gmic-2012

A Bubble in the Startup World?

A Bubble in the Startup World?

Is there a bubble in the startup industry? It looks like it. At least that’s according to a discussion panel at GMIC, which included Robin Chan (founder and CEO at
Willis Wee · · 2 min read
A Discussion on Games and Building Global Brands

A Discussion on Games and Building Global Brands

As GMIC winds down for the year, this afternoon Aiko Tanaka, a co-founder of Infinity Ventures Partners moderated a discussion with some of the biggest names in casual gaming: David
C. Custer · · 3 min read
Females In Entrepreneurship: Why No Love?

Females In Entrepreneurship: Why No Love?

This is part of our coverage of the 2012 Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) in Beijing. See our interviews and reports from the event here. In a discussion panel at The
Vanessa Tan · · 4 min read
GMIC Panel Discusses Mobile Health

GMIC Panel Discusses Mobile Health

Health is the easiest thing in the world to take for granted until you don’t have it. But how can mobile technology help solve health issues and make life easier
C. Custer · · 3 min read
UCWeb’s Yu Yongfu Talks Strategy, Finances, New Evernote Partnership

UCWeb’s Yu Yongfu Talks Strategy, Finances, New Evernote Partnership

This afternoon at GMIC, UCWeb held a special parallel session they called “Going Glocal” — a combination of global and local, as you’ve probably guessed. I’m a fan of made-up
C. Custer · · 5 min read

Julu Mobile Aims to Transform the Mobile Ads Experience

This is part of our coverage of the 2012 Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) in Beijing. See our interviews and reports from the event here. According to the team at Julu
Vanessa Tan · · 2 min read

GMIC 2012: Using Social Media to Help Society

Late this morning, the GMIC main stage hosted what I’m pretty sure is going to be my favorite discussion of the conference: the one where they focus on doing good,
C. Custer · · 3 min read

Phewtick Matchmakes People Through Gamification and LBS (And a Lot More)

Japanese startup, Phewtick, is the pitch that has caught my attention – and confused me the most – this morning at the G-Startup pitches here at the GMIC 2012 event
Willis Wee · · 2 min read

HalfBrick, Maker of Fruit Ninja, and its Future Plans in China

HalfBrick Studios’ Fruit Ninja has been really hot since slicing its way into the Chinese market last year. It has since made it to over 100 web and third party stores, such as AppChina and Wan Dou Jia, and is pre-installed in over 90 Android brands across five Chinese operators.
Vanessa Tan · · 2 min read

Evernote Launches in China With Separate Service, Yinxiang Biji

Evernotes new team in China for its Yinxiang Biji service. Evernote, the American note sync service, has today launched a separate Chinese service called Yinxiang Biji. Avoiding the usual ‘cloud’
Steven Millward · · 2 min read