BRIC millennials
Data point: BRIC Millennials look abroad for education and work – Millennials are the first truly global generation. Having grown up in a globalized world, connected and exposed to foreign cultures thanks to the Internet, their horizons are open, and they embrace an international mindset. – This article on BRIC millennials seems to be channel Francis Fukuyama with regards an international mindset. Yet, BRIC millennials are living in more nationalist countries with populist leaders
Business
How has VC funding changed since 1995? (Charts) — Tech News and Analysis
Consumer behaviour
DATA POINTS: Consumer confidence levels off in Southeast Asia – Campaign Asia
285 million spent on Halloween in UK in 2012
Generation Analog and the Myth of the Digital Native — mobileYouth®
Culture
Classics: The Shamen – Ebeneezer Goode | Pulse Radio – brilliant interview with Mr C
Gadgets
Panasonic concedes plasma TV defeat, ends production | The Verge
Asians prefer touchscreen products: News from warc.com
How to
International SEO: 22 tools and one infographic to help improve your strategy | Econsultancy
OneTimeBox – great service
Four essential steps to creating a B2B marketing dashboard | Econsultancy
Ideas
Shell Oil: The last gasoline car will be built in 2070 | VentureBeat – interesting read
Trend of the day: Social utility – Brand Republic News – you heard it here first…
Innovation
Altera’s Secret Processor Unveiled: a Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A53 | EE Times – major effort to optimise for Intel’s fabs
NEC Enables to Measure Distance With Monocular Camera — Tech-On!
For the first time ever, Apple will spend more money on technology than Intel – Quartz
Luxury
Marketing
Misinterpreting Brand Valuation | Aaker on Brands
Media
Facebook Admits Some Decrease Of Usage Amongst Young Teens For The First Time | TechCrunch
An Open Letter To Mark Zuckerberg | Forrester Blogs – interesting the amount of debate this caused
Exclusive: CBS News In Talks With Distributors For 24-Hour Digital Video Service
An Open Letter To Nate Elliot, Vice President at Forrester, In Response to Facebook Ad Criticism | Social Media Statistics & Metrics | Socialbakers – admittedly Social Bakers has a lot riding on Facebook…
Facebook reacts to ‘irresponsible’ report that calls it a traditional media owner – Brand Republic News – I’m with Forrester on this one
WeChat Opens APIs to All Verified Business Accounts
The Disgusting Truth About The Great British Bake Off | VICE United Kingdom – some illuminating insights on social TV at the end
Yahoo tried to slow Microsoft search rollout: filing | Reuters – because it’s a bad deal and Microsoft’s Adcenter sucks
Syncapse Bankruptcy Documents Lay Bare The Financials Of Marketing On Facebook – Business Insider – which does make you wonder where all the social marketing dollars are actually going
Sean Combs Plots Television Effort – WSJ.com – it could get a wider audience
Online
The 100 oldest .com domains on the internet. | Life & Times
Map Lets People Listen In On New York In The ’20s – PSFK
DisneyShorts – YouTube – brilliant
Retailing
Amazon and the “profitless business model” fallacy — Remains of the Day
Security
Darkmail Alliance: secure email standard being developed | BGR – email as we know it from an information security point-of-view is broken
Meet “badBIOS,” the mysterious Mac and PC malware that jumps airgaps | Ars Technica
NSA Fallout Hurts AT&T’s Ambitions In Europe – WSJ.com
Software
Give us this day our daily date: Korean matchmaking app goes global – interesting points on app design
Nike: Android fragmentation is the reason there is no Fuel app | T3
Patent war goes nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-owned “Rockstar” sues Google | Ars Technica – interesting strike launched on Android handset manufacturers and Google’s search offering
Why Android First is a Myth | steve cheney – technology, business & strategy – poor development tools, testing and platform fragmentation
Technology
Hell freezes over: Intel announces plan to fab ARM processors | ExtremeTech
76.5% of Sina Weibo Users Access the Service via Mobile
Latest Gartner Hype Cycle – Smart Insights Digital Marketing Advice – big data is due a kicking
I, Cringely How Big Data is destroying the U.S. healthcare system – I, Cringely – why I have been so skeptical about the quantified self
Google futures and other market data fragments (or, Bang (goes) the Big Theory)
Web of no web
The Man Who Would Teach Machines to Think – James Somers – The Atlantic
Wireless
iPad market share analysis: profits make up for lower volume | BGR – share of profit rather than market share
Communities Dominate Brands: Bloodbath Results, Latest Apple Quarter – More evidence of Peak iPhone