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China has approved something called the 'Development Plan for the Zhongguancun National Innovation Demonstration Zone (2011-2020).' This plan aims to boost Zhongguancun's total revenue to 10 trillion RMB ($1.54 trillion)  by 2020, which would be an 85% improvement on the 1.55 trillion RMB ($239 billion) from last year.

The IT Rules 2011 issued by the Ministry of IT and Communications under Section 79 of the Indian IT Act (pdf) states that websites shall inform users not to publish any material that is "blasphemous, would incite hatred, is ethnically objectionable, would infringe on patents, or threaten India's unity or public order."

Indonesian telecommunications company Indosat recently announced its annual event Indosat Wireless Innovation Contest (IWIC) 2011.

In its Q1 2011 financial results announcement, Sina revealed that its microblog, Sina Weibo, surpassed the 140 million registered users mark.

Mobile phone vendor Nokia is promoting a campaign in Indonesia called Give and Grow 2011: Give Mobile Phones, Grow Trees.

Comparing Facebook's growth with similar size countries: Japan in 2008, Indonesia in 2009 and the number of Internet users in Asia in 2011

Good morning from Beijing, China. Rick and I are both seated at different locations to live blog the GMIC event for you guys.

Today (June 21st, 2011 Tuesday) Google is showing Special Doodle for Summer Solstice (i-e longest day time). This "First Day of Summer" Doodle was created by Takashi Murakami.

Digu.com cornered 25% of the market in Q1 2011. Together with Jiepang and Qieke, the top three services account for nearly half of the entire market.

" News Technology Android Samsung showcases Android's Ice Cream Sandwich with Nexus launch Motorola also launches new super-thin phone as Google's Rubin says device activations hitting 550,000 per day reddit this Comments (112) Charles Arthur guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 19 October 2011 13.17 BST Article history Samsung and Motorola both upped the stakes in the smartphone wars on Tuesday. The Korean company launched the Galaxy Nexus device running Google's latest Android 4.0 software - called "Ice Cream Sandwich" - and with a 4.65in screen, while Motorola showed off a "watch computer" and unveiled a new version of its Droid smartphone, the Droid RAZR."

"On 26 October Nokia will open the doors to the 2011 Nokia World event, where industry types will gather to listen to talks, network with others and most importantly (from our point of view, anyway) be introduced to the next generation of Nokia smartphones."

As the next generation of Sony's gaming console, PS Vita, short for PlayStation Vita, was officially released on December 17, 2011, in Japan and some other Asian countries. Although it is primarily designed for playing video games, it also does a very good job in playing movies.You can enjoy your collected movies whenever you want. Don't forget that as the most popular Blu-ray Ripper software available on the market, DVDFab Blu-ray Ripper can rip your personal Blu-ray movies to PS Vita compatible videos.

In 2011, Europe accounted for about 35.3% of the global revenue for Video Analytics Market. Latin America and Middle East & Africa regions are emerging markets , whereas in Europe, APAC, and North America regions considered a high growth in the markets.

"Manufacturer trebling its 2011 marketing spend to as it pushes its Xperia, S, P and U handsets"

"Sony has announced a £19 million campaign to promote its debut range of Xperia smartphones in the UK, trebling the amount of its 2011 marketing spend."

"No company will be more pleased to see the back of 2011 BlackBerry makers RIM - after what can only be described as a tumultuous 12 months with seemingly one problem after another. And in an effort to make 2012 more successful (and profitable), they've already decided to slash prices on the BlackBerry PlayBook, the companies faltering tablet device."

"Details of Sony Ericsson's financial performance for the end of last year have been released, and they don't make for pleasant reading (if you're a SE shareholder at least)."

"Samsung continues to go from strength to strength, as the main rivals to Apple's 'King of the Smartphones' crown have revealed a record profit for the fourth quarter of 2011, aided by best-ever sales of its high-end smartphones."

"Nintendo and Sony have seen their share of the mobile game software business shrink from dominance to irrelevance in just three years, according to a new report."

The figure of Apple founder Steve Jobs still seems to be highly respected, although he had died on October 5, 2011 last. To the extent that there are people willing to pay dearly to hunt and a stack of memos written by Jobs.