Bernard Leong » Building Online Communities & Social Networks: Strategies, Tools and Trends in Chinese
Yesterday, I have delivered a seminar entitled “Building Online Communities: Strategies, Tools and Trends” for the Masters students in Technopreneurship and Innovation (创业与创新硕士课程). The whole session took about three hours in a...

EA Acquires Playfish For Up To $400 Million (ERTS)
EA has acquired Playfish for approximately US$275 million in cash and approximately $US25 million in equity retention arrangements. In addition, the sellers are entitled to additional variable cash consideration, up to a maximum of US$100 million,...

How Google & Yahoo Make Money Off A Twitter Typo Domain
Like many people, I misspelled a domain name today when I was trying to visit a web site. I typed Twiter.com (with one T) rather than Twitter.com. I wasn’t surprised to land on a site with ads, as is common when entering typos. I was surprised that...

The Future Of The Web: Where Will We Be In Five Years?
Read on for 15 predictions about the future of the Web.

OMG: Text message tax spreading through California
The city of Vallejo, Calif. is voting today on expanding utility taxes to include text messages, pager messages and VOIP calls. The measure would lump these together with gas, electricity, water and other utilities, while lowering the overall utility tax...

Social Media Landscape by Fred Cacazza — Social Media Landscape
Social Media Landscape. (Currently /.ted)

The Chinese Social Media Landscape (Welcome to the Digital Marketing Inner Circle)
We, as Digital Marketing Specialists, are constantly preaching the benefits of social media to our clients. To us, everyone is eligible to participate and appreciate everything from brand recognition to improved ROI. Therefore, for those who want to...

Adobe pushes Flash and PDF for open government, misses irony - Ars Technica
The Obama administration has made transparency and public access to government information a high priority. Adobe is attempting to capitalize on initiatives to make government information more accessible while promoting its technologies, such as Flash...

Adobe Pushing For Flash and PDF In Open Government Initiative
angryrice tips news that Adobe seems to be campaigning for the inclusion of Flash and PDF in the Obama administration's efforts at increasing government transparency and openness. A post from the Sunlight Labs blog is critical of Adobe's...

Amazon lets shoppers pay with a phrase | Gaming and Culture - CNET News
The online retailer on Thursday debuted a new feature called Amazon PayPhrase, designed to let busy shoppers store their name, address, and payment information in a single phrase and pin code. Instead of entering all that data at the online checkout...

Google CEO Imagines Era Of Mobile Supercomputers
Before some 900 technology executives at the Utah Technology Council's Hall of Fame event in Salt Lake City on Friday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt described the future sought by Google and other tech companies: 100-megabit broadband and a supercomputer...