Category: korea | 韓國 | 한국 | 韓国

Annyeonghaseyo – welcome to the Korean category of this blog. This is where I share anything that relates to the Republic of Korea, business issues relating to Korea, the Korean people, Korean culture and the Korean language.

At the time of writing this category descriptor its been about 10 years since I have last been able to visit Korea. In that time the country has risen on the world stage.

There have been continual disputes with Japan and more recently continual bitter disputes with China. The Japanese disputes are related to history and territory. Korea had been occupied as part of the Imperial Japanese empire. Independence came with the end of the second world war.

The Chinese disputes are more complex. Chinese investors are buying up Korean property particularly in Seoul, Busan and Jeju island, while many Koreans can no longer get on the property ladder. Chinese tourists blitz Korean shops in a similar way to what they’ve previously done in Hong Kong.

Chinese nationalism has seen claims made on Korean cultural assets from the national dress to kimchi. Finally China has interfered in Korea’s efforts to defend itself from the threat in the north.

Often posts that appear in this category will appear in other categories as well. So if Samsung launched a new smartphone that I thought was particularly notable that might appear in wireless as well as Korea. If there is Korean subjects that you think would fit with this blog, feel free to let me know by leaving a comment in the ‘Get in touch’ section of this blog here.

Siberian meteor burst + more

Siberian meteor burst

I know that there have been 500 people with minor injuries, but the Siberian meteor burst felt like I was living in a Jerry Bruckheimer film. The best observation I saw about it was in Vice magazine’s email newsletter which asked why so many drivers in Russia had managed to film the asteroid rather than keeping both hands on the wheel? The reason for the multiple recordings of the Siberian meteor burst is driver cams used to help with car accident disputes. The Siberian meteor burst brought back memories of the Tunguska event in 1908 which levelled large swathes of Siberian forest.

Business

“Physically Together”: Here’s the Internal YHOO No-Work-From-Home Memo | AllThingsD – I could see a post coming on from Becky McMichael about the benefits of remote working and flexible hours etc etc

PrivCo | LIVINGSOCIAL $110M Debt Infusion From Existing Investors With Oppressive Terms – I wonder what implications this will have for GroupOn

