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Author Archives: HSHIEH
Google’s Motorola Mobility acquisition and Android in China
Having worked at Motorola for over a year and a half now, I come to realize just how quickly the mobile industry moves and grows, and just how volatile it can be. In January, Motorola split into Motorola Solutions and … Continue reading
Asian-American web culture defines “Asia” as an interest, not an identity
Four years ago, I helped out with building and moderating an “Asian social networking site” named Asian-Central, a start-up coming out of Stanford. The website was a Facebook-esque profile-based site–essentially what would result from the combination of Facebook and a … Continue reading
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South Koreans are Sociable Social Networkers
It’s easy to overgeneralize East Asian cultures into a single culture. It is furthermore just as easy to overgeneralize East Asian internet cultures into a single web-culture. But when all generalizations on web-culture are dropped, it is easy to realize … Continue reading
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Changing Winds in the Japanese Mobile Phone Industry
Maybe we need a little innovation from Japan now. It’s our turn to be humbled Continue reading
Infinite Passport
Technology hasn’t brought the world closer together. It’s a bit more nuanced than that. Computers, the internet, and cell phones were once thought to bring us all together, into one ‘global’ network. But even though we are all digitally tied … Continue reading
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