Month: August 2014
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Post 90s generation & things this week
China’s post 90s generation Some nicely presented data insights on China’s post 90s generation, who are the most likely people to drive China’s next stage of economic growth through domestic consumption. The post 90s generation don’t have the same strong affinity for western brands that their older peers have. The post 90s generation have grown…
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A content desert?
I started thinking about the idea of a content desert for a few reasons: Experian Marketing Services put out a really nice whitepaper out in June as part of their ConsumerSpeak series called Millennials come of age. One graph stood out to me; the split across generations between traditional and digital media consumption.On the face…
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Modified android phones & other news
Google Under Pressure as Modified Android Phones Take Off | TheNextWeb – 20 per cent sounds on the low side to me for modified Android phones. Why would you need modified Android variants? You have modified Android phones because Google services are basically unuseable in China and North Korea. Amazon’s Fire phone and tablets are…
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Digital China
I was looking for data on Digital China. wearesocial put together some of the best slideware together in terms of macro-dgital numbers country-by-country. Social, Digital & Mobile in China 2014 from We Are Social Singapore Slides and numbers only tell some of the story, so I wanted to reflect on some of the data points…
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James Brown & other news
James Brown Get on Up James Brown – Discover Who Sampled Mr. Dynamite: – like this timeline Universal Music did in conjunction with whosampled.com. At one stage The Funky Drummer and Lyn Collins ‘Think’ produced by James Brown seemed to underpin every record. Design Color-changing ‘Stained Glass’ Made With Energy-storing DSSCs | Nikkei TechOn! –…
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Chopstick Brothers
The Chopstick Brothers are a comedy duo with a film out in Chinese cinemas called 老男孩之猛龙过江 (Old Boy The Way of The Dragon). In order to promote the film they released a single called 小苹果 (Little Apple). Little Apple is an annoyingly catchy melody with simple chords and its own dance designed to appeal to…