01. April 2008
China has finally deployed the home-grown 3G standard TD-SCDMA (Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access) today, April 1st 2008. Shanghai Daily reports that China Mobile has launched trial service in eight cities, including Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. The world's biggest carrier China Mobile will test the next generation standard by issuing 20,000 free 3G phones and 800 Yuan (USD 114.28) fees per month to test users in return for their feedback. A total of...
31. March 2008
YouTube, the world's largest Internet site for sharing video clips and other user created content (UCC), is aiming to expand its market share in non-English speaking countries by further adapting the already existing local YouTube versions. A Korean version with localized features has been up since January 23rd this year. "We don't comment on specific future plans, but I can tell you that we are currently focused on building out our product and service in the countries in which YouTube is...
27. March 2008
Our friends at Jimdo today annouced a major release with great social features for their free website creator. You now can: add other Jimdo-users as friends. send messages to your Jimdo-friends. keep your visitors and friends up-to-date via the newsfeed. Check out the video below, download the official press release or even better: try it yourself and find your friends on Jimdo!
25. March 2008
X | Media | Lab and Web2Asia are happy to announce the "Wealth of Animation" event at Suzhou Industrial Park from May 8th to 10th, 2008. X|Media|Lab Suzhou will bring together a stellar range of animation experts from all over the world. International participants include: Raman Hui - Director of Shrek 3 Michael Johnson - Motion Picture Lead, Pixar Studios Duncan Brinsmead - Chief Research Scientist, Autodesk (Maya Software) Suresh Seetharaman - Founder and President, Virgin Comics and Virgin...
23. March 2008
Web2Asia's got a packed schedule ahead for April. We will start off with the Re:publica 08 in Berlin on April 2nd, followed by The Next Web 08 conference in Amsterdam a day later, then the Future of Web Design in London on the 17th and the I-Techpartner meeting in Stockholm on the 28th. For Asia the WWW2008 in Beijing is on our agenda. Let us know if you want to meet up with us on any of these events!
19. March 2008
Musicshake, Inc. is the world's first on-line user generated music (UGM) creation solution that provides music composing solutions aimed at the general public (a.k.a. music dummies) without previous musical knowledge or expertise. The Korea-based online music creation service recently expanded to the US. Michael of Web2Asia recently had a chat with Kihong Bae, General Manager of MusicShake in the US. 1. Could you please briefly introduce yourself and your company?I am a Korean native, but I...
14. March 2008
Zopa (www.zopa.com) is a marketplace for Social Lending. People lend and borrow money with each other, sidestepping the banks. Recently Zopa Japan was formed and will shortly launch with a localized version of its services. Web2Asia had the opportunity to ask Giles Andrews five questions about their international expansion plans. 1. Dear Giles, could you briefly introduce yourself and your company? My name is Giles Andrews, I am CFO, co-founder and UK MD of Zopa, the world’s first online...
04. March 2008
Web2Asia will the attend the Media 08 in Sydney on March 7th 2008. The event is a one-day conference about media, innovation and the internet. Media 08 injects new ideas, unveils bold and creative solutions, provokes radical thinking, elicits thoughtful predictions, and sets the agenda for Australasia’s media, marketing and technology businesses and professionals. See you Down Under!
03. March 2008
According to the World Tourism Organization, China is projected to have 100 million native travellers by 2020, making it the number one supplier of outbound tourists. Already, 40.95 million Chinese are leaving their country each year to explore foreign holiday destinations. Regarding the domestic tourism market, the China National Tourism Administration has even more superlatives to offer: In 2007 an astounding 1.610 billion Chinese traveled to visit either family, or famous sites in the Middle...
01. March 2008
We are happy to announce the official launch of Web2Asia today. Web2Asia has been active in East Asia for more than 2 years and first operated under the name of its parent company MH | direkt – an international Direct Marketing & Fulfillment corporation from Austria/Europe – before now being established as a separate division by March 1st 2008. Please find the according press releases here: Press Release Chinese Press Release Japanese Press Release Korean Press Release English Press...