News came out the other day that Google has finally rolled out a solution to their censorship dispute with the Chinese government. Instead of “pulling out” their business from China, they are moving their servers in Mainland China to Hong Kong. They will also adopt a new Hong Kong domain name, and direct everybody who [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Google.cn to Google.com.hk
Posted in Chinese Mobile Market, Google Leaves China, News From China on March 23, 2010 | 6 Comments »
TimesPeople: The New York Times’ Response To The Social Era
Posted in Newspaper Industry Consolidation, Online Community on March 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Right after I finished reading the post “It’s Hard To Watch The Newsosaurs Turn A Blind Eye To Their Own Extinction” from Techcrunch, which lampoons many of print media’s slow response to the digital media revolution, I encountered one “Newsosaur” ,The New York Times, and their endeavor in adapting themselves to this new media world. [...]
Were You Awake at 4am This Morning?
Posted in Digital Media on March 16, 2010 | 3 Comments »
(Less than half an hour after the L.A. earthquake this morning, the term “earthquake” dominated the local Twitter trends in L.A.) Unfortunately, I was, when the earthquake in the L.A. area happened around 4 am this morning. According to the US Geological Survey, it was only a 4.4 magnitude quake and was centered about 12 [...]
Privacy: The Price of Being Online?
Posted in Danah Boyd, Facebook, Online Privacy, SXSW on March 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As much as I wish I could be at this year’s SXSWi, I have enjoyed reading the keynote speech reports from social media scouts like Techcrunch and also the tidbits floating on social media venues from my friends who are there. That is the beauty of this new media world, instant- knowledge sharing, and impact-amplification. [...]
The Golden Key to SEO
Posted in APOC, SEO on March 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last night, Gregory Markel from InfuseCreative revealed to our class the myth of SEO. Enjoying a dual rock-star status in both the SEO industry and the “real” world, Gregory has been working on SEO since the pre-Google days. With his frank speaking style, Gregory jokingly pointed out that at that nascent stage of technology, SEO [...]
SEO, here we go!
Posted in APOC, Daily Digest, SEO on March 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Ever since I started to try to looking beyond a website’s surface appearance and dig deeper, I have consistently run into the mysterious word “SEO” (search engine optimization). Now I am very excited that my APOC class has provided us a chance to learn this concept systematically, as I truly believe that in a world [...]
