Category: china | 中國 | 중국 | 中華

  • Trustworthy x86 laptops + more things

    Trustworthy x86 laptops? There is a way, says system-level security ace | The Register – ARM isn’t solution either. Trustworthy x86 laptops is a relative concept. With physical access to the hardware trustworthy could soon become untrustworthy Zuk sells in Vietnam | Shanghai Daily – part of the brand strategy might be masking the Chinese involvement given…

  • Yiminjian

    Yiminjian One of the most popular articles on the South China Morning Post website this year was about the phenomenon of yiminjian or ‘immigration jail’. Canada has been a popular destination for wealthy Chinese to set up their homes. The scions of the Huawei business had a couple of mansions in Vancouver. They were following…

  • Demographics of social + more

    Demographics Of Social Media By Gender – Business Insider – interesting opportunities for smart mass targeting by using the demographics of social outlined in the article. More content related to the demographics of social here. Samsung Addresses a Growing Mobile Health Market with Industry’s First Smart Bio-Processor – Samsung Blog – am sure Apple already has…

  • My 10 most popular (trafficked) blog posts of 2015

    These are the ten most trafficked posts of 2015, in reverse order: Throwback gadget: Nokia N900 – I tried Nokia’s first Maemo-based phone. It was amazing how useless it was as one forgets how linked the modern smartphone is to web services. Despite these problems one could see the now lost potential of the phone.…

  • Kinect + more news

    Kinect Rare and the rise and fall of Kinect • Eurogamer.net – or how Microsoft fumbled the future with Kinect. Kinect is a motion-sensing piece of hardware, allowing users to interact with Xbox games. It is able to monitor the movements of up to four people at the same time.  More related technology stories here.…

  • Zoetrope + other things

    Zoetrope based on a number sequence Amazing zoetrope based on Fibonacci sequence made using 3d-printing – just mesmerising. The strobing effect reminded me of the strobe edge on the Technics SL-1200 turntable. The zoetrope were moving images before film or television existed. This embedded the zoetrope in a wider steam punk aesthetic that harked back…

  • San Bernardino + more news

    San Bernardino Shooters’ Phones Had ‘Built-In Encryption,’ Just Like Every Phone | Motherboard – all of this smacks of the WMD report in Iraq. The FBI are trying to use the tragedy of San Bernardino to get mass-access. This would be unwise. It sets a precedent and even a technology framework for other countries to demand…

  • Creative Labs + more things

    Facebook shuts down Creative Labs, apps – CNET – interesting that they are reining this stuff in, probably cheaper to buy success than make it at the moment. Creative Labs participation would probably have been a key attraction in attracting rockstar talent as well Why Brands Are Ditching Twitter’s 6-Second Vine App | Adweek – One of the…

  • Beacons + more things

    Apple’s Failed Retail Revolution: Beacons Still Won’t Be Big on Black Friday – Bloomberg Business – the problem isn’t the technology but that retailers haven’t been innovative enough in their implementation of Beacons. Like QRcodes I wouldn’t write off Beacons yet. More web of no web posts here. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Has an Insane Severance…