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DLD Trend 2007 and Netvibes is Ranked 2nd Most Like Breakthrough in 2007

[Translate] DLD (Digital, Life, Design) is Europe’s conference for the 21st century, covering digital innovation, gaming, arts and science and bringing together thought leaders from Europe, the Middle-East, America and Asia. Hubert Burda Media Research just released the results of a survey they took at the DLD. The results are beautifully presented in the Slides...

In and Out – MySpace China and Baidu Japan

[Translate] MySpace.cn is active, so does Baidu.jp. Baidu.jp is re-directed to Baidu Job where you can find the job opportunities to work in Japan. Baidu’s mission to Japan is first released by Baidu Press Releases. Talked to an influential Japanese blogger who is involved in this project, I guess that the official launch day would be in...

MySpace.cn is Under Construction

[Translate] You may or may not be surprised about this news, check this out: www.myspace.cn is now active. The Chinese words on the site read “China’s leading Web2.0 website is under construction”. The most interesting point is that the signature part at the bottom of the page tells us MySpace China is belong to a...

HongKong Is Small, But Its Web2.0 Can Be Huge

[Translate] If you are really interested with Chinese Internet market, please do not forget HongKong, even though it looks a bit quiet right now but I really think it can be huge. HongKong, one of the most important financial hub and international city, is a gateway to China and also many other exciting opportunities like...

Mojiti.com Launched Its New Version

[Translate] Video-Sharing with Annotation site Mojiti.com has officially launched its new version yesterday. As we explored in the previous post, the new version introduced more fun to users to play with the video. The following nice demo will tell you some of the nice features. Another news is that Mojiti.com will announce some partnerships around...

Mojiti.com – Annotating Your Video

[Translate] This post is edited and re-published on ReadWriteWeb by Richard MacManus There are too many so-called Chinese YouTubes fighting on the Chinese web2.0 battleground, but the Mojiti.com launched in November, 2006 has found its own way to entertain the video fans. What makes Mojiti so special in this market is that it offers the users a fresh experience: the video...

SecondLife is heated up in China! & We Will Have a Chinese SecondLife?

[Translate] Still no news about when the Chinese players will officially embrace the SecondLife, but my recent findings gave me an impression that the Chinese cannot wait for that. 1. Chen Qi, the founder of SecondLife Chinese Federation emailed me his brief plan, saying more SL lovers would join his team soon; 2. Collin from CityWeekend...

China, Are You Ready for Global Internet Market?

[Translate] Introducing more Chinese internet startups/companies to the Global market is always the motivation of my blogging life. It is very glad to see what I wrote has attracted a few foreign friends, entrepreneurs and even VCs. I will put more effort and keep doing this in 2007, which I know it will do good...

Thank you, Dialogue Communications.

[Translate] Dialogue Communications Ltd. is one of the world leading mobile messaging solution provider based in Sheffield, UK. OK, it is not a startup I am going to profile here, Dialogue Comms. has been into the mobile messaging market for over 13 years! They have opened its office in Australia like 2years ago and they are now...

Second Life has landed in China, Un-Officially!

[Translate] I am not quite sure why SecondLife has not released its Chinese version. Maybe it is on the way, or they think it is not ready for this massive and protected market, or they dont think it worths releasing a Chinese version (they got Germany, Japanese version, though) . Honestly, I almost gave up the...
Quintura: Visualizing Your Search

Quintura: Visualizing Your Search

[Translate] I have met Yakov Sadchikov, the President & CEO, Director of Quintura twice in different city: London and Paris, which was an interesting story. The first time was in Firefox2 Party in London where I saw him in the corner demonstrating the Quintura to TechCrunch UK. I thought he is from a startup based in...