Following the revelation that some stores in China were posing as legitimate Apple stores, China has started doing something about it. According to China Daily, officials in Beijing have began telling businesses to stop using Apple’s trademarked logo in its shops if they aren’t authorized by Apple to do so. Furthermore, stores have been ordered to not falsely refer to themselves as authorized Apple resellers or Apple direct retailers.

Accessing a Wi-Fi access point in public places in China is not as personal as it once was. Users who want to use public Wi-Fi in locations such as cafes, restaurants, bookstores and other locations will have their identities and web activities monitored when they sign in. Businesses that provide Wi-Fi are obligated to comply or they will face the consequences.

The last time we heard about the fake Apple stores in Kunming, Chinese investigators were looking into the legitimacy of the stores. The investigations were meant to determine if the stores were authorized to sell Apple products in addition to checking out their purchasing channels. This event has unfolded in the way we thought it would. Two of the fake Apple stores have been closed down.

When the HTC Salsa and the ChaCha (Status) phones were unveiled they contained a tie-in to Facebook — a small logo looking button that resides on the bottom of the phone that makes it convenient to share on the social networking giant. And well, while we may have seen more than a few comments from more »

This past week spawned a very interesting story about fake Apple Stores were discovered in the city of Kunming in China. These stores were designed to have the traditional Apple Store layout and appearance, but are allegedly not associated with Apple in any way. In response to the original report that blew the whistle on this operation, authorities will be investigating the stores in Kunming.

Apple products are highly desirable by nature. Their commercials are enticing, the products are easy to use and everybody is trying to develop applications for them. The problem with Apple products is that they are expensive. The performance of something like an iPad is certainly worth it, but a minimal cost of $500 can be a bit too much to ask of some people. Times like this call for great creativity. You would think doing odd jobs or saving up would accumulate the funds necessary to purchase an iPad. For one eastern China teenager, the answer to affording an iPad 2 was inside of him the entire time.

Welcome to Gadgetell’s 3-part look into counterfeit electronics, Can you spot the fake? Counterfeit products have invaded our retail landscape and are not just reserved to handbags and designer knock off dresses. Industry experts put the fakes in our product supply at 1 in 5 in electronics sector alone. That’s right, take a look around more »

According their own website, the Chinese government is looking into tracking its citizens by their phone. Using the data signal, the government is looking to track users in real time. The government holds they will use this information for traffic reporting purposes. In Beijing, cell phone adoption rates hover near 70%. Movies in the western more »

While this image appears to be showing off an iPad along side what could be its younger sibling, the iPad Mini — we are not believing it. Well, not yet anyway. Granted that is not to say we are not hopeful, but lets face it, this is most likely a knock off or some sort more »

Today, Apple announced that their online store is now open in China. Previously, customers in China needed to visit an Apple store or purchase through another vendor to get Apple products (or participate in the grey market that sends someone to New York to buy a boat load of iPhones, then haul them back to more »