Electronics manufacturer Xiaomi may be a relatively small Chinese company, but it’s setting its sights worldwide. Recently, Xiaomi announced that it’ll unveil an all-new product at CES 2017 on January 5. Based in Beijing, Xiaomi made its name selling electronics of all kinds — including phones, fitness bands, electric bikes, robot vacuums and even a …
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Xiaomi‘s latest phone, the Mi Mix, has definitely kicked up an online storm. It certainly caught me by surprise. Not only did Xiaomi manage to keep the device a complete secret — tech journalists were gathered at a Beijing event expecting only the Mi Note 2 — the company initially introduced the phone in vague terms, calling it a concept …
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Apple’s latest numbers are in — and while the company was quick to celebrate selling a billion iPhones, a closer look reveals a troubling trend for one of the company’s most important markets: China. Sales in the Greater China region (the mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong) plummeted 33 percent year over year to $8.8 billion for the quarter that ended …
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Walking through Google’s campus on a warm February afternoon, Hiroshi Lockheimer pauses and points to two tourists smiling at their outstretched selfie stick. The world-famous Googleplex is always filled with tourists, who come to gawk and admire the sprawling headquarters in the heart of Silicon Valley. “Ten years ago, I would have never imagined that,” he says laughing, as we …
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