Cyber Cemeteries Are Here

Have you already planned your online funerals? Recently thousands of online tombs have been established in China. Online burial sites are convenient way to pay respect to the dead. Online tombs are also relatively cheap, 10 yuan (1 euro). After selecting a graveyard user can offer flowers and candles to the dead. “The Web page [...]

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The Cold War 2.0: Google vs. China

Google is getting stronger, China is getting stronger. The result is the Cold War 2.0 between the two. Google says (Google’s blog post via Techcrunch) “On January 12, we announced on this blog that Google and more than twenty other U.S. companies had been the victims of a sophisticated cyber attack originating from China, and [...]

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Slow Streaming, Fast Internet

Finally streaming video is coming – if you believe in Apple. “YouTube and Flip are already big players in this young space, and the logical competitive move for Apple is to make personal media deliverable and accessible anytime, anywhere. That means in the next few years, we’re likely to see video cameras with live-streaming software [...]

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Digital Media Business in China

Why Finnish or Western companies shoud follow digital China? China’s media market is catching up with the West. China’s GDP is growing 9%/year and the use of internet 49%/year; e.g. Facebook has only 350 million users – Chinese QQ.com (only in Chinese) has nearly a billion users. Want to know more, check this: Back Dorm [...]

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Korea 2.0 – The Internet Galapagos?

What’s happening in South Korea 2.0 in 2009? “Ten years ago, Korea was an innovation powerhouse in the web industry – The country was filled with entrepreneurship and was churning out some of the most interesting web services before any other countries did. But these days Korea-born innovations are hard to come by. On the [...]

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The Rise of Digital Media in China

Chinese media is controlled by the government but it doesn’t remove the fact that China has the largest media audience in the world. The rise of digital media, the Internet and mobile devices are changing China. “There’s a move to innovative business models and that’s particularly true in the digital industries,” said Martin Bloom, co-founder [...]

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Chinese Netizens

I found an interesting slideshow about social media in China (created by Mindy Zhang). Chinese netizens ※ 338 million users in June 2009 ※ Mostly urban ~72% ※ 31,7% are students, 7,4% are unemployed ※ Only 12,4% have a Bachelor’s degree or higher ※ 46% access the Internet by Mobile phone ※ 35,5% access the [...]

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Dell and Intel – Digital Media Brands of the Year

No surprises in 2009. Dell and Intel were jointly named the digital brand of the year 2009. “The campaign involved a microsite to support Swarm and maintained a heavy social media focus, integrating the use of Twitter, mobile and rich media to engage audiences. Bloggers were also given special previews to drive buzz. Swarm used [...]

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Coca-Cola 2.0

Coca-Cola’s launching its largest social media project ever. “Expedition 206 will send three 20-somethings to 206 countries and territories where Coca-Cola is sold in 2010. The trio sets off on their 275,000-mile tour from Madrid on Jan. 1, stocked with laptops, video cameras, smartphones and plenty of other gadgetry, in order to document for the [...]

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Age and the Digital Age

Companies aren’t spending enough on digital business because managers are too old to adopt digital issues. Sir Martin Sorrell said that heads are too resistant despite the rapid increase in digital media consumption. “They tend to be resistant to change and want to spend the last three to four years of their careers travelling around [...]

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