Consumer behaviour

HBO: The Weight of the Nation interesting site on obesity in the US

Culture

So there has been extensive character redesigns and different actors will be voicing some of the main protagonists, but I am super-excited that Production I.G are returning with another installment in the Ghost In the Shell series of anime. Arise looks amazing judging by the trailer footage now available on YouTube. More Japan related content can be found here.
</p> <p><a href="http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/02/watchmen-cover-price/" rel="nofollow">The Cover Art to Watchmen No. 1 Sells for Over $150K | Wired.com</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Economics</h4> <p><a href="http://www.chinafile.com/who-supplies-apple-it-s-not-just-china-interactive-map" rel="nofollow">Who Supplies Apple? (It’s Not Just China): An Interactive Map | ChinaFile</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.leftfootforward.org/2013/02/why-have-moodys-downgraded-britains-credit-rating/#more-62230" rel="nofollow">The loss of Britain’s triple A credit rating won’t make much difference | Left Foot Forward</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/feb/15/uk-retail-sales-drop-triple-dip-recession" rel="nofollow">Surprise UK retail sales drop fuels triple-dip recession fears | guardian.co.uk</a> – not that surprising really</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Finance</h4> <p><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4a766068-7c3e-11e2-91d2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2LaNKqNsF" rel="nofollow">Yorkshire invests to consolidate M&As – FT.com</a> – interesting contrarian position to spur growth</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">How to</h4> <p><a href="http://econsultancy.com/hk/blog/62145-using-social-media-monitoring-for-market-research" rel="nofollow">Using social media monitoring for market research | Econsultancy</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/2242727/what-to-do-if-your-clients-site-goes-down" rel="nofollow">What to Do if Your Client’s Site Goes Down | ClickZ</a></p> <p><a href="http://guitoolkits.com/wireframe-gui-toolkit/" rel="nofollow">Free Wireframe GUI Toolkit for Web and Mobile Apps | GUI Toolkits</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Ideas</h4> <p><em><a href="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/kleinber/networks-book/">Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World</a></em> By David Easley and Jon Kleinberg is a free read that I would recommend anyone in digital should check out.</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/magazine/can-the-republicans-be-saved-from-obsolescence.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0" rel="nofollow">Can the Republicans Be Saved From Obsolescence? – NYTimes.com</a> – rather like the Conservatives at the start of New Labour</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Innovation</h4> <p><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/511481/the-50-disruptive-companies-of-2013/" rel="nofollow">MIT Technology Review’s List of 50 Disruptive Companies for 2013 | MIT Technology Review</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Korea</h4> <p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/15/3991338/samsung-x-file-tapes-lawmaker-roh-hoe-chan-loses-government-seat" rel="nofollow">Korean lawmaker who exposed Samsung corruption forced from office | The Verge</a> – the infamous Korean x-files</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">London</h4> <p><a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/politics/2013/02/shadow-power-list" rel="nofollow">The shadow power list | The New Stateman</a> – an interesting list of UK power brokers</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Luxury</h4> <p><a href="http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1103&MainCatID=11&id=20130214000007" rel="nofollow">Luxury goods key to status and social power for Chinese women: Ipsos survey｜WantChinaTimes.com</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media</h4> <p><a href="http://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/insights/library/studies/the-new-multi-screen-world-study/" rel="nofollow">The New Multi-Screen World | Think with Google</a> – the decline of print media</p> <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/15/reeva-steenkamp-body-on-front-page" rel="nofollow">Reeva Steenkamp’s corpse was in the morgue, her body was on the Sun’s front page | Marina Hyde | Comment is free | The Guardian</a> – <em>‘If you put a picture of Caprice on page 1 – and any old stock one was fine as long as she had very little on – you could guarantee a 30,000 uplift in sales. Nell McAndrew would get you 20,000. Geri Halliwell would do 10,000’</em> – the scary math of media circulation</p> <p><a href="http://connect.icrossing.co.uk/remarketing-lists-search-ads-rlsa-beta-introduction_10245" rel="nofollow">Remarketing Lists for Search Ads (RLSA) Beta Introduction – iCrossing</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2013/0215/367958-facebook-wins-in-german-privacy-challenge/" rel="nofollow">Facebook wins in German privacy challenge – RTÉ News</a></p> <p><a href="http://allthingsd.com/20130215/when-mayer-called-yahoos-mobile-revenue-nascent-she-wasnt-kidding-and-heres-the-actual-number-she-left-out/?mod=atdtweet" rel="nofollow">When Mayer Called Yahoo’s Mobile Revenue “Nascent,” She Wasn’t Kidding – AllThingsD</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Online</h4> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-safety/how-graph-search-works-for-young-people/523197687701018" rel="nofollow">How Graph Search Works for Young People</a> – presumably not Google for cyberbullies then</p> <p><a href="http://marketingland.com/microsoft-scroogled-campaign-against-gmail-33471" rel="nofollow">Microsoft’s “Scroogled” Campaign Against Gmail Wins 0.002% Of Users</a> – Danny Sullivan’s critique of the campaign</p> <p><a href="http://mashable.com/2013/02/20/twitter-tco-length/" rel="nofollow">Twitter Now Reducing Some Tweets To 117 Characters</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Quality</h4> <p><a href="http://mashable.com/2013/02/22/iphone-fixya-study/" rel="nofollow">Study Shows iPhone 300% More Reliable Than Samsung Smartphones</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Retailing</h4> <p><a href="http://www.marketplacefairness.org/" rel="nofollow">The Marketplace Fairness Act (S.336 / H.R.684) official website</a> – the US internet now plays sales tax</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Security</h4> <p><a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/02/16/google-asks-journalists-to-tone-down-story-of-massive-google-play-security-flaw" rel="nofollow">Google asks journalists to tone down story of “massive” Google Play security flaw</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/02/14/frost-attack-unlocks-android-phones-data-by-chilling-its-memory-in-a-freezer/" rel="nofollow">“Frost” Attack Unlocks Android Phones’ Data By Chilling Their Memory In A Freezer – Forbes</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Software</h4> <p><a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/technology/2013/02/excel-most-dangerous-piece-software-world" rel="nofollow">Is Excel the most dangerous piece of software in the world?</a> – funnily enough this echoes the introduction to Robert X Cringely’s Accidental Empires</p> <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/13/us-microsoft-cfo-idUSBRE91C1L720130213" rel="nofollow">No Plan B for Microsoft’s mobile ambitions: CFO | Reuters</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Technology</h4> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/technology/sony-unveils-playstation-4-aiming-for-return-to-glory.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">With PlayStation 4, Sony Aims for Return to Glory – NYTimes.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/view/511421/the-brain-is-not-computable/" rel="nofollow">Miguel Nicolelis Says the Brain is Not Computable, Bashes Kurzweil’s Singularity | MIT Technology Review</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Telecoms</h4> <p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/02/skype-calls-now-equivalent-to-one-third-of-global-phone-traffic/" rel="nofollow">Skype calls now equivalent to one-third of global phone traffic | Ars Technica</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Web of no web</h4> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/technology/google-looks-to-make-its-computer-glasses-stylish.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0" rel="nofollow">Google Looks to Make Its Computer Glasses Stylish – NYTimes.com</a> – interesting design challenges for both wearable computing and digital health / quantified self</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Wireless</h4> <p><a href="http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2013/02/4g-shortfall-raises-questions-over-camerons-deficit-pledge/" rel="nofollow">4G shortfall raises questions over Osborne’s deficit pledge | Westminster blog</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.rethink-wireless.com/2013/02/20/uk-auction-comes-target.htm" rel="nofollow">UK auction comes in well under target – Rethink Wireless</a> – surprised it was as high as £2.34 billion</p> <p><a href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/380065/4g-fails-to-lure-customers-to-ee" rel="nofollow">4G fails to lure customers to EE | PC Pro</a> – not terribly surprising: poor 4G coverage, no compelling reason and pricing</p> <p><a href="http://gigaom.com/2013/02/17/lte-advanced-is-the-new-buzzword-hype/" rel="nofollow">The newest overhyped mobile industry buzzword: LTE-Advanced — GigaOM</a></p> </div> <div style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2013-02-25T00:01:41+09:00"><a href="https://renaissancechambara.jp/2013/02/25/siberian-meteor-burst/">February 25, 2013</a></time></div></div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-17103 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-consumerbehaviour category-economics category-hongkong category-howto category-ideas category-innovation category-korea category-luxury category-marketing category-media category-online category-retailing category-security category-software category-technology category-telecoms category-webofnoweb category-wireless"> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)"><h2 class="wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size"><a href="https://renaissancechambara.jp/2012/12/26/nokia-lumia/" target="_self" >Nokia Lumia + more news</a></h2> <div class="entry-content alignfull wp-block-post-content has-medium-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-content-is-layout-constrained"> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Nokia Lumia</h4> <p>The Nokia Lumia hasn’t got off to a great start. I got to try a Nokia Lumia 920. It had a heft to it that was similar to my Nokia Communicator E90. The Nokia Lumia hasn’t been enough to stop Samsung’s Galaxy from displacing Nokia as the world’s top cellphone brand. This is despite the quality problems that Samsung’s Galaxy III have exhibited. Imaging has been one of the Nokia Lumia strengths, the problem is that the imaging chief quit Nokia</p> <p><a href="http://www.isuppli.com/Mobile-and-Wireless-Communications/News/Pages/Samsung-Displaces-Nokia-as-Top-CellphoneBrand-in-2012-and-Takes-Decisive-Smartphone-Lead-Over-Apple.aspx" rel="nofollow">Samsung Displaces Nokia as Top Cellphone Brand in 2012 and Takes Decisive Smartphone Lead Over Apple – IHS iSuppli®</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/23/nokia_imaging_chief_quits/" rel="nofollow">Nokia’s imaging chief makes surprise exit • The Register</a></p> <p><a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/1042741-the-nokia-lumia-sellout-most-likely-a-marketing-strategy?source=feed" rel="nofollow">The Nokia Lumia Sellout – Most Likely A Marketing Strategy – Seeking Alpha</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Consumer behaviour</h4> <p><a href="http://www.japantoday.com/category/lifestyle/view/more-japanese-youth-wearing-surgical-masks-to-hide-their-face" rel="nofollow">More Japanese youth wearing surgical masks to hide their face ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion</a> – “<em>Others