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Observations from Shenzhen, China
I spent some time in Shenzhen recently and here is some of the things that I found during my stay. The pace of development is slower than it was before, the number of cranes I saw and ready-mix concrete wagons on the road was less than before. There is still a lot of building work…
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Galaxy Gear + more news
Galaxy Gear No shanzhai Galaxy Gear smartwatches – Shanzhai is the innovation / counterfeit ecosystem in Chinese manufacturing. They make fake iPhones and feature phones with a built in razor, or modelled after a Coke can. So why should Samsung be worried about a lack of Galaxy Gear clones? Shanzhai manufacturers have many faults, but…
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Mobile laboratory: Hong Kong
According to a commentator in the Hong Kong Economic Times: Hong Kong consumers spend 129 minutes a day on their mobile devices, 90 per cent of that time is using applications and mobile internet-enabled services. According to Hong Kong government statistics mobile penetration is 223% compared to 128% across the EU, though many of these…
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Bakrie Group + more news
Bakrie Group and Path Indonesia’s Bakrie Group leads Path’s $25 million Series C round – Indonesia is the world’s largest muslim country. It is also the country where BlackBerry was popular. If you’re not Indonesian, the Bakrie Group won’t sound that familiar. The Bakrie Group is a conglomerate, it has interests across various industries including…
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Shadow banking + more news
Shadow banking Expect wild 2014 with China crackdown on shadow banking – I am not so convinced given the vested interests in shadow banking. Shadow banking ‘wealth management products’ are sold by state banks like ICBC. Local government is funded by land sales to real estate developers, who are funded by shadow banking. The article…
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Revlon China + more news
Revlon China Revlon to shut down China operations – US cosmetics company Revlon says it was shutting down its operations in China to cut costs. The move will cost 1,100 people to lose their jobs. Revlon accounted for just 2 percent of the companies global revenue, so the decision to leave China must have been…
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George Lois + more news
George Lois 7 Pieces of “Damn Good” Creative Advice From ’60s Ad Man George Lois | Co.Create | creativity + culture + commerce – George Lois came up with 5 pieces of obvious advice but worth restating. George Lois is most famous for the decade he spent as an art director at Esquire. He started…
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Secret handshakes + more
Secret handshakes Secret Handshakes Greet Frat Brothers on Wall Street – Bloomberg – when I was growing up it was the secret handshake of freemasonry that was supposed to unlock success. Or if you moved in the right circles, it was the secret handshakes and phrases that indicated that you had attended a certain public…
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Beyonce + more news
Beyonce Beyonce Sells 1 Million Albums on Apple’s iTunes in Five Days – Peter Kafka – Media – AllThingsD – non-piracy aspects at work affecting the sale of the latest Beyonce album. Beyonce is arguably the most popular performer in the music industry right now. Beyonce has amplified her work through making visual albums. Despite…