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Get a Little Too Up Close and Personal with the New Steve Jobs Wax Figure

Get a Little Too Up Close and Personal with the New Steve Jobs Wax Figure

By Josh Wolford September 28, 2012 | 3 Comments

The first anniversary of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ death is fast approaching (October 5th), and what better way to celebrate the life of a guy who meant a lot to many by unveiling a brand new wax replica of him. …

Google Lets China Users Know When Searches Will Fail Google Lets China Users Know When Searches Will Fail

Google announced today that it will now notify users in mainland China when they enter a keyword that may cause connection issues. Such issues are occurring, according to Google, when users search for a particular subset of queries. Google shared …

King George Tupou V of Tonga Dies in Hong Kong King George Tupou V of Tonga Dies in Hong Kong
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George Tupou V, the King of Tonga, died in a Hong Kong hospital on Sunday. He was 63. Tupou V was best-known for introducing democracy to Tonga, after riots following his rise to the throne in 2006. He was visiting …

Google Maps Adds More Locations For Live Traffic Google Maps Adds More Locations For Live Traffic

Since it began tracking live traffic conditions in 2008, Google Maps has continuously added more and more locations to the service so that travelers can plan accordingly around hairy gridlocks and untimely commuting routes. Via the Lat Long blog today, …

Panasonic GF5 Specs Leaked On Instagram Panasonic GF5 Specs Leaked On Instagram

The iOS-specific photo-sharing app Instagram is used for lots of things, but it’s not usually in the news for being the outlet for a product leak. It appears that’s just what has happened recently, however, as Hong Kong’s face of …

Facebook Establishes New Sales Office In Hong Kong
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Facebook’s ad sales in Asia should soon pick up by a significant amount.  The company’s opened a new office in Hong Kong, and it means to make sure local firms learn all about using social media to reach potential customers.

This undertaking might not be immediately successful.  The Hong Kong office is only Facebook’s second sales office in Asia (the other’s in Singapore), so companies could need a little while to perform tests and get used to Facebook’s way of doing things.

Google Defies Regulators In Germany, Hong Kong
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Since Google first admitted that its Street View cars had collected private WiFi data, the company’s been quick to delete the data when asked.  But authorities in Germany and Hong Kong have asked Google to turn over the data, instead, and so far, Google has declined to cooperate.

Noteworthy Videos
Missed Flight Tantrum Makes Woman A YouTube Hit
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Video showing a Chinese woman’s three-minute meltdown at the Hong Kong Airport has become a YouTube sensation.

After missing her flight to San Francisco, the woman throws a tantrum that was filmed by an employee of the airline Cathay Pacific.

She is seen screaming at the departure gate and then falls to the ground wailing "I want to go! I want to go!" in Cantonese while an older man traveling with her tries to get her on her feet.

"Don’t be so upset, don’t be so emotional," a Cathay Pacific employee is heard saying on the video.

Hong Kong Sites Called Riskiest

When it comes to dangerous domains Hong Kong is the leader according to a new report from McAfee, "Mapping the Mal Web Revisited."

The report found that 19.2 percent of all Web sites ending in the .hk domain pose some kind of security threat to Internet users. China (.cn) took the second spot with 11 percent.

Hong Kong’s Broadband Is How Fast?
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In case you’re still convinced there’s a true open market in broadband space and the handful of companies running it are sufficient competition for each other, consider this: in Hong Kong, you can get a fiber-to-the-home connection 20 times faster than Verizon’s FiOS connection for about the same price.

Flickr Criticized For Regional Censorship

Yahoo’s Flickr is the latest target of criticism after restricting access to erotic art photos in Hong Kong. Though Internet companies self-censoring in certain countries is not a new dilemma, this incident coincides with a blogger that faces fines for just linking to offending material.

Hong Kong Cracks Down on Spam

Hong Kong legislators are looking to pass a bill which will outlaw all unsolicited commercial e-mail messages. The extreme nature of the bill has local businesses up in arms.