believe that having to rely on a mask to feel comfortable in public is a byproduct of Japanese youth becoming too accustomed to using e-mail and social networks to communicate with each other; they can’t interact with others unless there is a protective “wall” that offers them some degree of anonymity</em>“</p> <p><a href="http://marketing-interactive.com/news/37215" rel="nofollow">APAC travellers want more social media | Market-interactive.com</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Economics</h4> <p><a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1089098/price-comparison-how-much-groceries-cost-hong-kong-beijing-and-london" rel="nofollow">Price comparison: How much groceries cost in Hong Kong, Beijing and London | South China Morning Post</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20121217PR201.html" rel="nofollow">Global semiconductor revenues set to shrink in 2012, IHS says</a> – useful economic indicator</p> <p><a href="http://qz.com/32374/chinas-stock-market-is-plunging-because-investors-dont-trust-their-government/" rel="nofollow">Quartz – China’s stock market plunging due to retail investor sentiment</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/magazine/skills-dont-pay-the-bills.html?pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">Skills Don’t Pay the Bills – NYTimes.com</a> – gap in expectations, in a social contract</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Hong Kong</h4> <p><a href="http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1090141/hong-kongs-vanishing-mojo" rel="nofollow">Hong Kong’s vanishing mojo | South China Morning Post</a> – rise of China changes perception of where Hong Kong stands in things</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">How to</h4> <p><a href="http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/hacker-howto.html" rel="nofollow">How To Become A Hacker</a> – Eric Raymond on hacking (rather than cracking)</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Ideas</h4> <p><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/view/508526/will-big-data-get-too-big-for-the-metric-system-to-handle/" rel="nofollow">MIT Scientist Andrew McAfee Says Big Data Will Soon be Too Big for the Metric System to Handle | MIT Technology Review</a></p> <p><a href="http://chronicle.com/article/The-Conservative-Turn-Against/135488/?cid=at" rel="nofollow">The Conservative Turn Against Science – The Chronicle Review</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mecglobal.com/assets/MEC-blog/Exploiting-the-Implicit-271112.pdf" rel="nofollow">Exploiting the implicit – MEC whitepaper</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/12/01/nassim_nicholas_taleb_the_future_will_not_be_cool/" rel="nofollow">Nassim Nicholas Taleb: The future will not be cool – Salon.com</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Innovation</h4> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/24/science/scientists-see-advances-in-deep-learning-a-part-of-artificial-intelligence.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">Scientists See Advances in Deep Learning, a Part of Artificial Intelligence – NYTimes.com</a> – artificial intelligence gets another 15 minutes of fame</p> <p><a href="http://siliconangle.com/blog/2012/12/13/next-gen-tablets-and-laptops-will-get-cooler-with-ges-jet-engine-technology/" rel="nofollow">Next-Gen Tablets and Laptops Will Get “Cooler” With GE’s Jet Engine Technology | SiliconANGLE</a></p> <p><a href="http://broadstuff.com/archives/2683-3D-Printing-is-the-New-Industrial-Revolution.html" rel="nofollow">3D Printing is the New Industrial Revolution? – broadstuff</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-08/apple-joins-google-in-500-million-plus-bid-for-kodak-patents.html" rel="nofollow">Apple Joins Google in $500 Million-Plus Bid for Kodak Patents – Bloomberg</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4402451/Printed-electronics-pilot-line-starts-production?cid=NL_EETimesDaily" rel="nofollow">Printed electronics pilot line starts production</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/computing/2012/spring/touche.shtml" rel="nofollow">Touché – Carnegie Mellon University | CMU</a> – really interesting immersive media experiments</p> <p><a href="http://www.japantoday.com/smartphone/view/technology/robot-to-keep-japanese-astronaut-company-on-space-station" rel="nofollow">Japan Today – Humanoid robot to keep Japanese astronaut company on space station</a> – get more data on human | machine interaction</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Korea</h4> <p><a href="http://www.mccluremusic.com/nhk-makes-no-korea-move/" rel="nofollow">McClureMusic.com | NHK makes no-Korea move</a> – has hallyu lost much of its force in Japan?</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Luxury</h4> <p><a href="http://www.warc.com/Content/News/Luxury_habits_mature_in_China.content?ID=b84c6820-942e-462d-b43d-d99ccf024179" rel="nofollow">Luxury habits mature in China | Warc.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://socialmediatoday.com/socialmktgfella/1073421/1-6-affluent-internet-users-shopping-black-friday" rel="nofollow">Study Shows Affluent Spend Money to Save Time (Infographic) | Social Media Today</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.marketing-interactive.com/news/37163" rel="nofollow">Michelin Stars slammed in fear of rent hikes, | Market-interactive.com</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Marketing</h4> <p><a href="http://blog.firebrandtalent.com/2012/08/agencies-media-digital-companies-your-sales-pitch-sucks/" rel="nofollow">Agencies, media & digital companies: Your sales pitch sucks, Advertising</a> – interesting common-sense perspective from a marketer at Dell</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media</h4> <p><a href="http://www.warc.com/Content/News/Brands_must_adapt_search_strategies.content?ID=785f898d-9344-491d-b582-e2276feb5f29" rel="nofollow">Brands must adapt search strategies | Warc.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.wired.com/business/2012/12/why-google-loves-ios/" rel="nofollow">Why Google Just Made iPhone King: Ads | Wired.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://googlemobileads.blogspot.hk/2012/12/combating-accidental-clicks-in-mobile.html" rel="nofollow">Combating accidental clicks in mobile ads – Google Mobile Ads Blog</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.cringely.com/2012/12/04/amoeba-musics-vinyl-vaults-is-no-napster-despite-what-musicians-say/">Amoeba Music’s Vinyl Vaults is no Napster – I, Cringely</a></p> <p><a href="http://gigaom.com/2012/11/23/facebook-makes-it-official-an-external-advertising-network-is-coming-soon/" rel="nofollow">Facebook makes it official — an external advertising network is coming soon — GigaOM</a> – if this is just an ad network it could make for interesting behavioural advertising and potentially dial up relevance. If it is part of their search offering then things really take off</p> <p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/16/facebook-has-decreased-page-reach-and-heres-why/" rel="nofollow">Facebook Has Decreased Page Reach, And Here’s Why | TechCrunch</a> – some great data here on why a blended paid | owned content strategy is required for page owners</p> <p><a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10849627" rel="nofollow">Dotcom: We’ve hit the jackpot – National – NZ Herald News</a> – more legal twists and turns</p> <p><a href="http://www.facebook-studio.com/news/item/announcing-a-new-pages-structure-for-global-brands">Facebook Studio :: Blog | Announcing a New Pages Structure for Global Brands | Latest News and Updates</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/188665/pre-roll-video-ad-prices-dip-large-inventory-blam.html#axzz2EQ5RjHEr" rel="nofollow">MediaPost Publications Pre-Roll Video Ad Prices Dip, Large Inventory Blamed 12/07/2012</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/times-of-london-offers-80-nexus-7-to-new-digital-subscribers-2012124/" rel="nofollow">Times of London offers $80 Nexus 7 to new digital subscribers | Geek.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/05/flurry-mobile-apps-television/" rel="nofollow">Time Spent In Mobile Apps Is Starting To Challenge Television, Flurry Says | TechCrunch</a></p> <p><a href="http://allthingsd.com/20121206/facebook-in-talks-to-buy-microsofts-atlas-ad-platform/" rel="nofollow">Facebook in Talks to Buy Microsoft’s Atlas Ad Platform – AllThingsD</a></p> <p><a href="http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/2012/" rel="nofollow">Nielsen | Social Media Report 2012</a></p> <p><a href="http://daringfireball.net/2012/12/why_the_daily_failed" rel="nofollow">Daring Fireball: Why ‘The Daily’ Failed</a> – there is also the problem that the content didn’t have value. It wasn’t a professional tool like the Wall Street Journal or provide something you couldn’t get elsewhere</p> <p><a href="http://blog.midem.com/2012/11/audio-and-video-streaming-in-focus-exclusive-nielsen-white-paper/#.ULONT4Wqlws" rel="nofollow">Audio and Video Streaming in focus – Exclusive Nielsen white paper</a></p> <p><a href="http://adage.com/article/digital/yahoo-s-ad-sell-rate-log-page-plummeted/238447/" rel="nofollow">Yahoo’s Ad Sell-Through Rate on its Log-in Page Has Plummeted | Advertising Age</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Beatles-Stereo-Vinyl-Box/product-reviews/B0041KVW2K/ref=cm_cr_dp_qt_hist_two?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addTwoStar&showViewpoints=0" rel="nofollow">Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: The Beatles Stereo Vinyl Box Set</a> – digital record labels trying to make premium analogue money need to manage the quality control much better</p> <p><a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1090838/tvb-shelves-hk50m-plan-international-channel" rel="nofollow">TVB shelves HK$50m plan for international channel | South China Morning Post</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Online</h4> <p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/asia/2012/12/14/chinese-manufacturing-base-shenzhen-leads-country-in-internet-microblog-penetration-report/" rel="nofollow">Chinese manufacturing base Shenzhen leads country in Internet, microblog penetration: Report – The Next Web</a></p> <p><a href="http://blog.collections.me/post/37870399216/our-vision" rel="nofollow">Why We’re Building Collections</a> – I hope that they don’t forget pinboard.in</p> <p><a href="http://wallblog.co.uk/2012/12/07/google-exec-was-told-to-stop-tweeting/" rel="nofollow">Google exec was told to stop Tweeting | The Wall Blog</a> – the people who are responsible for engineering social media don’t even understand how things can propagate</p> <p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2012/12/06/twitter-take-away-two-of-my-precious-tweet-characters/" rel="nofollow">As of February, you’ll have two fewer characters to tweet with when you share a link on Twitter – The Next Web</a> – trillions of links already</p> <p><a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/twitter-loses-ability-to-properly-display-instagram-photos/" rel="nofollow">Twitter Loses Ability to Properly Display Instagram Photos – NYTimes.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/news/507451/how-google-plans-to-find-the-ungoogleable/" rel="nofollow">Google’s Searches for UnGoogleable Information to Make Mobile Search Smarter | MIT Technology Review</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/03/us-yahoo-idUSBRE8B21DP20121203" rel="nofollow">Yahoo sees several flaws in $2.7 billion Mexico ruling: source | Reuters</a> – the big question is why wasn’t it disclosed in company documents in the first place</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Retailing</h4> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/technology/amazon-book-reviews-deleted-in-a-purge-aimed-at-manipulation.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0" rel="nofollow">Amazon Book Reviews Deleted in a Purge Aimed at Manipulation – NYTimes.com</a> – interesting implication for wider social content sites as well as e-tailing</p> <p><a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/topshop-sells-minority-stake-to-leonard-green-for-805-million/" rel="nofollow">Billionaire Sells Stake in Topshop for $805 Million – NYTimes.