In 2005, China administered a spelling test that asked respondents to spell "Google" for a search market report: only 60 percent took the test and more than 20 percent got it wrong.  Four years later, Google, whose whimsical name is synonymous with Internet search in much of the world, is still struggling for recognition in China, the world's largest Internet market by users where local rival Baidu dominates.

Apple's iPhone made its long-awaited formal debut in the world's most populous mobile phone market, without a key feature and at higher prices than widely available black market models.

Google faces a new controversy in China after a Web site run by the Communist Party's main newspaper accused the search giant of trying to keep users away following its reports on a copyright dispute.