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Thursday, December 04, 2008 7:09 AM
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Sometimes life is just a series of interlinked circles. I’ve just returned from dinner with Eric and Tina, a pair of old friends from Hong Kong who married and now live in Seattle. They were both IT reporters when I knew them, and in fact Eric today, Read More...
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Friday, March 28, 2008 11:59 PM
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A foundation controlled by Li Ka Shing , dubbed "Superman Li" for his wealth and success and practically a business deity in many parts of Asia, has just doubled its investment in Facebook from 60M to 120M. The eleventh richest man in the world obviously Read More...
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Friday, March 07, 2008 9:15 PM
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My colleague Ged Carroll , linking to my Limited Profile Snub post , made an interesting point: I think that the big problem is the facebook and Myspace have debased the concept of friend beyond all recognition and we don’t have the social structure to Read More...
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Monday, February 04, 2008 6:59 PM
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I love spending time with smart people. I learn a lot, and the conversation somehow makes you smarter, kind of like listening to Mozart. That's how I feel when I talk to Melvin Yuan , who recently joined us as lead for our Digital Strategies Group in Read More...
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Sunday, January 13, 2008 5:43 PM
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I really like this new site BigThink , which features specially filmed videos in a documentary, talking head style based around themes such as Faith & Beliefs, Love & Happiness, Science & Technology, and so on. You are then encouraged to post Read More...
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Sunday, December 02, 2007 8:16 PM
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Enjoyed reading this post from socialmedian . Most amusingly he listed this as one of his reasons to get nervous about a web 2.0 bubble: Disney announces today they will form a digital m&A group to make up to 20 Internet startup acquisitions in next Read More...
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Saturday, August 04, 2007 9:58 PM
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The Facebook discussion topic of the moment is whether it's suitable for business. Publishing 2.0 has this to say: Yes, Facebook Platform makes Facebook infinitely extensible, but the core, native Facebook apps and features are ABSOLUTELY UNCHANGED since Read More...
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Saturday, July 28, 2007 7:53 PM
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Interesting that in Business 2.0's map of Web 2.0 startups around the world, only one from North America is included. Is that a deliberate omission or has innovation slowed down after Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc. etc.? For Business 2.0' s global issue Read More...
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Friday, July 27, 2007 9:02 AM
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I'm planning a vacation to Portugal next month. Thing is, practically everyone who's on my social network knows, because I have the entire itinerary in my Yahoo! Trip Planner page . I also booked my hotels and most dinners online, researched sights online, Read More...
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Monday, May 21, 2007 1:48 AM
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My colleague Jackson Jeyanayagam forwarded this eMarketer article on the growing amount of eyeball time for non-TV devices. Still, there are interesting factors to consider in Asian culture and how this impacts us. For example, it’s a very common practice Read More...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:52 AM
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Danwei cites a recent IDG Newswire article by former Computerworld Hong Kong editor Steven Schwankert that says there are 137 million Internet users in China, with 90.7 million on broadband. The post also says the IDG article points out that China is Read More...
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Monday, January 22, 2007 6:33 AM
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NBC's new hit TV series is going to use the web in a way never done before, offering: a real-time, two-screen application that plays out on the PC along with each episode, commentary from cast members set to streamed episodes, and mobile content. The Read More...
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Saturday, January 20, 2007 9:09 PM
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If you're a reality TV watcher you'll have heard by now the huge racism fuss kicked up in the UK version of "Celebrity Big Brother," where Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, was allegedly bullied by her white British housemates, specifically Jade Goody and Read More...
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Saturday, January 20, 2007 8:57 PM
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I see Hillary Clinton has a MySpace page as well as Flickr and others. Following the success of little-known Vermont governor Howard Dean who was temporarily catapulted to front-runner status in the 2004 primaries by his team's savvy use of the web, next Read More...
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