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.japantoday.com/smartphone/view/business/fast-retailing-to-acquire-majority-interest-in-j-brand-holdings" rel="nofollow">Japan Today – Fast Retailing to acquire majority interest in J Brand Holdings</a> – this reads as much about technical know-how with fabric as much as a way of moving their portfolio upmarket for <a href="http://renaissancechambara.jp/?s=uniqlo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Uniqlo</a></p> <p><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/11/27/china-mall-developers-time-to-shop-around/?mod=WSJBlog" rel="nofollow">China Mall Developers – Time to Shop Around – China Real Time Report – WSJ</a></p> <p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/id498453284" rel="nofollow">MUJI LIFE CHECK IN for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad</a> – great example of the web of no web using a locative gaming mechanism used to drive bricks and mortar retail</p> <p><a href="http://www.webpronews.com/black-friday-saw-online-retail-traffic-jump-60-year-over-year-2012-11" rel="nofollow">Black Friday Saw Online Retail Traffic Jump 60% Year-Over-Year | WebProNews</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Security</h4> <p><a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/11/e-mail_security.html" rel="nofollow">Schneier on Security: E-Mail Security in the Wake of Petraeus</a> – interesting debate which boils back down to don’t write anything you wouldn’t anyone else see if it was made public</p> <p><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/12/apple-hires-hacker/" rel="nofollow">Apple Hires Hacker Who Helped Save Windows From Security Hell | Wired.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121203/07493221209/itu-approves-deep-packet-inspection-standard-behind-closed-doors-ignores-huge-privacy-implications.shtml" rel="nofollow">ITU Approves Deep Packet Inspection Standard Behind Closed Doors, Ignores Huge Privacy Implications | Techdirt</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bloggingprweb.com/prweb-icoa" rel="nofollow">PRWeb Statement on Fraudulent ICOA Press Release – Blogging PRWeb</a> – a tough place for PRWeb to be I feel for them</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Software</h4> <p><a href="http://news.techeye.net/business/microsoft-reveals-cunning-windows-plan-below-surface" rel="nofollow">Microsoft reveals cunning Windows plan below surface – It has to dump hardware partners to work | TechEye</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_22083291?source=email" rel="nofollow">Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer defends company to shareholders – San Jose Mercury News</a> – the key point is that Microsoft share price stands about the same level as they did a decade ago</p> <p><a href="http://bgr.com/2012/12/12/no-google-apps-for-windows-8-windows-phone-8/" rel="nofollow">No Google Apps on Windows 8 and WP8: User base too small to invest in | BGR</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.pwc.com/softwarepricing" rel="nofollow">The future of software pricing: PwC</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/23/tech_support_magic_word/" rel="nofollow">Just bought an Apple product? Need support NOW? Drop an F-BOMB • The Register</a> – deep learning or machine intelligence depending what label you like at work</p> <p><a href="http://technology-report.com/2012/11/blue-brain-project-update/" rel="nofollow">TECHNOLOGY REPORT » Blue Brain Project Update</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/7/3739134/microsoft-windows-brand-mobile-future" rel="nofollow">Microsoft’s battle for consumers: it’s time to drop the Windows name | The Verge</a> – has the Windows brand been over-extended?</p> <p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/4/3725498/facebook-messenger-account-requirement-sms-whatsapp-bbm" rel="nofollow">Facebook Messenger for Android drops account requirement, taking on SMS and WhatsApp | The Verge</a> – interesting how Facebook is being usurped as a communications platform</p> <p><a href="http://www.eetimes.com/design/microcontroller-mcu/4402835/TI-rolls-open-source-RTOS-for-MCUs?cid=NL_EETimesDaily" rel="nofollow">TI rolls open-source RTOS for MCUs</a> – lower footprint than Linux which should be compelling</p> <p><a href="http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/windows-8-sales-good-bad-ugly-144888" rel="nofollow">Windows 8 Sales: Good, Bad, or Ugly?</a> – surprised to see quite this negative a take on things by Windows IT Pro</p> <p><a href="http://allthingsd.com/20121205/lack-of-distribution-is-killing-surface/" rel="nofollow">Lack of Distribution Is “Killing” Surface – AllThingsD</a></p> <p><a href="http://qz.com/32922/here-comes-the-first-real-alternative-to-iphone-and-android/" rel="nofollow">Here comes the first real alternative to iPhone and Android – Quartz</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Technology</h4> <p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/12/05/apples-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-recent-time-in-the-public-market-appears-to-be/" rel="nofollow">Apple loses $34.9 billion in market cap in its worst trading day in 4 years, but why? – The Next Web</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4402503/London-Calling-Apple-buy-ST-E-Renesas-Mobile?cid=NL_EETimesDaily" rel="nofollow">London Calling: Should Apple buy ST-E or Renesas Mobile?</a> – but what about patent licences?</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Telecoms</h4> <p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/24/cudos_photonics_australian_institute_physics/" rel="nofollow">Why ‘slow light’ might just save the Internet • The Register</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=478119&mail=907&C=0" rel="nofollow">Nokia Siemens sells optical network unit to Marlin Equity Partners</a> – ok, interesting move. But will it be enough to be competitive against the new network players?</p> <p><a href="http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2012-11/30/content_15972765.htm" rel="nofollow">‘Can do’ approach spurs Huawei’s growth in Europe | chinadaily.com.cn</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Web of no web</h4> <p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-27/apple-said-to-fire-maps-manager-after-flaws-hurt-iphone-5-debut.html" rel="nofollow">Apple Said to Fire Maps Manager as Flaws Hurt IPhone 5 – Bloomberg</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Wireless</h4> <p><a href="http://bgr.com/2012/12/21/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-hardware-failure-262887/" rel="nofollow">Samsung Galaxy S III hardware failure: Phones failing for no reason | BGR</a> – bad NAND? Will this be like the capacitor issue that plagued PCs years ago?</p> <p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/21/3792456/european-union-accuses-samsung-antitrust-violations-patent-investigation" rel="nofollow">European Union formally accuses Samsung of antitrust violations in patent investigation (update) | The Verge</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.fosspatents.com/2012/12/judge-denies-apple-permanent-injunction.html" rel="nofollow">FOSS Patents: Judge denies Apple permanent injunction, throws out Samsung’s jury misconduct claims</a></p> <p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/13/samsung-exec-admits-to-using-apple-products-calls-idevice-ecosystem-sticky/" rel="nofollow">Samsung Exec Admits To Using Apple Products, Calls iDevice Ecosystem “Sticky” | TechCrunch</a></p> <p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/12/13/us-court-rules-apples-iphone-infringes-on-three-patents-held-by-sony-and-nokia-owned-mobilemedia/" rel="nofollow">US court rules Apple’s iPhone infringes on three patents held by Sony and Nokia owned MobileMedia – The Next Web</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-13/apple-lg-electronics-defeat-alcatel-lucent-patent-claims.html" rel="nofollow">Apple, LG Electronics Defeat Alcatel-Lucent Patent Claims – Bloomberg</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.asymco.com/2012/12/07/the-real-threat-that-samsung-poses-to-apple/" rel="nofollow">The real threat that Samsung poses to Apple | asymco</a> – really interesting article on Samsung’s strengths</p> <p><a href="http://allthingsd.com/20121207/on-legacy-iphones-and-cannibalization/" rel="nofollow">On Legacy iPhones and Cannibalization – AllThingsD</a> – the legacy phone makes up the lower price models in the Apple range</p> <p><a href="http://www.unwiredview.com/2012/12/05/china-mobiles-li-yue-on-iphone-5-td-scdma-is-not-a-problem-its-about-business-model-and-benefit-sharing/" rel="nofollow">China Mobile’s Li Yue on iPhone 5: TD-SCDMA is not a problem, it’s all about business model and benefit sharing » Unwired View</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/30/3709688/samsung-25-years-lee-kun-hee" rel="nofollow">King of Samsung: a chairman’s reign of cunning and corruption | The Verge</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.telecoms.com/54319/apple-vetting-operators-on-lte-network-performance/" rel="nofollow">Apple vetting operators on LTE network performance » telecoms.com</a> – it makes sense otherwise users would have a poor experience and battery life would be hammered</p> <p><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9234069/Exclusive_Nokia_seeks_to_block_sale_of_some_RIM_products" rel="nofollow">Exclusive: Nokia seeks to block sale of some RIM products</a></p> <p><a href="http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/23/ericssons-massive-mobile-report-6-4b-global-cellular-plans-75-of-all-new-phones-in-asia-and-africa/" rel="nofollow">Ericsson’s massive mobile report: 6.4B global cellular plans, 75% of all new phones in Asia and Africa | VentureBeat</a></p> </div> <div style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2012-12-26T23:01:28+09:00"><a href="https://renaissancechambara.jp/2012/12/26/nokia-lumia/">December 26, 2012</a></time></div></div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-16585 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-branding category-china category-consumerbehaviour category-economics category-finance category-fmcg category-ideas category-innovation category-japan category-korea category-luxury category-media category-online category-security category-software category-technology category-telecoms category-webofnoweb category-wireless"> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)"><h2 class="wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size"><a href="https://renaissancechambara.jp/2012/10/06/hurun/" target="_self" >Hurun listings & more news</a></h2> <div class="entry-content alignfull wp-block-post-content has-medium-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-content-is-layout-constrained"> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Hurun</h4> <p><a href="http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120930000067&cid=1102&MainCatID=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Money slipping through China’s wealthiest fingers: Hurun｜WantChinaTimes.com</a> – Hurun is like the Forbes or Sunday Times rich lists. In other countries being on the rich list brings scrounging letters from charities and assorted liggers, possibility heightened security risks due to kidnapping attempts. Being in Hurun also means immense government scrutiny. Even the most politically connected would be wise to not want to appear in Hurun. Yet, Chinese entrepreneurs still view a Hurun listing as a reflection of personal status and prestige that they look to leverage into further business. Hurun is widely used a consultant and partner for <a href="http://renaissancechambara.jp/category/luxury/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">luxury brands</a>. Hurun seems to offer everything from contacts to market sizing for luxury brands. I am surprised Rupert Hoogewerf is allowed to run Hurun Report in China given the sensitivity of the information</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Branding</h4> <p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/04/interbrand-apple-amazon-samsung-fast-becoming-brand-darlings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Interbrand: Apple, Amazon, Samsung fast becoming brand darlings, ousting crusty traditional labels — Engadget</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">China</h4> <p><a href="http://thediplomat.com/2012/09/11/chinas-one-country-two-systems-under-threat/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">China’s “One Country, Two Systems” Under Threat | The Diplomat</a> – I am surprised China has managed to resist its Stalinist instincts for this long</p> <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/28/us-china-politics-idUSBRE88R0HM20120928" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">China sets leadership succession congress for November 8| Reuters</a> – my money is on the dangerous neo-Stalinist authoritarian ultra-nationalist Xi Jingping. Bo Xilai’s brand of red tub thumping has meant that even though he is out of favour, he has set the agenda politically in the Communist Part of China. Expect a massive consolidation of power coupled with slowing economic growth massive acceleration on lightning rod issues in foreign policy as he plays for the nationalist peanut gallery. He is a leader in the mould of Mao rather than Deng. His views are at odds with the more liberal leanings of his father who was communist party royalty</p> <p><a href="http://infoproc.