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Alibaba has agreed to pay $804 million for a majority stake in ChinaVision Media Group, a Hong Kong firm specializing in TV and film production. This could very possibly mean that Alibaba may soon be taking steps to produce content in collaboration with ChinaVision. After all, throughout last year,
It looks like the Chinese really love what HTC has done with the Desire 816. That’s because the new midrange phablet has already seen 450,000 pre-orders in China in just three days. That’s certainly a lot, and the 500,000 threshold should be passed very soon. Because of the great response to the Des
Amazon’s oft-rumored music streaming service will apparently limit how much a subscriber listens to a given song. The online retailer “is hoping” to offer an on-demand service as a perk for Prime subscribers, though limiting playbacks doesn’t sound like much of a perk at all. Amazon and record compa
Hundreds of striking workers at an IBM server factory in China have decided to leave their jobs, disappointed with the U.S. company and the wages they will get once Lenovo takes over the factory. IBM plans to transfer ownership of the Chinese factory, as part of its proposal to sell its x86 server b
Companisto, a German equity-based crowdfunding platform, has so far raised €4.5 million for the 25 startups it’s chosen to take on. Now it’s expanding with an English-language version that will allow submissions from startups anywhere in Europe, and investments from anyone around the world. The expa
Early-stage mobile payments app Flypay has announced it has closed £1m from venture capital firm Entreé Capital to support its roll out across the UK. London-based Flypay is a free-to-use app which claims to end the “10 minute restaurant bill chase” by making it easier and quicker to pay for a bill
The Raspberry Pi developer board has turned out to be a very popular device for DIY users. The Pi can be used for just about any project that the user can think up. Element 14 has announced that it has a new accessory for the Raspberry Pi available in the form of a new Wolfson audio card. The audio
Zotac recently launched two new uber-mini gaming machines: the ZBOX EI730 and EI750. Despite their small size, each system is a full-fledged PC packed with Intel Haswell processors, Intel Iris Pro graphics and support for 4K displays or two 1080p displays. As Liliputing’s Brad Linder notes, th
Intel could soon bring to market a faster version of its Thunderbolt connector technology with a throughput of 50Gbps, but the company is biding its time until there is a need for faster connectors. Thunderbolt technology connects computers to peripherals like external hard drives at much faster spe
A US judge has temporarily stopped the National Security Agency from destroying phone metadata it collected, thanks to an intervention by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The privacy watchdog argued that the documents were key to upcoming lawsuits against the spy agency stemming from Edward Snowd
A large fire at a key South Korean factory is feared to put a dent on the production quantity and schedule of the Galaxy S5. The fire, which lasted six hours and required 300 firefighters to put out, started around 7 AM. The factory, which is located in Anseong, South Korea, is one of Samsung’
The Pebble Appstore recently launched on both Android and iOS, and smartwatch fans rocking the crowd-sourced device now have access to more than 1,000 apps and watch faces. Now the company is encouraging third-party developers to launch even more Pebble apps, with a March Madness-style bracket chall
