Japan's Nintendo has seen its shares surge further on Monday after a 9 percent gain last Friday on hopes that its earnings will get a major boost from its newly-launched Pokémon Go video game. Unlike ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-11
About 1.1 million tourists from Hong Kong visited Japan in the first three quarters of this year, a 70 percent increase from the same period last year, the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) s ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-13
Russian antitrust authorities are threatening penalties against Google Inc. for abusing its market position. Google violated anti-monopoly laws by pre-installing certain applications on mobile devices ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-15
Google is rolling out Android Pay, a one-touch payment app on Android devices, in more than a million locations in the United States. The payment service can be used through Android devices with near- ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-11
Google Inc. has quietly eased into the music streaming service, upstaging rival Apple Inc., whose upcoming launch has been marred by a challenge from pop star Taylor Swift. The world's largest search ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
Working in the application software industry may sound cool, but the fact is many apps never make it to a launch. And those that enjoy a successful roll-out have a lifespan of only 10 months on averag ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-24
YouTube has unveiled a paid music subscription service called YouTube Music Key. The long-awaited upgrade of its music offerings will feature higher-quality audio and will be free of advertisements, t ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-13
Google has removed Bomb Gaza and several other games related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in recent days, claiming they violate the Google Play store's policies, Time reported. In Bomb Gaza, a ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-07
A new app called "Yo" has been making waves on social media in the past few weeks. Available on iTunes and Google Play stores, Yo lets users do nothing except greet one another with "Yo". This seeming ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-09
I have never been a loyal customer of any brand, but I have bought a couple of Xiaomi smartphones just these past three months. I've become an unofficial fan (“mi fan”, which means rice noodles). Xiao ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-03
Google has unveiled plans to expand the use of its mobile operating system Android into new areas such as wearable computers and cars, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. At its annual software ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-26
A low-end Chinese-made smartphone has been pre-loaded with a spyware that steals personal information and sends it to an unknown server in China, am730 reported Friday. The Star N9500 smartphone, a Sa ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-19
Hackers have cracked the stoic, supposedly fortress-like facade of Google's Android mobile operating system. And they're hitting users where it hurts. The Hong Kong Economic Times reports that an incr ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-14
It's an open secret that Pony Ma, founder of tech behemoth Tencent (00700.HK), aims to internationalize his popular instant messaging app Weixin this year. On the home front, Tencent has already start ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-15