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/good-things-just-dont-get-shown-to.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Information Processing: “… the good things just don’t get shown to Western investors”</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Consumer behaviour</h4> <p><a href="http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20121002000003&cid=1503&MainCatID=0" rel="nofollow">China’s younger generation sees changing marriage landscape</a></p> <p><a href="http://marketingland.com/pew-releases-more-smartphone-data-on-eve-of-iphone-5-launch-21127" rel="nofollow">Pew: Almost 70 Percent Of Affluent Adults Own Smartphones</a> – a new digital divide?</p> <p><a href="http://m.spiegel.de/international/germany/a-857918.html#spRedirectedFrom=www" rel="nofollow">Double Lives: Study Reveals Germans Less Confident than they Seem – SPIEGEL ONLINE</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Economics</h4> <p><a href="http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120930000033&cid=1103&MainCatID=0" rel="nofollow">Surveys hint at poor level of social mobility in China｜WantChinaTimes.com</a> – I would imagine that this would be pretty similar in many western countries. However it presents a problem of social instability in a middle income country like China which depends on a compact of the people staying out of politics so long as the Party looks after them</p> <p><a href="http://thediplomat.com/2012/09/13/more-money-more-problems-in-south-korea/" rel="nofollow">More Money, More Problems in South Korea | The Diplomat</a></p> <p><a href="http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/09/14/s-korea-reasons-to-be-cheerful/#axzz26TEuT1cc" rel="nofollow">S Korea: reasons to be cheerful | beyondbrics</a> – beyond the scary household debt numbers things are looking pretty good</p> <p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10000872396390444083304578018731890309450-lMyQjAxMTAyMDIwNjAyODY3Wj.html" rel="nofollow">Cellphones Are Eating the Family Budget – WSJ.com</a> – disrupting substitute entertainment products: eating out, children’s confectionery sales. Not at all surprised by this, I was hearing this back at the first MobileYouth conference panels that I spoke at</p> <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/01/us-usa-economy-pmi-markit-idUSBRE8900MP20121001" rel="nofollow">Factory activity caps worst quarter in three years: Markit| Reuters</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Finance</h4> <p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valleys-strangest-sex-scandal-gets-more-dramatic-yet-2012-10" rel="nofollow">Silicon Valley’s Strangest Sex Scandal Gets More Dramatic Yet – Business Insider</a> – interesting that this hasn’t been settled and they don’t seem to have done anything to help their legal case. Are they hoping legal muscle and strong arm tactics will work or do they have something else that they know? Badly handled from a PR PoV</p> <p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ellen-pao-kleiner-perkins-dfeh-wrongful-termination-2012-10" rel="nofollow">Ellen Pao Files For Wrongful Termination – Business Insider</a> – one long train wreck in slow-motion</p> <p><a href="http://www.siliconvalley.com/chris-obrien/ci_21653896/obrien-sociology-risk-dark-side-dot-com-parties" rel="nofollow">The sociology of risk and the dark side of dot-com parties – SiliconValley.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-09-30/presenting-worlds-biggest-hedge-fund-you-have-never-heard" rel="nofollow">Presenting The World’s Biggest Hedge Fund You Have Never Heard Of | ZeroHedge</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">FMCG</h4> <p><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2012/10/03/deal-profile-krafts-snack-spinoff/?mod=WSJBlog" rel="nofollow">Deal Profile: Kraft’s Snack Spinoff – WSJ</a> – basically a sign that the Cadbury buy didn’t have the desired effect on the Kraft share price</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Ideas</h4> <p><a href="http://www.monocle.com/monocolumn/2012/10/01/some-technology-curbs-creativity/" rel="nofollow">Some technology curbs creativity | Monocle </a></p> <p><a href="http://business.time.com/2012/09/25/what-happens-when-we-reach-peak-car/" rel="nofollow">What Happens When We Reach ‘Peak Car’?</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.japantoday.com/category/travel/view/airasia-x-to-make-first-7-rows-of-economy-class-child-free-zone" rel="nofollow">AirAsia X to make first 7 rows of economy class child-free zone ‹ Japan Today</a> – interesting move</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Innovation</h4> <p><a href="http://defense.aol.com/2012/10/01/us-defense-biz-outlook-grim-foreign-sales-wont-save-it-deloit/" rel="nofollow">US Defense Biz Outlook Grim, Foreign Sales Won’t Save It: Deloitte</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/01/4869876/3m-buying-ceradyne-for-about-847.html">3M buying Ceradyne for about $847 million – The Sacramento Bee</a> – Ceradyne does interesting things with ceramic material innovation including nuclear fuel pellets and ballistic plates</p> <p><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429203/room-temperature-superconductivity-found-in/?ref=rss" rel="nofollow">Room Temperature Superconductivity Found in Graphite Grains – Technology Review</a> – IF this is true, things could be getting very interesting</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Japan</h4> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/technology/a-new-tech-generation-defies-the-odds-in-japan.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0" rel="nofollow">A New Tech Generation Defies the Odds in Japan – NYTimes.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120923000117&cid=1101&MainCatID=0" rel="nofollow">Chinese economist weighs up how to inflict damage on Japan</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Korea</h4> <p><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2012/09/12/in-samsung-vs-japan-does-samsung-have-a-weakness/?mod=WSJBlog&buffer_share=f282a" rel="nofollow">A Rare Analyst Discussion of Weakness at Samsung – WSJ</a> – Samsung is overleveraged and could damage the Korean government as well</p> <p><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2012/09/26/chuseok-nears-firms-give-bonuses-pay-vendors-early/?mod=WSJBlog&buffer_share=3a4d7" rel="nofollow">South Korean Companies Give Bonuses as Thanksgiving Nears – WSJ</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Luxury</h4> <p><a href="http://www.jingdaily.com/as-chinas-luxury-market-evolves-whos-winning-and-whos-losing/21219/" rel="nofollow">Jing Daily: The Business of Luxury and Culture in China</a></p> <p><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/09/12/taiwan-struggling-to-entice-students-from-mainland-china/?mod=WSJBlog" rel="nofollow">Mainland Chinese Students Eager to Enroll Abroad, Just Not in Taiwan – WSJ</a> – education could be considered a luxury product in China as it is used by parents to show ‘success’. I have questions about this research. Chinese propaganda doesn’t see Taiwan as the separate country that it obviously is. Secondly, it wouldn’t be viewed as a high status move both of which would impact on the survey and its methodology</p> <p><a href="http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120925000053&cid=1503&MainCatID=0" rel="nofollow">How China’s wealthy transfer their assets abroad</a></p> <p><a href="http://blogs.ft.com/material-world/2012/09/27/is-chanel-the-swatch-of-luxury/?#axzz27i0UVJ2b" rel="nofollow">Is Chanel the Swatch of luxury? | Material World</a> – is this Chanel becoming vertically integrated and getting a monopoly position</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media</h4> <p><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/10/01/facebook-lays-out-all-of-its-new-targeting-techniques-in-one-easy-to-read-blog-post/" rel="nofollow">Facebook Lays Out All Of Its New Targeting Techniques In One Easy-To-Read Blog Post – Forbes</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/01/us-microsoft-msn-idUSBRE8900WN20121001" rel="nofollow">Microsoft launching news operation, new MSN | Reuters</a> – I think that this is as much about stepping out of legacy infrastructure of MSN as it is about journalism</p> <p><a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/1152618/" rel="nofollow">Newspapers and TV drag down Zenith’s UK adspend forecast – Brand Republic News</a> – no olympic dividend</p> <p><a href="http://marketing-interactive.com/news/35197" rel="nofollow">Marketing, China ad spend to hit RMB 440 billion, CHINA, ADVERTISING, Research, Budgets, | Market-interactive.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.chinatechnews.com/2012/09/13/16623-social-tv-comes-to-china-kaixin001-com-teams-with-samsung-haier-hisense" rel="nofollow">Social TV Comes To China: Kaixin001.com Teams With Samsung, Haier, Hisense</a></p> <p><a href="http://t.co/xwZMh3eD" rel="nofollow">Study: Smaller news websites depend more on social media for traffic than larger sites – Poynter</a></p> <p><a href="http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2200733/New-Google-Ad-Planner-Will-Exclude-Domains-Outside-Google-Network" rel="nofollow">New Google Ad Planner Will Exclude Domains Outside Google Network – Search Engine Watch (#SEW)</a></p> <p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/20/facebook-crm-ads/" rel="nofollow">Facebook Lets Businesses Plug In CRM Email Addresses To Target Customers With Hyper-Relevant Ads | TechCrunch</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/09/25/eric-schmidt-says-google-would-love-to-replace-microsoft-as-yahoos-search-partner/" rel="nofollow">Eric Schmidt Says Google Would Love to Replace Microsoft as Yahoo!’s Search Partner – Forbes</a> – but the same antitrust barriers that Microsoft would rake up still remain</p> <p><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57521694-93/pew-study-news-consumption-up-via-mobile-social-media/" rel="nofollow">Pew study: News consumption up via mobile, social media | Internet & Media – CNET News</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/27/portugal_p2p_piracy_case_fails/" rel="nofollow">Portugal’s prosecutor punts P2P case • The Register</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19767970" rel="nofollow">BBC News – Japan introduces piracy penalties for illegal downloads</a></p> <p><a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/more-spring-cleaning.html" rel="nofollow">More spring cleaning | Official Google Blog</a> – with no Adsense for feeds, does feedburner make any sense for Google anymore?