Cultural bias, incremental changes and stereotypes about innovation and entrepreneurs come in the way of finding innovation.
Can you make millions on Facebook? Can you make millions on iPhone? Despite the enthusiasm, it might not be so easy. Here are some surprises gathered from a recent trip to Silicon Valley, including insights from a surprisingly successful low-key service.
This is a guest column written for the Chinese business magazine “China Electronic Business” (invested by Jack Ma of Alibaba) and IT news site Interfax. Syndication inquiries are welcome!
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In last month’s column, I mentioned our estimate of 7 billion USD for 2009 of the Asian virtual goods market, which includes most online games, social networks
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This is a guest column written for the Chinese business magazine “China Electronic Business” (invested by Jack Ma of Alibaba) and IT news site Interfax. Syndication inquiries are welcome!
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How was your year 2009? This last column will reflect on some major events of the past year, and provide open questions for the next.
Virtual goods are
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Is the speed of propagation of an idea related to its accuracy? A dive into the destructive side-effects of Internet resonance .
In the early 19th Century, Charles Darwin embarked on a five-year journey as a field naturalist. The story of this discovery teaches us that a lot can be learned from small differences. This applies to China’s digital scene as well. Here is how.
This article discusses the myth of the lone inventor using high-profile examples from Asian social networks. It is a guest column written monthly for the Chinese business magazine “China Electronic Business” (invested by Jack Ma of Alibaba) and IT news site Interfax.
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My column last month described how innovation can spur from the “5Cs”: Copy, Competition,
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This column illustrates how China is innovating, though in a different way we are used to in the West. It is a guest column written monthly for the Chinese business magazine “China Electronic Business” (invested by Jack Ma of Alibaba) and IT news site Interfax.
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A few weeks ago Plus8Star was involved in bringing a group
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This is a guest column written monthly for the Chinese business magazine “China Electronic Business” (invested by Jack Ma of Alibaba) and IT news site Interfax. This month’s column deals with digital identity with interesting cases from Science Fiction and today’s Asian digital scene.
:: This article is the Part 4 and final part of a series covering our future as Replicants. (Part 1, Part 2) and Part 3 are waiting for your discovery ::
Final Twist: Are we all robots?
Would you be fooled by a robot? Here is the final twist: a few weeks ago, I sent a message
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