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 [...]
Written By CScout on Friday, May 30, 2008 at 4:13 PM | In China, Events, Marketing | Please Comment
Retailers cash in on the upcoming 2008 Olympics with a range of sporty gizmos.
With the 2008 Games just round the corner, a range of Olympic gadgetry is already available for those keen to celebrate with tangible mementos.
Olympic speakers
These kitsch little speakers are made for use with MP3, iPods, or latops, with a design inspired [...]
Written By Daniel Allen on Monday, May 19, 2008 at 4:25 PM | In China, Technology | Please Comment
Increasingly sophisticated software promises problem-free autotagging for social networking sites.
Tuyuan is a new, Beijing-based social networking site that employs facial recognition technology to let users get connected with friends. Free accounts come with 1GB of space. Once users upload a photo and tag a person, the service automatically suggests other pictures it thinks the same [...]
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