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Lafaso.com to Break Even by Year End, Developing New Proprietary Brands
[Translate] Lafaso.com, one of the Chinese cosmetics etailers is expected to break even after its inception in 2008, the company’s CEO Wang Lichen told local media. Funded by Sequoia China, the women-centric site pulled in RMB 100 million and 300 million in 2009 and 2010 respectively, as for last year the number is expected to...
91 Assistant hopes to get list in U.S. or H.K.
[Translate] Once the hobby of tech geeks, iPhone jailbreaking is now a lucrative business. In the U.S., the primary jailbroken app store, Cydia — named after the insect that bores into apple trees — earned about US$10 million in annual revenue and counted about 4.5 million weekly active users hunting for apps, according to a report...
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[MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS] Orange Aims to Democratize Mobile
[Translate] In a fireside chat with Xavier Perret, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships with Orange (France Telecom), I learned about some progressive initiatives that Orange is leading to give the power of mobile to the people. One unique initiative is to allow people in Africa to access basic features of Facebook without a smartphone. Using...
Pinterest’s Chinese Apprentices, Still a Long Road to Explore
[Translate] Dangdang to Launch Pinterest-ish Service This is getting more interesting. After all the Pinterest fever and numerous clones, Dangdang, the online bookstore turned online hypermarket is reportedly planning its own Pintererstish service to tap into the pinboard fever, the latest in a wave after big names like Taobao, Renren and Tencent as well as...
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[MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS] The Power of 1 – The Individual Customer
[Translate] Listening to the “Exploring the Mobile Cloud” keynote with CEO of Alcatel Lucent, Ben Verwaayen; CEO of Deutsche Telekom, Rene Obermann and CEO of Cisco, John Chambers, one key theme was serving the customer better. At Mobile World Congress, there are many big screens with big numbers; billions of mobile users, trillions of dollars...
Introducing South Korea’s First Startup Event beLAUNCH
[Translate] South Korea is a leading player in the global tech industry with Korean brands leaving their mark in various sectors. While we hear a lot about South Korean firms innovating and pushing the envelope, there is hardly any platform to showcase the thriving software and tech startup scene in South Korea. beLAUNCH(www.beLAUNCH.com) hopes to...
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[MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS] TouchPal Makes Your Smartphone Even Smarter, Quicker and Just Better
[Translate] Today Shanghai based company, CooTek has just officially launched the latest version of their app called TouchPal at Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona. You may think your smartphone was already very smart but TouchPal makes it even better using geeky algorithms. In a world where every second counts, TouchPal can definitely save you...
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[MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS] Ford Announces Latest in Mobile Voice Controlled Cars with SYNC and Cloud Technology
[Translate] At Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2012, the symbiosis between mobile and auto is clear with the Ford Motor Company. Ford Executive Chairman and grandson of Ford founder, Bill Ford opened up the presentation and was proud to announce Fords mobile with mobility strategy to better integrate our “digital lives into our vehicles.” Partnering with...
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[MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS] Nokia Life Helps Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries
[Translate] Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2012 has kicked off and the first big presentation is from Nokia. CEO, Steven Elop took the stage and was very excited about how far Nokia has come in a year. The change of strategy to focus on design, location based services and affordability has “changed the clock speed of...
Suning Book Business Backed up by Dangdang?
[Translate] Jack Ma, founder, chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group once said that “buying stuff from elsewhere then reselling them online is a stupid business model”, well, how about buying from your competitor rather than channels and then reselling online? Unbelievable yet might be the sure thing at least to Gong Wenxian, VP of etailer...
Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur
[Translate] Editor’s Note: The inspiring piece was written by Kenneth Chan, Hong Kong-based serial entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Gates2Asia.com, a service designed to help overseas SME to buy items directly from Asia suppliers at low cost. “What do you wish you knew before starting your first business??” That’s a question I have been asked...
Facebook’s Trademark Strategy in China, Sounds Smarter Than Apple
Although it has not been officially admitted operating in China, Facebook, the social networking service giant, is carrying its trademark plan in China when Apple is trapped in the iPad trademark battle in this country, According to a report from local media, Facebook has applied for more than 60 trademarks in Chinese or English in...
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