26.4 miles long, the Qingdao Haiwan Bridge would easily cross the English Channel and is almost three miles longer than the previous record-holder, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in the American state of Louisiana. The vast structure links the centre of the booming port city of Qingdao in eastern China‘s Shandong Province with the suburb…