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Cisco on Second Life

[Translate] “The way young people now communicate—through video, text-messaging and social networking sites—is how enterprises will be communicating in the coming years,” John Chambers, President and CEO of Cisco, recently told the online tech magazine Network World. In support of this vision, after the aquistion of FiveAcross, Cisco made another Web2.0 move, launching its “Cisco...

FiveAcross on NHL

[Translate] Recently, I did a piece about Cisco’s acquisitions of FiveAcross and its business implication. I promised to do another one detailing how FiveAcross’s Connect Community Builder adds social networking capabilities to sites like NHL.com from a user point of view. I created my NHL Connect personal page and instantly, it made me feel like...

Mobinode Goes to ChinaVenture

[Translate] The ChinaVenture Annual Conference 2007 will kick off in Beijing on Apr 12th, 2007. This is one of the largest gatherings for both domestic and foreign venture capitalists investing in China. The theme of this conference is “‘Capturing the New’, new trends, new opportunities, new challenges and new investment strategies”. The theme reflects the the...
Cisco acquires FiveAcross

Cisco acquires FiveAcross

[Translate] I feel obligated to write about Cisco’s recent acquisition of Five Across. It is not only because I am still a loyal Cisco employee (in case my boss is reading ^_^), but also I believe the network giant’s move in the Web2.0 space may send an important signal to the industry and create a...

Bullpoo crashing into the China shop

[Translate] Bullpoo’s investment simulator currently only works for the Wall Street. However, it won’t be long before they add other stock markets into their portfolio, with the China market being on top of the list. Bullpoo is an investment advisory site with a unique feature: it allows its users to make risk-free simulated investments in...

Do you, YUPOO?!

[Translate]  Yes, it is NOT a typo for Yahoo. Yupoo is one of the largest photo-hosting/sharing sites in China, the third in market share to be exact, trailing on 163.com and QQ. The two giants dominate the market because they already had a huge user base as successful internet portal sites. Photo-sharing is just a...