Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Microsoft is closing the MSN portal in China



Microsoft is shutting down its MSN-the gateway to China from June 07, as can be seen in the pressure build content services of foreign companies in the country, which banned access to Facebook and Twitter.Redmond software giant based in Washington, however, remains committed to the Chinese market, offering a wide range of products, including Windows 10, cloud services and hosting the largest center for research and development outside the United States he said in a statement released by news agencies.Microsoft did not give a reason for the shutdown of news and lifestyle portal.Chinese regulators ordered Apple to close its online book store and iTunes movies just six months after the services were launched in the country. The company has pledged to get the online services again soon. China is the second largest market for Apple's revenue.US N technology companies have been under pressure to comply with the rules of the Chinese Internet and censorship. The Microsoft Web site also lost ground local players like Sina, which operates in the social network Twitter, called Sina Weibo and Sohu, which runs Sogou.com Chinese search engine, according to the Asian Nikkei comment.The company, in turn, is expanding in the Chinese market through a series of ups anchor with local companies. She announced an agreement last year with its partner Beijing 21Vianet cloud and IT-company Unisplendour provide solutions and cloud services custom hybrids to Chinese customers, with a focus on state-owned enterprises.Microsoft is also associated with the state of China Electronics Technology Group to support the configuration, deployment and maintenance of Windows 10 localized for Chinese users in government agencies and critical infrastructure of public companies, and announced that Chinese search engine Baidu.com It would become the default search and homepage for Chinese users of Microsoft Edge browser on Windows 10 operating system.The company also fell out of favor with local authorities in some cases. State Industry and Commerce Administration of China said earlier this year that 2014 antitrust investigation into the company continues.

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