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Apple’s Hon Hai Investment Talk: Why Not?

Doug Young
www.forbes.com/techonomy

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 …

04.04.2012 at 5:22 pm
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China: New Crackdown Spotlights Social Networking Risk

Doug Young
www.forbes.com/techonomy

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) …

04.04.2012 at 5:21 pm
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The Future of Wireless is Wired

Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux
www.forbes.com/techonomy

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 …

04.04.2012 at 5:19 pm
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$123 Million Crowdfunding Market Nearly Quadrupled in a Year, Report Says

Adrienne Burke
www.forbes.com/techonomy

“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 …

04.04.2012 at 5:15 pm
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Security Concerns Still Dog Huawei and ZTE in U.S. and Australia

Doug Young
www.forbes.com/techonomy

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 …

04.04.2012 at 5:14 pm
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Does Higher Ed Notice How Tech Is Transforming Learning?

Adrienne Burke
www.forbes.com/techonomy

Expensive, bureaucratic, and slow-moving, higher education is an industry ripe for technological disruption.

04.04.2012 at 5:12 pm
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Apple CEO Cook Sparks Guessing Firestorm on China Trip

Doug Young
www.forbes.com/techonomy

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 …

04.04.2012 at 5:10 pm
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China IPO Winter Continues as Vipshop Flops

Doug Young
www.forbes.com/techonomy

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 …

04.04.2012 at 5:08 pm
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Senate Approves Crowdfunding, as Crowdfunds Rush to Take Advantage

Adrienne Burke
www.forbes.com/techonomy

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 …

04.04.2012 at 5:07 pm
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China Tech: Will Higher Dividends Sweeten Tencent’s Stock?

Doug Young
www.forbes.com/techonomy

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 …

04.04.2012 at 5:06 pm
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Would the JOBS Act Help Small Business or Unleash Fraud?

Adrienne Burke
www.forbes.com/techonomy

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 …

04.04.2012 at 5:03 pm
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NetEase: A Rare Bright Spot in Chinese Online Gaming

Doug Young
www.forbes.com/techonomy

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 …

04.04.2012 at 4:59 pm
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Good News for China Mobile

Doug Young
www.forbes.com/techonomy

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, …

04.04.2012 at 4:47 pm
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Ashoka Chairman Bill Drayton on the Power of Social Entrepreneurship

Adam Ludwig
www.forbes.com/techonomy

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 …

04.04.2012 at 4:44 pm
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Military Intelligence Redefined: Big Data in the Battlefield

Chris Young, President of ITT Exelis Geospatial Systems
www.forbes.com/techonomy

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 …

14.03.2012 at 2:38 pm
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Is Tesla the Next Apple?

Laetitia Gerriott de Cayeux
www.forbes.com/techonomy

The value of a company can now soar from almost nothing to hundreds of billions of dollars in less than a decade.

14.03.2012 at 2:35 pm
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Alibaba, Growing Fast, Has Big Post-Yahoo Plans

Doug Young
www.forbes.com/techonomy

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 …

14.03.2012 at 2:32 pm
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China Telecom Plays Verizon’s iPhone Role in China

Doug Young
www.forbes.com/techonomy

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 …

14.03.2012 at 2:31 pm
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Senate’s Crowdfunding Bills “Bludgeon” House Version

Adrienne Burke
www.forbes.com/techonomy

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 …

01.03.2012 at 3:56 pm
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Facebook Staffs up in China

Doug Young
www.forbes.com/techonomy

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 …

01.03.2012 at 3:54 pm

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