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Microsoft jumps into hospitality sector with Staff Hub, an agile, collaborative app for easy shift schedule management in hotels

Shanghai, China, October 20, 2016 /ChinaNewswire.com/ - Microsoft and AccorHotels presented Staff Hub at Microsoft experiences'16. This app will simplify…

8 years ago

MSN China Seals MBO Deal

Microsoft announced that Microsoft Online, which was formerly known as MSN China, has reached a management buyout agreement to become…

8 years ago

MSN Ceases Chinese Operations

Microsoft's portal website in China at Cn.msn.com will stop providing its Simplified Chinese services from June 7, 2016. Cn.msn.com is…

9 years ago

Censorship Is LinkedIn’s China Friend As It Boasts User Milestone

Shen Boyang, LinkedIn's global vice president and China president, said that the company's number of users in China has surpassed…

9 years ago

Twitter’s Appointment Of New China Chief Won’t Mean Much

Jace Dorsey, chief executive officer of Twitter, announced via a tweet that the company has appointed Kathy Chen as Twitter's…

9 years ago

WeChat Amps Up Competition With New Phone Call Function

China's WeChat, the instant messaging app by Tencent, has Facebook's WhatsApp, Japan's Line, and Microsoft's Skype service in its sights…

9 years ago

Facebook Hits The Same Wall As Apple In China

The leaders of Facebook and Apple were in China this past week on separate missions with the same goal: gain…

10 years ago

Microsoft Ceases World’s Final MSN Holdout In China

Microsoft will officially close its instant messaging service MSN in China on October 31, 2014. Microsoft already shut down MSN…

10 years ago

Xbox One Starts China Sales Via JD.com’s Social Media Channels

With a newly-minted IPO under its belt, Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc. announced today that is now taking pre-orders for…

10 years ago

China’s BesTV Sets Up Digital Media JV With Walt Disney

Chinese media platform BesTV has reportedly reached an agreement with Walt Disney to set up a digital technology joint venture…

11 years ago

Microsoft Gingerly Moves Skype’s China Operations To New Partner

Microsoft has formed a partnership with Guangming Founder, which will operate Skype for Microsoft in mainland China. Founded in 2011,…

11 years ago

Will Online Privacy Be Better When Microsoft Takes Over Skype’s China Business?

Starting November 24, 2013, Microsoft will take over Skype's business in the China region. Tom-Skype, the business unit within China-based…

11 years ago

Is China’s Ban On Gaming Consoles Finally Lifting?

China's BesTV says it will team with Microsoft to invest USD79 million in the establishment of a joint venture named…

11 years ago

MSN China Launches Trend Tracking Service

Cn.msn.com, the official website of Microsoft's MSN China, formally launched the Chinese version of the trend tracking service named msnNOW.…

11 years ago

Microsoft Reveals New Version Of Chinese Bing Search Engine

Harry Shum, Microsoft's global senior vice president in charge of the development of the company's global search engine, announced that…

12 years ago

Xiaomi To Acquire MSNLite Team For PC-based IM Development

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has announced plans to acquire the MSNLite team, which will focus on the research and development…

12 years ago

Microsoft, Alipay Team For Online Payment Security In China

Microsoft and Alipay.com have signed a strategic letter of intent in Beijing, stating that the two parties will jointly develop…

12 years ago

Baijob.com, MSN Jointly Establish Job Recruitment Website In China

Baijob.com and MSN China have announced a strategic cooperation to jointly establish the job search and career recruitment channel of…

12 years ago

Kingsoft Network Begins Recruiting Beta Testers For Chinese Web Browser

Kingsoft Network has reportedly launched its Web browser initiative and the new product is currently undergoing beta testing. (more…)

13 years ago

Internet Hiccups In China Today

Whether related to the rumored murder charges against the wife of former Communist elite Bo Xilai or the earthquakes in…

13 years ago

Lenovo Unveils Social Media And Cloud Computing Strategies In China

Chinese technology giant Lenovo Group held a launch ceremony in Beijing to announce a new cloud computing strategy, a new…

13 years ago

Are You Smart Enough To Work For Microsoft In China?

Beijing technology entrepreneurs and software firms should shut their doors and turn off the lights, as Microsoft China might be…

13 years ago

China Unicom Announces Cloud Computing Bid Results

China Unicom has completed its first cloud computing procurement project, and four manufacturers won the bidding for various aspects of…

13 years ago

China’s Renren.com Forms Social Media Strategic Partnership With MSN

Chinese social networking site Renren.com has reportedly formed a strategic partnership with MSN China in sectors including social networking, instant…

13 years ago

Germany’s Wirecard Forms Alliance With Alipay.com

Munich-headquartered Wirecard AG and the Chinese third-party Internet payment platform Alipay.com have signed a cooperation agreement to provide fast and…

14 years ago

China Mobile, Microsoft Reach Cloud Computing Agreement

China Mobile and Microsoft have reached a deal to jointly promote the application of cloud computing technologies. (more…)

14 years ago

Microsoft’s Bing Gains Search Engine Partner On Chinese Mainland

Microsoft's search engine product Bing has formed an alliance with Shenzhen Winhi.net to jointly promote Bing in China. (more…)

14 years ago

Internet Retailers Publish Honesty Declaration In China

More than 1,000 suppliers, publishers, and Internet retailers, including Dangdang.com, Microsoft, Aigo, Wyeth, Lock & Lock, Commercial Press, and the…

14 years ago