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Inside Social Apps Conference | Monetizing Global Audiences

+8* EventsPublished April 21, 2010 at 2:31 pm 2 Comments

The panel I moderated was focused on internationalization at the “Inside Social Apps” conference, with an emphasis on Asia, including how Asian companies see the challenges of going global.

+8* @ eComm | Your Reality is Augmented

+8* EventsPublished April 20, 2010 at 12:49 pm No Comments

Talk at eComm Conference on another kind of Augmented Reality: the world around us

+8* USA Tour 2010

+8* EventsPublished April 10, 2010 at 4:43 am No Comments

We’re in the Bay Area until April 22.

Celebrating 100,000+ views of our presentations & some thoughts

+8* China Events Japan Korea QQ Thoughts Virtual worldsPublished April 27, 2009 at 3:30 pm Comments Off

A few days ago while exchanging ideas with our friends at Slideshare (“the YouTube of presentations” that is possibly going to monetize better than YouTube and certainly cost a lot less), we thought about making a count of the views and downloads we had over the 20+ presentations we put on there. All those presentations
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+8* selected among China’s Top 100 Mobile Industry Influencers

+8* China EventsPublished February 28, 2009 at 2:52 am Comments Off

Thanks to Mobile China Media for its kind selection again this year. We are in great company with Presidents, CEOs and CTOs of various mobile firms.
The TD-SCDMA Alliance is very diplomatically listed number 1 (though the ranking is more a grouping of sorts). Incidentally, +8* is (diplomatically?) listed as the first consultancy… Or could this
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Open Web Asia ‘08 Conference @ Seoul, 14 October 2008

+8* China Events Japan KoreaPublished August 14, 2008 at 1:31 pm 7 Comments

Thanks to the efforts of our Dear Leader Kim Changwon @ Web2.0Asia who gathered the boys from OpenWeb.Asia and some more free souls, the event that was just an idea in mid-December has turned into a full-fledged event gathering over 16 great speakers to showcase the best of Asia’s web and mobile innovations. They are
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Mobile Monday Beijing | Sailing in turbulence: the mobile CEO’s way | 22 October

+8* China Events Mobile MondayPublished October 16, 2007 at 9:11 pm No Comments

Operating a mobile business in China is not for the faint hearted. This has been repeatedly illustrated on the profiles of NASDAQ-listed value-added service providers during the past two years.
A heated debate is going on between the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) and telecom operators, but WVAS SPs often feel they have to face them
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Speech @ Forum on e-commerce and modern logistics

+8* China EventsPublished September 24, 2007 at 2:31 am 2 Comments

This forum co-organized by the EU-China Information Society Project was to assess the state of current e-commerce and logistics (as they go hand in hand) in China. Some quick facts gathered at this event:

On the logistics side, the cost of transporting goods in China is apparently still in the 20% range vs. 10% in more
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Event Report | AmCham China: Under the digital influence

+8* China EventsPublished September 24, 2007 at 1:48 am No Comments

Last week the AmCham organized an afternoon of discussions around the Internet scene in China, with a panel covering general views on Internet and another on the topic of blogging.
Inviting bloggers should be part of the PR strategy of any conference, as they do great reporting: the fastest ones usually sticking to the facts and
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Event Report | AmCham China: Under the digital influence (1st panel transcript)

+8* China EventsPublished September 23, 2007 at 1:48 am 1 Comment

Panel: Decoding China’s Internet Scene (AmCham China event)
Four experts provide the big picture on what’s happening online in the world’s largest market. The panel will cover trends, myths and realities, and advice in regard to understanding the online environment.
Panelists

Micah Truman, CEO of Wanmo Performance Advertising
Andrew Lih, former new media academic at Columbia University and Hong
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