Archive for June, 2006

Chinese Search News Roundup

Chinese government to regulate blog and search engine: In a teleconference on June 28, Cai Wu, Director of the Information Office of the State Council(国务院新闻办公室), said more and more illegal and harmful information is distributed through blogs and search engines. The government will take measures to regulate BBS, blogs and search engines. And Wang Xudong, [...]

Baidu Spaces To Launch On July

As reported before, Baidu is developing a social networking service called Baidu Spaces(百度空间), the service will use the sub-domain of hi.baidu.com rather than previously reported kongjian.baidu.com. Baidu Spaces is in private test now, and will officially launch on July 13rd.
Though the frontpage of Baidu Spaces is still unaccessable, the FAQ of the service has [...]

Chinese Wiki Conference 2006

On August 12 2006, Chinese Wiki Conference 2006 (CWC2006) organized by Cnic.org, a wikipedia-like wiki site, will be held in Shanghai.
Chinese Wiki Conference, first such meet for Chinese Wikiers, aims to explore the further growth of Chinese wiki, and to provide a forum facilitating deeper exchanges among Chinese wikiers. (from CWC2006 English page)
The Chinese [...]

Yoqoo: Yet Another Video Sharing Site

YoQoo is yet another online video sharing site, or yet another Chinese Youtube.
It has almost all the features that Youtube has, such upload, tag and share videos, create and join groups to make contacts with other users, browser and subscribe video channels, use html snippets to embed videos on blogs or websites. One of [...]

Interview With Neo From 8Box.cn

8Box.cn is a newly-launched music sharing and discovery community, it looks like a Webjay plus Last.fm. Users can create online music playlists and get system recommendation automatically based on your favorites. You can also make friends and create various groups for discussion. I recently conducted an email interview with Neo, a founder of 8box.cn.
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