</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Online</h4> <p><a href="http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/mobile-health-is-taking-off-but-whats-still-in-its-way/" rel="nofollow">Mobile health is taking off but what’s still in its way? — GigaOM</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/04/kitchen-aid-twitter-tweet-obama-grandmother_n_1938031.html" rel="nofollow">KitchenAid Twitter Account Sends Offensive Tweet About Obama’s Deceased Grandmother (TWEETS)</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.comscoredatamine.com/2012/10/mobile-phones-and-tablets-now-account-for-1-in-8-u-s-internet-page-views/" rel="nofollow">Mobile Phones and Tablets Now Account for 1 in 8 U.S. Internet Page Views</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-usage-declining-2012-9?op=1" rel="nofollow">Facebook Usage Declining – Business Insider</a></p> <p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/13/jonathan-abrams-nuzzel-launch/" rel="nofollow">Friendster Founder Jonathan Abrams Launches Nuzzel: A Fast, Simple, Social News Reader | TechCrunch</a></p> <p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/17/google-bought-something-announced-some-google-numbers-and-you-probably-arent-impressed/" rel="nofollow">Google Bought Something, Announced Some Google+ Numbers, And You Probably Aren’t Impressed | TechCrunch</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Security</h4> <p><a href="http://www.ownedcore.com/forums/world-of-warcraft/world-of-warcraft-general/375573-looking-inside-your-screenshots.html" rel="nofollow">Looking inside your screenshots</a> – steganography in real-world application</p> <p><a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120921/03581820457/eu-officials-propose-internet-cops-patrol-no-anonymity-no-obscure-languages-because-terrorism.shtml" rel="nofollow">EU Officials Propose Internet Cops On Patrol, No Anonymity & No Obscure Languages (Because Terrorism!) | Techdirt</a> – because this all worked really well in Korea when Cyworld got cracked and wholesale identity theft occurred</p> <p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/09/24/new-zealand-prime-minister-orders-enquiry-unlawful-wiretapping-kim-dotcom/" rel="nofollow">New Zealand Prime Minister orders enquiry into “unlawful” spying of Kim Dotcom (Jon Russell/The Next Web)</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Software</h4> <p><a href="http://www.bgr.com/2012/10/01/windows-8-early-adoption-numbers-low/" rel="nofollow">Windows 8 early adoption numbers: low compared with Windows 7</a> – not as bad as it looks as there aren’t that many PCs would could use all the features of Windows 8 yet</p> <p><a href="http://rossdawsonblog.com/weblog/archives/2012/10/the-future-of-customer-service-using-technology-to-increase-both-efficiency-and-relationship-strength.html" rel="nofollow">The Future of Customer Service: Using technology to increase both efficiency and relationship strength | Trends in the Living Networks</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/11/3317230/mark-zuckerberg-betting-on-html5-for-mobile-was-a-mistake-hints-at" rel="nofollow">Mark Zuckerberg promises a native Android app, says betting on HTML5 for mobile was a ‘mistake’ | The Verge</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/russias-yandex-combines-chromium-and-opera-code-for-new-browser-7000005030/" rel="nofollow">Russia’s Yandex combines Chromium and Opera code for new browser | ZDNet</a> – all of which misses out that WebKit came from KDE Conqueror and Apple’s work on Safari…</p> <p><a href="http://battellemedia.com/archives/2012/09/am-i-an-outlier-or-are-apple-products-no-longer-easy-to-use.php" rel="nofollow">Am I An Outlier, Or Are Apple Products No Longer Easy To Use? | John Battelle’s Search Blog</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120925071702895" rel="nofollow">Groklaw – SCO Files Final Chapter 11 Report in Bankruptcy, Files August MORs; Now It’s Onward and Downward in Chapter 7 ~pj</a></p> <p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/26/survey-ios-6-leads-to-decrease-in-device-satisfaction-among-iphone-users/" rel="nofollow">Survey: iOS 6 Leads To Decrease In Device Satisfaction Among iPhone Users | TechCrunch</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.rethink-wireless.com/2012/10/01/samsung-plans-acquisitions-software-company.htm" rel="nofollow">Samsung plans acquisitions to become a software company – Rethink Wireless</a> – it will be interesting to see how this clashes with Google’s plans</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Technology</h4> <p><a href="http://www.cringely.com/2012/09/12/thunderbolt-on-an-iphone-5/" rel="nofollow">Thunderbolt, on an iPhone 5? ~ I, Cringely</a></p> <p><a href="http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/13/after-a-decade-of-research-intel-shows-off-its-digital-radio-chip/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">After a decade of research, Intel shows off its digital radio chip | VentureBeat</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/09/29853/" rel="nofollow">Intel Confirms Decline of Server Giants HP, Dell, and IBM | Wired.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429342/ten-office-items-that-will-be-relics-by-2017/?ref=rss" rel="nofollow">Ten Office Items that Will Be Relics by 2017 – Technology Review</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/10/the-pc-is-over.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Coding Horror: The PC is Over</a> – hyperbole but some interesting data points</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Telecoms</h4> <p><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5izregeKA7s1bJcspWgD25uROt0IQ?docId=CNG.6d7aa2947b6ccf9a8f6706256db1a6d4.181" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AFP: Japan’s Softbank to buy rival eAccess for $2.3 bn</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Web of no web</h4> <p><a href="http://allthingsd.com/20120926/apple-google-maps-talks-crashed-over-voice-guided-directions/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple-Google Maps Talks Crashed Over Voice-Guided Directions – AllThingsD</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.quora.com/Maps-iOS-app/Why-is-everyone-so-obsessed-with-picking-faults-with-Apples-new-maps-on-the-iPhone" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">(24) Maps (iOS app): Why is everyone so obsessed with picking faults with Apple’s new maps on the iPhone? – Quora</a>v- good discussion on everything wrong with Apple’s Maps app</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Wireless</h4> <p><a href="http://www.bgr.com/2012/10/02/microsoft-surface-phone-release-date-windows-phone-8/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Microsoft Surface Phone release date: Windows Phone 8, 2013 launch</a></p> <p><a href="http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2012/10/previewing-nokia-q3-results-later-this-month-kantar-confirms-disasterous-smartphone-collapse.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Communities Dominate Brands: Previewing Nokia Q3 Results later this month? Kantar confirms disasterous smartphone collapse</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.streetinsider.com/Analyst+PT+Change/Credit+Suisse+Downgrades+Nokia+%28NOK%29+to+Underperform%3B+Things+Arent+Getting+Better,+a+Break-Up+Needed/7759647.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">StreetInsider.com – Credit Suisse Downgrades Nokia (NOK) to Underperform; Things Aren’t Getting Better, a Break-Up Needed</a> – interesting that Microsoft isn’t seen as a purchaser</p> <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-schedules-strategy-meeting-with-googles-schmidt-over-apples-android-war-26249240/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Samsung schedules strategy meeting with Google’s Schmidt over Apple’s Android war – SlashGear</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.rethink-wireless.com/2012/09/26/ti-ready-complete-exit-smartphones.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">TI ready for complete exit from smartphones – Rethink Wireless</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.splatf.com/2012/09/rim-share-chart/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Just In Case You Forgot How Far RIM Has Fallen</a></p> <p><a href="http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2012/09/25/nokia-bmo-cuts-to-sell-doubts-windows-phone-appeal/?mod=BOLBlog" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nokia: BMO Cuts to Sell, Doubts Windows Phone Appeal – Barrons.com</a></p> </div> <div style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2012-10-06T07:01:16+09:00"><a href="https://renaissancechambara.jp/2012/10/06/hurun/">October 6, 2012</a></time></div></div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-16463 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-business category-china category-consumerbehaviour category-culture category-economics category-energy category-finance category-hongkong category-howto category-ideas category-innovation category-japan category-korea category-luxury category-marketing category-materials category-media category-online category-retailing category-security category-software category-taiwan category-technology category-telecoms category-webofnoweb category-wireless"> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)"><h2 class="wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size"><a href="https://renaissancechambara.jp/2012/09/14/inmobi/" target="_self" >InMobi + more news</a></h2> <div class="entry-content alignfull wp-block-post-content has-medium-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-content-is-layout-constrained"> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">InMobi</h4> <p><a href="http://blog.dabr.co.uk/inmobi-advertising-removed" rel="nofollow">InMobi advertising removed – Dabr blog</a> – interesting publisher feedback. InMobi is part of a new generation of ad tech firms. InMobi is an Indian multinational mobile advertising technology company, based in Bangalore, India. InMobi was founded in 2007 under the name mKhoj by Naveen Tewari, Mohit Saxena, Amit Gupta and Abhay Singhal.InMobi started off in SMS-based search engine and in 2008 refocused on mobile advertising and rebranded as InMobi. InMobi is backed by Soft Bank and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. InMobi one of India’s first unicorn companies. InMobi provides advertising services via over 30,000 app developers. </p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Business</h4> <p><a href="http://www.kernelmag.com/features/report/3028/samsung-power-corruption-and-lies/" rel="nofollow">Samsung: power, corruption and lies – The Kernel</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">China</h4> <p><a href="http://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/dan-rather-those-who-doubted-chinas-rise-underestimated-power-people" rel="nofollow">Dan Rather: Those Who Doubted China’s Rise Underestimated ‘Power of the People’ | Asia Society</a></p> <p><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/08/23/chinas-b-shares-getting-erased-as-a-shares-boom/?mod=WSJBlog" rel="nofollow">China’s ‘B’ Shares Getting Erased as ‘A’ Shares Boom – WSJ</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Consumer behaviour</h4> <p><a href="http://anopenbox.com/customising-consumer-behaviour/" rel="nofollow">How Apple is customising consumer behaviour – Open Box Communication</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.warc.com/Content/News/Simultaneous_media_use_growing_in_UK.content?ID=dbbb2e5f-72de-40ea-8107-8d87fce0989c">Simultaneous media use growing in UK: Warc.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-hollywood-encouraging-onine-piracy" rel="nofollow">How Hollywood Is Encouraging Online Piracy: Scientific American</a> – making the process hard to use, makes piracy more attractive</p> <p><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/09/the-cheapest-generation/309060/" rel="nofollow">The Cheapest Generation – The Atlantic</a> – possessions like cars and big televisions no longer of interest for younger people – reminds me a lot of early gen-x to be honest with you</p> <p><a href="http://www.monocle.com/monocolumn/2012/08/20/is-sweden%e2%80%99s-paternity-leave-breeding-flagging-fathers/">Monocolumn – Is Sweden’s paternity leave breeding flagging fathers? [Monocle]</a></p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Culture</h4> <p>DJ Nu-Mark’s re-edit of Ernie Hines soul classic <em>Our Generation</em> was my tune of the week (on SoundCloud so may not be available to all readers)<br><iframe src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F53955878&show_artwork=true&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true&color=ff8100&callback=reqwest_0&_=1347435473326" width="100%" height="166" frameborder="no" scrolling="no">

