Research In Motion, the Canadian smartphone maker known for its BlackBerry brand, announced that Alex Lambeek will become its new president for the China region.

Coach, a leading American designer and maker of luxury lifestyle handbags and accessories, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Taobao.com, the Chinese Internet shopping subsidiary of Alibaba Group, to prevent the sale of fake Coach products on this Chinese website.

Isaiah Cheung, vice president for HP Worldwide and general manager for HP Personal Systems Group in China, will reportedly soon leave the company and join Microsoft China.

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei announced that following its entry into the cloud computing market in 2010, the company has decided to establish its information technology product line, mainly providing customized cloud computing solutions.

In the middle of flak concerning alleged securities fraud, Chinese financial services software firm Longtop Financial Technologies Limited announced that its chief financial officer, Derek Palaschuk, who was previously CFO at Chinese Internet firms Sohu.com and eLong.com, has resigned.

China Telecom Americas has announced the founding of China Telecom Canada, headquartered in Markham, Ontario; and the new subsidiary of China Telecom will provide multinational enterprises and international telecom carriers with data, Internet, and value-added services.

Apple Inc. has announced that it plans to start selling iPad 2, the second-generation of its tablet computer product, in 25 countries and regions from March 25, 2011, and the new product will be available in Hong Kong from April.

Mads Faurholt-Jorgensen, vice president of Groupon, has reportedly revealed the company's intention to enter the Chinese market.

ELL Technologies Limited has entered into an online distribution agreement with China Distance Education Holdings Limited.

Chinese technology and telecommunications firm Huawei will invest USD67 million in a new research and development center in Canada.

Canada-based BlueCat Networks announced it is investing an undisclosed amount of funds in Asia Pacific as part of its continued expansion in the region.

Sales of Apple's tablet computer product iPad with the Wi-Fi function will start sales in the Chinese mainland market from September 17, 2010.

To avoid delay of telecom projects, officers from India's Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Telecommunications, and intelligence organizations have jointly decided to allow Indian operators to import Chinese-made telecom equipment that are authorized by international security audit firms, or with the guarantee of banks.

Microsoft has made a statement regarding the Canadian micro-blogging service provider Plurk's accusation, which stated the Juku beta application launched by Microsoft's MSN China joint venture has copied code.

Foreigners often complain that Chinese technology firms lack innovation, but a new initiative where non-Chinese technology companies have ganged up to fight China's Indigenous Innovation Product Accreditation Program shows that foreign companies appear to actually want to keep China away from ever innovating.