Category: china | 中國 | 중국 | 中華
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Scratching + more things
History of scratching A brief history of scratching | FACT magazine – a great piece on scratching but skips over many of the greats prior to Q-Bert et al such as Mr Mixx, Cash Money, DJ Supreme and DJ Pogo. Scratching went through massive changes from the mid-1980s to the mid 1990s. Q-Bert et al were…
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Green labels + more news
Green labels There are more than 450 meanings behind “green” labels – Eco-conscious shoppers have probably noticed hordes of new “green-approved,” “100% natural” eco-friendly goods—claiming to be “certified” by some organization or other—popping up on store shelves. Green labels have many problems. One of them is that environmentalists can’t agree on what’s green so green labels are…
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The Boardroom + more stuff
What The Boardroom Thinks About Data Breach Liability | Dark Reading – cybersecurity risk vs cost of insurance premiums is the sums that the boardroom will be making. Expect the insurers to force innovation and better practices on large corporates rather then doing it off their own bat, a case in point being Sony Entertainment breach…
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Magic Leap + more things
Magic Leap has shared an interesting concept video. Magic Leap that has technology which provides a more immersive experience, layered on top of the real world. It would be impressive if Magic Leap manages to pull it off. A demo are notorious for being the technology equivalent of snake oil salesmen who sell but can’t…
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WeChat Life Report
Chinese consumers literally live a WeChat life as shown by this great collection of consumer behaviour data on WeChat. Over the past year WeChat has expanded the services that it provides to include Skype like conference calls, which changes and expands the behaviour in this report. (Presentation on Slideshare) Wechat Life Report from Digital Jungle…
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Beehives + more news
Melixa | Innovative smart beehives for remote monitoring – beehives as smart cities for bees. I wonder if this is will do anything for colony collapse disorder (CCD) ravaging beehives around the world. Google combining Android and Chrome is bad for developers – Business Insider – my problem with tablets is their ‘lugablity’. I found the original…
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Black Friday Sale + more things
REI to Close Stores During Black Friday Sale and Encourages Customers to Go Outside | Time – this is a smart more by REI on its Black Friday sale for a number of reasons. It is in keeping things on brand. It focuses purchases to their online channels. It also reels in Patagonia’s differentiator during the…
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Worth less than nothing + more
Why Yahoo is worth less than nothing – I, Cringely – for someone who bleeds purple having Yahoo worth less than nothing was sad to read, but that doesn’t mean that its not true. The basic sentiment that has Yahoo worth less than nothing is down to the strength of Yahoo’s Alibaba stake versus its challenged…
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Microsoft Office + more news
Google hunts down Microsoft Office | Techeye – Google’s move is a big one but indicative of how desperate Google needs to diversity from its current online ad based model into subscription software (like Microsoft Office 365)for the enterprise Google and Yahoo sign search partnership – San Jose Mercury News – interesting because Yahoo! gets around the…