Asia
China Internet Population surges - passes US users
Need another reason why US firms still try to jump into China-wagon despite the discrimination and law-issues they face with the Chinese Gov’t? Well, here it is:
According to the Beijing-based research firm BDA (in China) the new stats for internet users in China just jumped over 220 million users. yep! that is right… so with [...]
Reasons of Web failure in China
I’ve discussed previously regarding China and how Yahoo, Google, and even Facebook failed to win over the chinese markets. Well, my friend and colleague Mohamed Nanabhay just blogged about a session "Economist Intelligence Unit, China" of media08 conference which he was one of the speakers.
Well, according to the speaker Jonathan Haagen, All of the Western [...]
From my old notes: Key Elements of Web Service Success
ha ha, right after I got back from dropping Mohamed Nanahbay to the airport.. my wife asked me if I still want this paper otherwise she will toss it away… and I was like, hmm let me see what it is first… and it was actually notes of my thoughts of how Web Service can [...]
Baidu now with Entertainment Channel
As expected, today Baidu launched another content channel, entertainment channel, or Baidu Yule, after its finance channel and 2008 Beijing Olympics channel. Since the end of last year, Baidu has set a countdown to the launch of entertainment channel with celebration videos from about 100 famous entertainment stars.
As Baidu Finance and Beijing Olympics channel, [...]
Japan’s Fight on Internet Piracy!
Seems like Japan is joining the Chinese-Australian force on censorship & filtering web content. Recently, the Japanese government has announced a proposal that states "banning downloads of copyrighted files for personal use and requiring mobile operators to filter Web content for users under the age of 18" reports eWeek.
And how will users know if [...]
Morad Rayyan is IT professional specialized in New Media development and has special interest in networking "routing" as well as programming.
