Eterna
Chopard named the Official Timing Partner of Porsche Motorsport – Luxury News – interesting given that Porsche has its own watch brand made by Eterna. Eterna are a Swiss watch brand that pioneered using ball bearings in watches. The Israel navy and special forces used Eterna dive watches back when the Royal Navy divers were using Rolex Submariners. This gives a good idea of how robust Eterna watches have been.
Business
Microsoft’s Nadella Manages Legacy of Ballmer-Board Split – Bloomberg
Haier Partnering with Indesit Would Benefit Both Companies – Euromonitor International
China’s Domestic Bond Market May See First Default – NYTimes.com – small solar company
Sinopec stake sale signals move to privatise state-owned enterprises | SCMP (paywall)
Forbes Billionaires 2014 List – Women Break Records (Vogue.com UK)
Consumer behaviour
China Consumption Trends 2014 by MEC – WPP
African-Americans Prove Particularly Receptive to Advertising | Marketing Charts – Via Experian
Average U.S. Household has 6.7 Connected CE Devices | Park Perspectives
Do Men Use Facebook Differently Than Women? | Social Media Today
Design
Design Pirate Cody Foster Tries To Buy Victim’s Silence | Co.Design – apparent blatant IP infringement
Economics
Don’t believe the headlines about the “world’s most expensive city” – Quartz
RMB volatility not ochestrated by government: regulator|Economy|News|WantChinaTimes.com
Finding value in a turbulent world | nicolasrapp.com
Ethics
Carl Icahn 2014 Explains How Carl Icahn 2011 Has Terrible Business Ethics | Marc Andreessen
Finance
China to allow private capital in more state projects | out-law.com
Octopus app will make cash transfers to friends easy as sending WhatsApp message | South China Morning Post – interesting move by Octopus (paywall)
FMCG
Should Coca Cola reconsider it’s content marketing strategy with Journey? | RaceTalk PR and Social Media Blog – (disclosure colleague blog post)
How to
A New App Helps You Find Those Cool Boots You Saw On The Subway | Co.Design
You’ll never have a sink full of dirty dishes if you follow Toyota’s productivity secret – Quartz
Tips for optimising your email campaigns for mobile – Smart Insights
Korea
Google to Korean app makers: use our brand, bypass Kakao tax | Techinasia
Legal
U.K. Internet porn filters architect arrested for child porn | BGR – oh the irony
Luxury
How Silence Became a Luxury Product | New Republic
Biggest Billionaire Losers in Crimea Crisis: Russians and Louis Vuitton – Businessweek
Jing Daily: A-list stylist Mix Wei talks chic celebs and Chinese brands
Gucci focuses on handbags with sci-fi social video – Luxury Daily
Wynn Las Vegas celebrates signature production via Instagram contest – Luxury Daily
Bulgari supports Italian fashion ties with exhibit at London museum – Luxury Daily
European Brands See U.S. as Growth Market – WWD.com (paywall)
Marketing
Stop thinking ‘traditional’ vs. ‘new’ | Marketing Interactive
Competing with Content Marketing [Infographic] | Smart Insights
How To Use Analytics To Build A Smarter Mobile Website | Smashing Mobile
Mobile innovation is headed for consumer engagement – Luxury Daily
Q&A with Socialbakers CEO and founder Jan Rezab – Campaign Asia – (paywall)
Media
Programmatic Methods to Measure Offline Sales | Xaxis blog
RuPaul Trolls Pirates With Fake Album Leak on The Pirate Bay | TorrentFreak – so funny
Pornhub To Attempt National Ad Campaign – Business Insider
Groovy: DeNA shuts down music streaming service | Techinasia
The designer who thinks music streaming should be a conversation – Quartz
Security
A vast hidden surveillance network runs across America, powered by the repo industry | BetaBoston
Surveillance by Algorithm | Bruce Schneier
FreedomPop’s “Snowden Phone” Is Similar To The Blackphone, But Way Cheaper | Fast Company – it doesn’t include the Silent Circle subscriptions
Singapore
Singapore to legislate against cyber bullies | out-law.com
Software
WeChat Payment Now Open to All Businesses | TechNode
Linux crypto flaw leads hundreds of apps vulnerable | Daring Fireball
Why Mark Penn is the best person to lead Microsoft’s strategy | Two Thirds Done – ouch
Analysis on China’s Top Mobile Messenger Apps — China Internet Watch
Technology
Corning exec slams sapphire — rumored for Apple device | CNET News – sounds a bit defensive?
Telecoms
Consensus on new EU laws that promise to lower high-speed broadband deployment costs | out-law.com
Web of no web
Microsoft’s Siri Competitor ‘Cortana’ Is Seen In Action For The First Time | Search Engine Journal
Location-based marketing gets detailed: warc.com
Wireless
Facebook Drones to Battle Google Balloons in the War of Airborne Internet | Wired.com
T-Mobile’s BlackBerry Promo: 94 Percent Traded for a Different Smartphone | Re/code – ahh not great news for BlackBerry
Qualcomm CEO Mollenkopf Says Smartphone Growth in Infancy – Bloomberg – really, I thought it was heading towards saturation?