Written By Matthias Wessels in Munich on Monday, April 6, 2009 at 10:20 PM | In China, Technology, USA | Please Comment
The new challenges for start-ups and how to face them
At CScout we like to cover products and services coming from innovative companies. Often these ideas come from start-ups. Unfortunately the current economic climate isn’t making it easy for start-ups to flourish. Even before the economic crisis started to dominate the headlines, start-ups were realizing that [...]
Written By CScout on Monday, December 8, 2008 at 11:07 PM | In China, Events, Japan, Lifestyle, Technology | Please Comment
So, unless you’re as smart as Peter Schiff, up until a few months ago you believed everything was OK. Now that the world economy is in shambles you’re thinking about every penny you spend – why not have some fun at it.
Enter Osaifu Saver (wallet saver) from Takara tomy, the personal finance RPG that makes [...]
Written By Daniel Allen on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 7:46 PM | In China, Technology | 1 Comment
A combination of innovation factors underpins rapid growth in the Chinese mobile commerce sector.
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China is rapidly emerging as the global capital of m-commerce applications, driven by an increasingly high-tech digital environment, the world’s largest mobile phone subscriber base (nearly 600 million), and the recent launch of the country’s own 3G standard (TD-SCDMA).
Although China [...]
Written By Xuan Zuo on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 4:35 PM | In China, General, Japan, UK | Please Comment
A snapshot of the latest trends of Location-based Service (LBS) in Beijing, Shanghai, Hongkong and Tokyo.
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Many people would agree that Location Based Services are becoming more and more popular worldwide and are opening a host of opportunities for business, but few would agree on the business model that will best monetize the service. [...]
Written By Xuan Zuo on Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 8:24 PM | In China, Japan, Lifestyle | Please Comment
A snapshot of the latest trends of Location-based Service (LBS) in Beijing, Shanghai, Hongkong and Tokyo.
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Many people would agree that Location-based Services (LBS) are becoming increasingly popular worldwide and are opening a host of opportunities for business, but few would agree on the business model that will best monetize the service. Nokia expects [...]
Written By Xuan Zuo on Monday, August 18, 2008 at 9:32 PM | In China, Lifestyle, Marketing, Technology | Please Comment
Innovative ways of applying mobile devices give audience worldwide unique perspectives of the event.
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Not being able to launch 3G does not mean this year’s Olympics keeps the hottest mobile media outside China. A bunch of companies are rolling out their mobile applications for the Games, which, if not becoming popular right away, carry [...]
Written By Xuan Zuo on Monday, July 7, 2008 at 2:23 AM | In China, Technology | Please Comment
Social networking (SNS) becomes more focused in China.
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Instead of setting up an all-round Social Networks, the IT professionals in China chose to push the SNS to a more focused direction. They try to attract registers by inviting elites of the industry circle to the network and cater to the urgent needs of the [...]
Written By Xuan Zuo on Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 12:43 AM | In China, Events | Please Comment
CScout’s China Scout Xuan Zuo recently visited the innovation conference ChinICT in Beijing.
ChinICT is a major event focused on the most innovative and fastest-growing ICT (Information & Communication Technologies) startups from China and Europe. Now in its third year, the conference took place recently in Beijing on May 22nd and 23rd.
This year, the following Chinese [...]
Written By Xuan Zuo on Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 10:11 PM | In China, Events, Technology | Please Comment
Olympic ticketing and pre-Olympic ID cards raise RFID’s profile and market value in China.
The upcoming Beijing Olympics will see one of the largest, groundbreaking uses of RFID technology to date – if this technology proves successful the event will go a long way to raising RFID’s profile, both within China and overseas. According [...]
Written By Cate Trotter on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 9:29 PM | In China, Lifestyle, USA | Please Comment
A host of eco-friendly hotels are opening across the world.
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Since 2006 we have continually reported on the growing importance of eco-friendly travel (please read our blog entries Eco Luxury Resorts, Green Upgrades and Eco Tourism).
Understanding that customers are now seeking sustainability in all parts of their lives, a wave of new build eco-hotels are [...]
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