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.

Italy-based Translated unveiled an index showing that Chinese netizens rank among the highest in the world in their cumulative online purchasing power.

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.

The Spanish social media travel portal Minube has entered the China marketplace with the launch of its Chinese website Minube.cn.

Microsoft and over 90 mobile communication partners have jointly announced at a conference held in Beijing that the first batch of 17 types of Windows phones will be launched in China at the end of 2009.

Germany's Infineon Technologies AG has signed a letter of intent for a framework purchase agreement amounting to USD68 million with China's Huawei Technologies.

YouTube.com, a video website owned by Google, has formally launched its Simplified Chinese interface, marking the key step for Google's indirect entry into China's video sector.