Internet bus rumbles in to Adelaide at hefty cost
Adelaide, South Australia have followed in the footsteps of many other tech savvy cities and developed an internet enabled bus going by the name of, “i-commute bus”. The project has been sponsored by the South Australian government in partnership with Cisco systems, Adam internet, and real-time passenger information system “transSpot” of Israel. The bus will
Mobile commerce is reshaping the way consumers plan, book and consume travel
Being a user of Apple iPhone since it was first released in Jun 2007, I was amazed at how the iPhone has transformed and shape mobile commerce industry within a short span of 3 years. The iPhone has transformed the smartphone market and also changed the way consumer access the internet via the Mobile platform.
SEM and SEO considerations from the Yahoo-Bing deal…
As most of you will be aware, Yahoo and Microsoft signed a much hyped partnership agreement at the end of July. The details of the deal, can be scrutinized here, but the most important component by far is the fact that Microsoft’s new engine, Bing, will be powering Yahoo Search. In the US this creates
The H1B bottleneck – an opportunity in reverse
Read here and here for articles in Techcrunch on the contribution of immigrants into the US and how they are powerful innovation and employment generators, especially in the tech sector. There is a powerful case, xenophobia aside, that such immigrants are extremely important building blocks of the innovation engine that drives silicon valley. From businessweek:
China Unicom building its own future
Earlier this week I read a very interesting article about China Unicom being given an exclusive deal to develop the mobile communications infrastructure of the Hubei province, China. Something about a project this ambitious seemed a bit strange for a company whose net profit decreased by 45.28% year-on-year in the first six months of 2009.
McDonalds sites for specific ethnicities
McDonalds have built different websites for different ethnicities. On the surface this idea seems somewhat logical; most brands have different sites for different regions/countries to varying degrees of success, so what makes this different? For one, the sites can be considered somewhat racially insensitive, featuring sections such as “Kimchee Mouse” for Korean sayings on http://www.myinspirasian.com
Indian railways & the Indian internet space
The Indian internet industry is growing faster than the regional average, albeit helped by a lower base to start with. There are a lot of success stories in the ecommerce space, but the leader of pack is an unlikely contender. It is the Indian railways - set up in 1853 and with all the trappings
Does this spell the end for Yahoo China?
The Wall Street Journal has a story about AliBaba.com (undeniably, China’s biggest B2B online retailer…) shifting their classified listings site Koubei.com away from Yahoo China. According to the article AliBaba is going to be moving Koubei onto it’s Retail website TaoBao.com. What does this say about Yahoo China’s ability to attracting relevant converting visitors?… is
Online TV puts Freeview to shame
The Australian public have been told the Freeview service represents a major leap forward in free to air digital television in Australia, but do the specifications of Freeview compliance limit the functionality of co-branded products, essentially making them unusable? If the PVR support forums are anything to go by, the answer is an emphatic yes.
