Posts Tagged ‘ chinese ’

WI Harper Group, Matrix Partners Invest $12.5 Million In Social Games Maker SNS Plus

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WI Harper Group, Matrix Partners Invest $12.5 Million In Social Games Maker SNS Plus

Matrix Partners and WI Harper Group , a Chinese VC, this morning announced that they’ve pumped $12.5 million into SNS Plus , an international publisher and distributor of games with a focus on the Asian market. As of June 2011, the company has published more than 60 games on Facebook, and more than...

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Disrupt Beijing Finalists: So Good We Had to Pick Six

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Disrupt Beijing Finalists: So Good We Had to Pick Six

Memo to Chinese startups: You made for a late night of deliberations. We typically pick five finalists. There were a few companies that were clear picks, captivating everyone– from the judges to the staff to people we talked to in the hallways. Then there was another group that each had passionate advocates on...

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Xiaomi’s Lei Jun Shares How His Company Will Take On Apple

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To kick off Day Two of TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing, our own Sarah Lacy interviewed Lei Jun — one of the most successful entrepreneurs in China, whose resume includes cofounding Joyo.com (sold to Amazon in 2004), sitting on the board of Kingsoft, and chairing the board of massively popular mobile web browser UCWeb (he’s also...

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Introducing The First TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing Hackathon Winners

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Introducing The First TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing Hackathon Winners

Between bridging the translation gap, the lack of and then abundance of morning coffee, collective Internet struggles and the many many hacks using  TianJi’s  (“the LinkedIn of China”) API, the TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing Hackathon just happened, and it was nothing short of amazing. Around 300 hackers signed on to spend 24 hours together,...

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Yahoo CEO Bartz fired over the phone, rocky run ends (Reuters)

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Yahoo CEO Bartz fired over the phone, rocky run ends (Reuters)

Reuters - Yahoo Inc Chairman Roy Bostock fired CEO Carol Bartz over the phone on Tuesday, ending a tumultuous tenure marked by stagnation and a rift with Chinese partner Alibaba.

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