Apple’s Hon Hai Investment Talk: Why Not?
I’m going to do something today I don’t usually do and comment on an interesting report that appeared on a Chinese website that has since been removed regarding a …
China: New Crackdown Spotlights Social Networking Risk
It’s a beautiful spring day here in Shanghai, and if you’re an avid microblogger you’re probably getting up and perusing the latest news and gossip on Sina’s (Nasdaq: SINA) …
The Future of Wireless is Wired
Spectrum deficit will become a reality in the US in 2013 if we don’t act soon. There is little debate that the Federal Communications Commission and the open spectrum …
$123 Million Crowdfunding Market Nearly Quadrupled in a Year, Report Says
“Crowdfunding has gone from a $32 million market to a $123 million market in the past two years,” according to a research report released today by the industry publication …
Security Concerns Still Dog Huawei and ZTE in U.S. and Australia
China’s export superstars Huawei and ZTE (HKEx: 763; Shenzhen: 000063) continue to face new obstacles in their quest for global legitimacy, with the former receiving a major setback in …
Does Higher Ed Notice How Tech Is Transforming Learning?
Expensive, bureaucratic, and slow-moving, higher education is an industry ripe for technological disruption.
Apple CEO Cook Sparks Guessing Firestorm on China Trip
I’ve been quite amused by the flood of articles coming out these last few days guessing at the mission behind the low-key visit to China by Tim Cook, who …
China IPO Winter Continues as Vipshop Flops
My earlier forecast that spring may soon arrive for US-listed China stocks may have been premature, as the year’s first IPO by Vipshop (NYSE: VIPS), a money-losing online discount …
Senate Approves Crowdfunding, as Crowdfunds Rush to Take Advantage
The Senate voted this afternoon 73-26 in favor a bill that loosens SEC regulations in order to permit small businesses easier access to capital, thereby creating jobs. This bill …
China Tech: Will Higher Dividends Sweeten Tencent’s Stock?
Since everyone else is focusing on the rapidly slowing growth in the latest quarterly results from leading Internet company Tencent (HKEx: 700), I thought I’d take a look at …
Would the JOBS Act Help Small Business or Unleash Fraud?
Entrepreneurs and business advocates applaud the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, passed by the House last week, as a step toward lowering regulatory hurdles that prevent small business …
NetEase: A Rare Bright Spot in Chinese Online Gaming
A press release from ChinaJoy, China’s oldest online gaming show, now celebrating its 10th anniversary, reminded me of how little I’ve written lately about this once-exciting industry, which has …
Good News for China Mobile
Two news tidbits out today on China Mobile (HKEx: 941; NYSE: CHL) nicely illustrate why investors are suddenly getting excited about this company after years of shunning its stock, …
Ashoka Chairman Bill Drayton on the Power of Social Entrepreneurship
Founded in 1980, Ashoka has steadily built a reputation for fostering citizen-led innovation focused on social change. The organization helped originate the concept of social entrepreneurship, working outside of …
Military Intelligence Redefined: Big Data in the Battlefield
The US military has long had a complex, symbiotic relationship with business technology and industrial innovation. With stunning advances like the Internet and, more recently, drone technology, the armed …
Is Tesla the Next Apple?
The value of a company can now soar from almost nothing to hundreds of billions of dollars in less than a decade.
Alibaba, Growing Fast, Has Big Post-Yahoo Plans
Even as it continues the slow and tortured process of a massive buyback of shares from its biggest stakeholder, leading Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba is still testing the waters …
China Telecom Plays Verizon’s iPhone Role in China
China Telecom’s newly launched iPhone 4S has been hogging the headlines these last few days, with everyone scrambling to figure out if the debut of the popular smartphones by …
Senate’s Crowdfunding Bills “Bludgeon” House Version
Is crowdfunding legislation dead or alive? It depends on your perspective. Yesterday we both repeated the news reported by Reuters on Tuesday that the Senate would finally move on …
Facebook Staffs up in China
There are some interesting new moves in China’s new and traditional media spaces, with Facebook, one of the industry’s youngest players, reportedly looking for young Chinese software programmers while …
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