You’re no stranger to digital peripherals. You’ve likely used a mouse, keyboard, touchpad, or touchscreen plenty of times. You’ve also likely played at least one mobile game or tried to draw something digitally. But did you ever feel limited in your interactions? Maybe mobile gaming or digital drawing just didn’t really emulate the accuracy in real life, but what if it…
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Fay Li was writing her application essay for graduate school, but the thoughts wouldn’t flow. She didn’t know why she wanted a master’s degree, she realized. She was doing it just because her friends were doing it. Li had always loved to create things – songs to sing, dance moves for her dance studio – so…
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For 25-year-old Lei Min, the spread of the Internet in China was more than just a new form of entertainment. It was a window into an infinite world of information. Three years ago, Min was an undergrad at Tsinghua University in Beijing, aspiring to be a consultant or a marketer. She watched as the Internet…
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Acheev.it is a little hard to keep track of – the startup is based in Beijing, but incorporated in Singapore, with developers in Vietnam, an adviser from Australia, and first customers in Malaysia. Oh, and the founders are from the US and Germany. In other words, not the smallest of logistical challenges. But they’ve pulled…
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I’m at a coffee shop in Wudaokou, the university area of Beijing, and I must look a bit absurd as I thrust my head from side to side, laughing. I’m actually playing a new iOS game called Crows Coming from a game developer called Vision Hacker. In this free game, you move your head to…
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Founded in 2010, Jiepang’s location-based check-in service has attracted more than 1.4 million users. Those users can earn badges and mayorships, share their check-ins on Chinese social networks, and interact with 300+ partner brands. “We learn a lot from Foursquare, Gowalla, and a lot of location-based apps in the US,” Jiepang CEO David Liu told…
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In China, LinkedIn trails far behind professional social network Tianji and its 8 million members. Meanwhile, Tianji is growing at 380,000 users per month and plans to expand from 80 to 200 employees next year. Its success traces back to cultural differences between Western and Chinese networking, detailed in Tianji’s recent infographic. While Americans are content to trade…
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Steve Bell is one of my most enthusiastic interviewees so far in Asia: he looks at me intently, rarely breaking eye contact, forgetting to eat the brunch he ordered at a swanky hotel cafe. He looks so intent that I feel rude glancing down at my notes, but it’s a friendly and open intensity. I…
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We’ve all seen videos of young kids adeptly navigating the iPad’s touchscreen, but could the Apple device bring more than play? Jesper Lodahl certainly thinks so, as he sees his 4-year-old daughter Laura – with the help of a few iPad apps – do basic reading, tell time, and even teach him Spanish words. Lodahl’s…
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Nine startups took the stage on Monday night at Beijing’s historic Zheng Yi Ci opera house, to showcase their ideas for an audience that included Dave McClure and the Geeks on a Plane crowd. “Chinaccelerator symbolizes the growing role of China in the global startup ecosystem,” said its founder, Cyril Ebersweiler, in his introduction. Here…
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