Articles on American

Will BlackBerry grow in a barren field? - Oct 5, 2006

Blogs BlackBerry? No Japanese gadget freak has shown the slightest interest in this small mail terminal... er, information terminal, so far. Even the business people who have a lot of dealings wýth ... Read story »

Will diversity drown Digg? - Jul 7, 2006

Blogs As a geek in Indonesia, finding online communities with common interests is pretty important. Although we have tons of IT magazines and tabloids, most of my news comes from the Web. ... Read story »

HiPiHi: China's Second Life - Mar 13, 2007

Blogs China is well known for picking up western ideas and gleefully running with them. It's certainly been doing this in the Internet industry, where it has launched successful search engines (Baidu), ... Read story »

Attack of fierce Ninja antennae - Feb 26, 2007

Blogs "Battery Low!" warning of cell phone is known to be extremely harmful for the psychological well-being of otherwise powerful and strong people. Some reliable source told me that an acute and ... Read story »

eBay eJects from China - Dec 20, 2006

Blogs Chalk up another ignominious retreat for an American Internet company that once nursed grand China dreams. The conventional wisdom in the tech salons of Beijing (and, as I must now concede, ... Read story »

Aibo is extinct, a new breed steps in - Jul 20, 2007

Blogs When mighty Sony had been in dire financial agony (... still continuing more or less), quite a few drastic measures were taken at one gulp. An American CEO installed and feathers ... Read story »

American favorite silky smooth Chocolate ice cream - Apr 7, 2008

Blogs Ice cream has a long history as a popular dairy food item. It has evolved from a manually manufactured household product to a very automated industrial product. If you are a ... Read story »

How do they earn from their Web sites (part 2)? - May 4, 2007

Blogs You may recall in my last post that I mentioned two most popular news sites in Vietnam, the Vnexpress.net and Dantri.com.vn, and how they make money from selling banner ads. Yes, ... Read story »

Manufacturing sourcing in china - Jun 24, 2008

Blogs Dynasty Resources is your gateway to business in China. Dynasty Resources, with its partner China Bright Star, LLC, a leading Sino-American sourcing company, helps American and European companies identify Chinese factories ... Read story »

Same SMS, now with 100 percent more marketing LOVE - Jun 1, 2007

Blogs Just came back from a very interesting luncheon presentation on mobile marketing. This was held by the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (AmCham), which sounds like a bunch of stuffykins ... Read story »

Patents, schmatents: Is the "man" trying to keep Acer down? - Mar 30, 2007

Blogs Acer, our local homeboy who has been making the grade worldwide, is in a bit of a pickle as we all know by now. HP is claiming that Taiwan's leading PC ... Read story »

Broadband: Missed key - May 6, 2007

Blogs I am still thinking about the E-Readiness report. What were the main points that made us stand in the world's last place? As an ICT journalist, I believe the main problem ... Read story »

Indonesian engineer combatting bird flu by CDMA - Mar 27, 2007

Blogs It's good news. Instead of negotiating a contract to sell the Avian flu virus samples to an American vaccine company, an Indonesian engineer has created a new technology to combat against ... Read story »

Welcome to the first day of the rest of my life - Jan 25, 2007

Blogs Yes, I'm a fan of Jay-Z. That's part of the inspiration for the title of the blog. The rest can be up to your imagination. What does ROC mean to you? ... Read story »

Blooks from Malaysia - Jan 20, 2007

Blogs You may see we are moving backwards from Web 2.0 to its older version. But three blooks have so far emerged in Malaysia in the last few months. OK, explain blooks. ... Read story »

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