India bans 59 apps it says have privacy, national security problems. In a massive coincidence, they’re all Chinese
They may have a point with some of them, though
Applications29 Jun 2020 | 19
Tencent
Tencent floats bug bounties for its cloudy Linux and IoT OSes
CentOS-based code should already be pretty-well explored, but Chinese test isn’t exactly trusted right now ...
OSes11 Jun 2020 |
China's Tencent to order ONE MILLION SERVERS as part of $70bn digital infrastructure splurge
Buying all the buzzwords: AI, 5G and Blockchain implementations promised
On-Prem29 May 2020 | 12
China's clouds have hyperscale parents and global ambition – but are they contenders for your apps?
Yes, especially for consumer-facing workloads. But don't expect a comfortable ride
SaaS26 May 2020 |
Tencent pop group, formed on a Tencent TV show, boosted Tencent games and Q1 revenue
Chinese web giant also flings cash at cloud and videoconferencing to capture 'This working from home thing could really catch on' sentiment
SaaS14 May 2020 | 2
United Nations reportedly tears up Tencent's invite to its big 75th birthday bash
Deal announced two weeks ago would have seen shiny new VooV vid chat tool used around the world
Security16 Apr 2020 | 7
Tencent is now bigger than Cisco and Lenovo – and predicts this virus thingy will help it get bigger still
21 percent growth sees FY '19 revenue hit US$54bn, just a billion or so behind LG and Facebook
SaaS19 Mar 2020 | 15
Redditors start flinging Pooh after mega-forum takes cash from Chinese behemoth Tencent
Oh, bother! Users can't bear the thought of censorship
Bootnotes12 Feb 2019 | 20
You better watch out, you better not cry. Better not pout, I'm telling you why: SQLite vuln fixes are coming to town
May your days be merry and bright, and may you all go patch your SQLite
Security18 Dec 2018 | 13
Big bimmer bummer: Bavaria's BMW buggies battered by bad bugs
How much to hack a flash motor? Ask Tencent
Security23 May 2018 | 47
Snap: We've blown $3bn this year and Tencent wants to give us more
Shut up and take my money!
On-Prem08 Nov 2017 | 14
Fake mobile base stations spreading malware in China
'Swearing Trojan' pushes phishing texts around carriers' controls
Security23 Mar 2017 | 10
Well, that sucks: China's Tencent so sorry after vid emerges of faux blowjob office game
Video Cloud giant's staff party leaves little to imagination
Legal18 Jan 2017 | 43
Ludicrous Patent of the Week: Rectangles on a computer screen
Pic Rights warriors gives their two cents on Tencent's nonsense
Software30 Sep 2016 | 58
Regulators, take note: Tencent is now Asia's biggest company
It's worth how much?
On-Prem06 Sep 2016 | 5
Tencent targets Alibaba, seeds data cloud with £1bn investment
Chinese tech giants strap on the boxing gloves
SaaS16 Sep 2015 |
Tencent stripped of antivirus rankings for cheating on tests
Another week, another Chinese firm accused of gaming system
SaaS06 May 2015 | 4
Bulging booty bird Kim Kardashian date game biz adds Britney Spears to bottom line
Tencent gets more junk in its trunk with Glu acquisition
On-Prem30 Apr 2015 | 3
Tencent introduces slimmed-down wristjob TOS to swollen market
Megacorp hopes to keep a firm grip on users' things
SaaS28 Apr 2015 | 8
Google is tech industry and world's most valuable brand as Apple rots
Sony drops from top 100 as Chinese web brands surge up the charts
Channel21 May 2014 | 20
China's web giants unite to defuse Windows XP bombshell
Tencent, Sogou, Kingsoft and others will provide support for local users
Software25 Feb 2014 | 13
Who wants 10TB of FREE cloud storage? Hands down if China is a deal breaker?
Hands up if you're just gonna use it for, er, cat videos?
SaaS20 Nov 2013 | 13
Tencent offers 10TB of free cloud storage for all
Afraid of PRISM? China to the rescue!
Storage30 Aug 2013 | 49
Sorry for the censorship says Chinese chat service
Tencent blames technical glitch for WeChat foreign censorship incident
Networks14 Jan 2013 | 6
China's tech elite crack Forbes' Rich List
Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba founders in with the big boys
On-Prem15 Oct 2012 | 1
Exposing China's vast underground economy
Analysis 90,000 people work on the dark side of the Net
Security18 Aug 2012 | 33
Chinese social network to recruit in-house censor
Job ad for 'monitoring editor' points to web crackdown
Security22 May 2012 | 2
Twitter gets all aggressive with Japan expansion
Firm has one eye on China as it spreads its wings
On-Prem17 Apr 2012 |
Chinese social sites lift post-coup controls
Comment is free ... but could get you in a lot of bother
Legal04 Apr 2012 | 6
China purges coup rumours from social media
Six arrested, sites shuttered, after reports of Beijing coup spread online
Legal02 Apr 2012 | 10
India gets any-phone mobile Facebook for a penny a day
GSM text-menu tech takes the fight downstairs to Orkut
Networks18 May 2011 | 1
Biting the hand that feeds IT