mrspring.net – I love veteran DJ Mr Spring (aka Tim Hannigan) website

Economics

Next Chinese leaders face loose ends left by breakneck economic growth | South China Morning Post – slower sustainable economic growth

Ticked off: How stock market decimalization killed IPOs and ruined our economy ~ I, Cringely

UK consumers make “trade offs”: News from Warc.com

Hardly anyone in the U.S. economy feels prosperous ~ I, Cringely

Tom Holland: Five years after crisis began, we still can’t see the elephant | SCMP.com – (paywall)

Consumer Sentiment in U.S. Rose to Three-Month High – Businessweek

Analysis: Big cuts still ahead on Britain’s road to clear deficit | Reuters – things are about to get harder, expect a decade of pain

Further Fed easing not predestined: Fisher | Reuters

China’s Economy Besieged by Buildup of Unsold Goods – NYTimes.com

China: gloomy factory output survey | beyondbrics

Finance

China UnionPay to lose monopoly following WTO ruling｜WantChinaTimes.com

Despite Difficulties, China’s Banks Are Unlikely to Crash | China Power

Special Report: UK banks face scandal over toxic insurance products | Reuters

Hong Kong

An IPO minor league in Hong Kong for startups ~ I, Cringely

‘Triangular debt’ squeezes HK exporters’ supply chain | SCMP.com – tight credit in China and foreign buyers taking longer to pay their bills moving from 60 to 90 day terms(paywall)

How to

Free Template: Easily Create Infographics in PowerPoint

Use the FORD Technique to Make Small Talk Easier

Ideas

comScore Releases White Paper: “The Economics of Online Advertising: How Viewable and Validated Impressions Create Digital Scarcity and Affect Publisher Economics” | Virtual-Strategy Magazine

Print Your Own Penis | VICE – Warren Ellis on 3D printing and biotechnology

Innovation

Made in America, by robots

Starbucks Wants to Turn Its Coffee and Old Baked Goods Into Laundry Detergent

Scientists develop lithium-ion battery that charges 120 times faster than normal | ExtremeTech

Harvard creates cyborg flesh that’s half man, half machine | ExtremeTech

Can a Computer Tell Us What Makes Paris Look Like Paris? – The Atlantic

TSMC refuses exclusive deals for Apple and Qualcomm – Rethink Wireless

Darpa Has Seen the Future of Computing … And It’s Analog | Wired.com

Apple’s Tim Cook Adds Engineering VPs to Executive Management Team; Mansfield to Stay – AllThingsD – interesting that Bob Mansfield has been hauled out of retirement after two months

The Emerging Revolution in Game Theory – Technology Review

Harvard cracks DNA storage, crams 700 terabytes of data into a single gram | ExtremeTech

Silicon Valley’s Hardware Renaissance – NYTimes.com

Japan

63-year-old engineer may be Japan’s last ninja ‹ Japan Today so sad

‘Shirato Family’ star alongside Tommy Lee Jones in Boss-SoftBank crossover commercials ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion – love the crossover idea

Korea

‘Gangnam Style’ Viral Popularity in U.S. Has Koreans Puzzled, Gratified – Speakeasy – WSJ – interesting take

Luxury

Jing Daily: China Is One Of The Most Exciting Places To Be An Architect Right Now

Marketing

Nike’s ambush marketing rests on design: News from Warc.com

Media

Facebook’s China problem – Fortune Tech – nothing new but a cursory analysis and oblique explanation of why Facebook’s share price has dropped

How ‘Call Me Maybe’ and Social Media Are Upending Music – NYTimes.com – what comes through in this article to me is the serendipity rather than science

Sina Released New Weibo Ad Format with Guaranteed 100% Reach | China Internet Watch

How to forecast FB stock price correctly – read the Prospectus – broadstuff – I struggled with the valuation, the lack of rationality in the decision making process that Broadstuff lays out scares the living daylights out of me. What happened to the expensive education many of the investors would have enjoyed?

Big Porn v. Big Web Ruling Could Spell Trouble for ICANN

Improvements To Our Site Integrity Systems | Facebook Blog – no more zombie likes (buy ads instead)

New Media Knowledge – BBC’s ‘VirtualBagel’ experiment does not prove Facebook Advertising ineffective

Facebook’s Got a Brand Problem | Digiday

Is Google’s Synonym Matching Increasing? How Searchers & Brands Can Be Both Helped & Hurt By Evolving Understanding Of Intent

Fantasy Apple TV | Monday Note – interesting that this is coming up whilst Hulu owners aren’t sure what to do with the business. I suspect the AppleTV speculation is more about media industry shadow boxing

And Now Facebook’s Bankers Are Divvying Up The $100 Million They Made Shorting Facebook’s Stock – Business Insider

DEAR FACEBOOK EMPLOYEES: Here’s The Truth About Your Stock Price – Business Insider – interesting how it matches this

American Vogue’s September issue causing postal problems – Telegraph – good to see that print adverts are doing well somewhere

UK supermarket Sainsbury’s to launch own-brand video streaming service | The Verge

Online

Resonance China | User analysis across top 5 China social media networks.

Sina Weibo Plans Google+-Inspired, Advertising-Focused Redesign

Sweet? Mayer Declares That It’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time at Yahoo – AllThingsD – cutting back on meetings and endless process for the sake of process. However it also needs to have direction that doesn’t change week by week

Google facing irrelevance in China • The Register

Ex-Yahoo: Marissa Mayer Needs To Fire 10,000 People And Get Rid Of All The BlackBerrys – Business Insider

Can Someone Please Beg Google to Make Their Search Engine Useful Again? | Mother Jones

Retailing

Amazon’s Bezos Explains How It Makes Money While Keeping Prices Low – AllThingsD – this interview feels too well messaged, Bezos dodges like a politician

New Media Knowledge – New Facebook study sheds light on retail fans’ habits – I’ll revisit this when I have time

Uh Oh! Amazon Researchers Say Pinterest Doesn’t Generate A Lot Of Sales – Business Insider

Prospects for “F-commerce” mixed in UK: News from Warc.com

Chinese shopper habits evolve: Warc.com

Samsung store looks like Apple store

Security

Huawei – information security white paper

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales attacks government’s ‘snooper’s charter’ | The Guardian

Monocolumn – Military secrets are too good to keep [Monocle]

How I cracked my neighbor’s WiFi password without breaking a sweat | Ars Technica

Private justice: How Hollywood money put a Brit behind bars | Ars Technica – what is disturbing about this the failures in due process like the RIPA authorisation paperwork

MPs call for FATCA-style automatic disclosure of UK citizens’ foreign tax affairs

Hackers backdoor the human brain, successfully extract sensitive data | ExtremeTech – expect HR departments to get hold of this technology soon

Software

Samsung exec says company isn’t entering OS wars – FierceWireless – Samsung is the elephant in the room and it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have a Linux based OS in its back pocket

Samsung Claims Its Phones Don’t Infringe on Apple Patents Because Android Multitouch Sucks Too Much – title is a bit misleading: more complex and harder to develop for

EU says Microsoft pledged to meet antitrust requests on browsers | Reuters

nvPY Is a Fast, Free, Syncing Note-Taking App for Windows, Mac, and Linux

iOS and Android Adoption Explodes Internationally

Android is winning – if you’re writing apps for China. Elsewhere, though… | guardian.co.uk

What’s a WeJIT? ~ I, Cringely – lightweight collaboration tools would it threaten Exchange or Outlook? What about security?

