Trend: Mobile Location Based Services in 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.
Trend Description:
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. [...]

Trend: Yamaha music mobile


Written By Michael Keferl on Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 8:22 PM | In General | 1 Comment

As usual, the latestAU Design Project from KDDI is pushing the boundaries of what we think a mobile device should be to us. Japan is already known for putting out massive varieties of phones to cater to niche groups, so why not musicians?
The au Design Project x Yamaha does just that with a series of [...]