Leading Chinese video sharing web sites are having trouble staying online
Youku.com, Tudou.com and 56.com may be the most popular video-sharing sites in China, but within the last few months, they’ve all suffered from downtime — due to what each of these venture-backed companies have said are technical problems.
There’s another angle, though. Online videos are a great medium for sharing things like porn or political dissent, two things the Chinese government sometimes censors.
The Chinese government appears to have shut down 56.com, starting yesterday. More from Ogilvy… Continue Reading
Roundup: Jobs misled, VoIP on Blackberry, Zude, Twitter grows, more
Apple’s Steve Jobs dealt setback — Former Apple finance chief Fred Anderson now says Apple chief executive Steve Jobs misled him about stock option accounting. Story here, and statement by Anderson here. Question: Will this bring down Jobs?
Ram Shriram weighs in on FCC vote on wireless rule changes — See the Google investor’s VentureBeat column, where he advocates the FCC should take the first step toward opening wireless standards and access when it meets later today (Wed)…. Continue Reading