Will Apple now sue Google? – Fortune Tech

Convert any image to HTML5 canvas | Experiments on GNU/Linux

ITC: Apple didn’t infringe two Google patents | MacNews

JavaScript video technology only 17 years in the making ~ I, Cringely

Sony axing Liverpool game studio, ends Psygnosis’ 28-year history – Engadget – sad

Taiwan

Foxconn International hit with $226M loss on slumping smartphone orders | VentureBeat

Technology

Public Lab DIY Spectrometry Kit by Jeffrey Yoo Warren — Kickstarter

Apple as the Last Hope for Growth in Business PCs – NYTimes.com

Kindle Fire HD hurts Microsoft more than Apple ~ I, Cringely

Why High-Tech Companies Are Moving to the City – WSJ.com

4K is the new 3D for Sony | Tech blog – interesting especially when you think about how 3D is apparently working in selling cinema seats

I.B.M. Mainframe Evolves to Serve the Digital World – NYTimes.com

Dell, HP and the folly of the consumer PC business | ZDNet

Amazon Web Services Blog: Amazon Glacier: Archival Storage for One Penny Per GB Per Month – sounds ideal for online back ups if it had an easy to use client or the iDisk replacement I want

LG says started production of new screen, as Apple plans product launch | Reuters

Telecoms

Mystery Google Device Appears in Small-Town Iowa | Wired.com

Exclusive: Google, Amazon, and Microsoft Swarm China for Network Gear | Wired.com

Engineers aren’t using social networking for work

Inside Huawei, the Chinese tech giant that’s rattling nerves in DC | CNET News

Web of no web

How Google Builds Its Maps—and What It Means for the Future of Everything – Alexis C. Madrigal – The Atlantic

Nokia, Samsung, Others Form In-Location Alliance for Indoor Location

Wireless

TelecomTV | Nokia may have an exclusive UK LTE deal but its share price is still under pressure – at least carriers are talking to them which makes a change….

Communities Dominate Brands: Failure Version 2: Nokia Lumia Relaunch with Windows Phone 8 is Also a Total Dud (Updated)

South Korea Reassesses Samsung After Battle With Apple – NYTimes.com

Android Smartphone Sales, Led By Big Screens, Are Growing Everywhere Except In The U.S. | TechCrunch

Alt Text: This Apple v. Samsung FAQK Makes Everything Clear | Underwire | Wired.com

Daring Fireball Linked List: The ‘Samsung Was the Real Winner’ Theory

Groklaw – Jury in Apple v. Samsung Goofed, Damages Reduced — Uh Oh. What’s Wrong With this Picture? ~pj Updated 3Xs

Copying Works: How Samsung’s Decision to Mimic Apple Paid Off in Spades | PandoDaily

Exclusive: Apple-Samsung juror speaks out | Apple – CNET News

Jury Awards $1 Billion to Apple in Samsung Patent Case – NYTimes.com

Samsung Calls BS On Apple’s Charges Of Copying @ TeamCoco.com

South Korea Court Says Samsung, Apple Infringed Each Other’s Patents – WSJ.com

Everything Everywhere bags 4G monopoly in UK – for now • The Register

Everything Everywhere in spectrum talks – FT.com

Juggle work and play in style with Samsung GALAXY S DUOS | SAMSUNG TOMORROW Global

Apple, Samsung Report No Progress in Trimming Patent Case – Bloomberg

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Nokia in China: it’s all relative | FT.com – doesn’t mention that Nokia screwed over Chinese partners by abandoning MeeGO and Symbian. Having a Nokia in China meant that you were part of the middle class when I first visited Shenzhen. There were domestic phones and competitors like Samsung and Motorola, but they didn’t really compete with Nokia in China. How times have changed in a few short years

Consumer behaviour

The Feature Phone Rises (Again?) – interesting piece by Junko Yoshida that asks what is a smartphone. My definition would be a phone that still works well as a phone is a feature phone, ‘smart phones’ aren’t particularly good at phoning anyone

TI: Customers holding off on new orders – do declining orders represent an economic slow down or very lean supply chains?

Design

design | polychromeLAB – great idea on this jacket

Clamshell! The Story of the Greatest Computing Form Factor of All Time | TIME.com

Economics

China manufacturing improving, but job worries mount | beyondbrics

David Cameron Says British Austerity Will Last Until 2020

US Drought Could Spell Another Global Food Crisis | Mother Jones

Insight: Flood risk rampant across Asia’s factory zones | Reuters

Finance

China ‘reservations’ over WTO ruling – UnionPay currently has a lock on Yuan denominated transactions

FMCG

German company buys Peet’s Coffee for nearly $1 billion, will take it private – SiliconValley.com

How to

How to install & configure Octopress on a Mac, and host your static website on Amazon S3 – Moncef Belyamani

Ideas

Wikiweb – A Delightful Wikipedia Reader – some interesting ideas in this

Innovation

The End of Chinese Manufacturing and Rebirth of U.S. Industry – Forbes -interesting but flawed analysis on future manufacturing technologies

Korea

Chinese Economist Xie Warns South Korea of Conglomerate Dependence – WSJ

Luxury

Louis Vuitton banks on bespoke in China | SCMP.com (paywall)

Media

Comprehensive timeline: Aurora Massacre : news – fascinating timeline on Reddit. What is interesting is the way the facts gradually coalesce and how far way this is from traditional storytelling

This Cease-and-Desist Letter Should Be the Model for Every Cease-and-Desist Letter – Megan Garber – The Atlantic – in tune with the brand

Mail Online makes its first profit in June 2012 – Media Week

Big Content pushes for tougher laws in New Zealand – Claims defeat in victory | TechEye

To boldly shrink where no man has gone before – Nigel Scott on online video

Suck.com: Becoming Digital – eerily prescient review of the media industry and how digital was likely to change it, despite having been written over a decade ago

Freemium has run its course — GigaOM

The Olympic Police’s War on Graffiti | VICE

Nokia Payments Cause Entertainment And Devices Division Loss – Business Insider

Levinsohn Unlikely to Stay at Yahoo, as Mayer Begins Her Talent Search – AllThingsD

Google’s Marissa Mayer Tapped as Yahoo’s Chief – NYTimes.com

McClureMusic.com | Universal Music Japan in tax trouble – it would have looked to the tax authorities as tax evasion

Online

Why Google or Facebook Buying Your Favorite Startup Means It’s Probably Toast | TIME.com

The real reason we’re upset about Sparrow’s acquisition – challenges to paid services versus freemium

Difficult days for Facebook as share price and user base fall | The Wall Blog

China’s Internet Population Rises to 537 million, up 11% Annually

“What The F*** Is iCloud?” – this is a marketing problem

Retailing

E-book Sales Doubled in 2011 – AllThingsD

BBC News – Of fake customers and virtual ‘likes’

Security

Black Hat finds holes in ARM, x86, embedded

The Secret Online Weapons Store That’ll Sell Anyone Anything – based on similar technology to the Silk Road marketplace, its like something out of an early William Gibson novel

Software

HP-sponsored Enyo framework hits cross-platform release | ZDNet – this is a legacy from the company’s Palm acquisition

What’s new in Linux 3.5 – The H – improvements in security, new developments in hardware like USB connected monitors and playing catch-up with dtrace functionality with Solaris

Microsoft Names Mark Penn as Corporate Vice President, Strategic and Special Projects – interesting move for Mark Penn and even more interesting that Microsoft is doubling-down on consumer insights

Microsoft Faces EU Antitrust Probe Over Web-Brower Choice – Bloomberg

Technology

Silicon Valley Worries About Addiction to Devices – NYTimes.com
consumerbehaviour

Research Company Claims Lenovo Now Second-Biggest Mobile Brand in China

Marc Andreessen Says Now’s the Time to Build Companies Like It’s 1999 – AllThingsD

Web of no web

Jiepang Provides New POI Data and Algorithm to Empower Chinese Applications | TechNode

Wireless

FOSS Patents: Apple seeks $2.5 billion in damages from Samsung, offers half a cent per standard-essential patent

TelecomTV | News | Outlook for Lumia gets Gloomia

Nokia looks to revamp marketing strategy: FT | Reuters
nokia

Communities Dominate Brands: If Apple is running away from this strategy, and Samsung growing by opposite strategy, why is Elop trying ‘exclusive’ carrier strategy for Nokia and Microsoft. He must be mad!

Kodak Loses Patent Case Against Apple, RIM – WSJ.com

Communities Dominate Brands: Digging Deeper into Nokia Q2 Results – and exactly how many ‘awesome’ sales was AT&T and China…

Fitch downgrades Nokia credit rating | TotalTelecom

Communities Dominate Brands: Nokia Q2 Results: Bad bad and will be even more bad

Here’s The Vast Sum Of Money Microsoft Spent Advertising The Windows Phone No One Wants – Business Insider

Nokia’s Bad Call on Smartphones – WSJ.com – great history of Nokia. Nokia’s research looks a bit like Xerox and its PARC arm in the 1960s and 70s (paywall)

From bad to worse and from good to great | asymco

SMS stays strong as mobile service revenues approach $1 trillion

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