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China as the Smartphone Market Leader

By Jharma Mulchandani, on March 19th, 2012%

China may become the world’s biggest smartphone market in 2012, according to the sales they made of low-priced handsets, while Brazil and India will follow the title by 2016, based on a research company from the U.S.

China surpassed the smartphone deliveries in the US for two straight quarters in the second half of 2011, they will hold that impetus in this year and get ranking as the leading smartphone marketplace for the whole year of 2012, according to a forecast made by IDC or International Data Corp.

China is predicted to acquire 20.7% . . . → Read More: China as the Smartphone Market Leader

Google Denies Content Data Requests from China

By Jane Gracielo, on June 29th, 2011%

Google modernized its Transparency Report with H2 2010 information highlighting user information with data elimination demands round the world.

It processed around 14,000 demands in the second half of the previous year, the company said. The most amazing data place might be China, as Google said there has been no particular demand for restriction or handing over user data throughout the period. On the other hand, we must as well note down that Google.cn currently shows the homepage of Google.com.hk, which allowed the company to hide the restriction argument with China and not go after Chinese restriction demands any . . . → Read More: Google Denies Content Data Requests from China

User Data, Released to the US Government by Google

By Jan Paul Ronaldo Manching, on June 28th, 2011%

Google says the US government inquires Google for user data more than twice as frequently as any other and is more probable to obtain its own means.

The US completed 4,601 requests, next by Brazil with 1,804 and India with 1,699 over the second half of previous year. The figures relate to the entire Google services, counting YouTube videos, Gmail, Blogger blog posts and search results.

Google says in its transparency statement that it fulfilled with US demands in 94% of cases, compared with 90% of Japan, 88% of Singapore and 81% of Australia.

Matt Braithwaite of the company says, “Our . . . → Read More: User Data, Released to the US Government by Google