Category: china | 中國 | 중국 | 中華

  • Digitas teams with Facebook + more

    DigitasLBi Teams With Facebook To Launch Live-Streamed Morning Show 05/09/2016 – interesting agency as brand. I wonder if we’ll see ‘NBC teams with Facebook’ any time soon? Objective-See – handy ransomware blocker for OSX. The Mac has become a major target for hackers and crackers now. Japan moves to protect ‘copyrights’ of AI creations | Japan Times –…

  • Twitter bars intelligence agencies + more

    Twitter Bars Intelligence Agencies From Using Analytics Service – WSJ – I don’t think that this will affect Twitter’s revenue that much. I also don’t think that Twitter bars intelligence agencies will restrict their access to information overall China white-box players leaving tablet market and pushing into new applications – focus instead on ‘two-in-one’ device, robots and…

  • Gucci apologises + more things

    Gucci apologises for sending warning letters to Hong Kong shops over paper handbag offerings – context, context, context. Paper items are burned as offerings for the dead to take them into the next life. It tends to be things that they loved or are likely to need. Gucci apologises because it got context wrong, there is…

  • China tech data slides

    I have been pulling together China tech data slides for me that were useful for some work that I have been doing. I thought it would be worthwhile sharing these slides with a wider audience. This month, I have selected a few slides that shed a light on advertising and consumer behaviour in China.Looking at platforms…

  • Bots won’t replace apps + more

    Dan Grover | Bots won’t replace apps. Better apps will replace apps. – great analysis around conversational UIs and the designs of OTT messaging platforms from a a product manager at WeChat. The question I have is while bots won’t replace apps, will bots write better apps? Chinese Conglomerate LeEco Wants To Give Away Its ‘Tesla…

  • WeChat payments + more things

    WeChat payments and wallet function brought to the international version of WeChat with its last version update, but I only noticed it this week. Does this mean that WeChat is now putting all the pieces in place before they get serious about an international market push? They are already trying to get foreign credit card…

  • Hong Kong crime + more things

    How Hong Kong crime has changed over time, and what that says about the city | South China Morning Post – interesting social changes as reflected by Hong Kong crime. Although this might change with Beijing using Hong Kong crime organisations to influence local politics and opposition through murder and intimidation. More Hong Kong related posts…

  • IBM guilty + more news

    IBM guilty of age discrimination I, Cringely Is IBM guilty of age discrimination? – Part two – I, Cringely – this could get very interesting, IBM guilty in a court of law would pose a wide range of problems from a political and regulatory point-of-view. There will also be issues in terms of skillsets for looking…

  • IP with WeChat + more things

    UK companies in discussions related to IP with WeChat | 英中贸易协会与微信法律团队会晤 – WeChat wants brand advertisers and e-tail sales, the brands want a clamp down on grey market and counterfeit product sales enforcing their IP with WeChat. More on WeChat related content here Twitter has outsized influence, but it doesn’t drive much traffic for most news orgs,…