Archive for July, 2007
Flickr tour hits Hong Kong
Comments Written by Angus Lau July 31st, 2007 . Tags: censorship, flickr, Hong Kong.With their launch in Traditional Chinese back in June, Flickr will finally make their way to Hong Kong as part of their Asian leg tour of their international launch and 24 hours of Flickr book which also includes stops at Seoul, KL and Manila.
Flickr and their community manager, Heather Champ (I’m assuming) [...]
Alibaba set to IPO in Hong Kong
Comments Written by Angus Lau July 30th, 2007 . Tags: Alibaba, Hong Kong, IPO, Jack-Ma, state-of-the-web.Here’s a little nice to know fact for people in Hong Kong. The web business is a big business, fools. Just look at Alibaba, by far the best buyer/seller community.
Alibaba has confirmed they will go public later this year in Hong Kong with the application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange last [...]
AliveNotDead - Online community for artists and fans
Comments Written by Angus Lau July 29th, 2007 . Tags: alivenotdead, Hong Kong, Social Network, Web 2.0.AliveNotDead is a niche online community bringing together musicians, filmmakers, models and other artists with their fans. Founded by serial entrepreneurs and co-founders of Rotten Tomatoes, the site has potential to lure users to their community due to its star power appeal, with notable users from Hollywood movie stars like Kelly Hu and Jet [...]
Short summary of Web 2.0 seminar
Comments Written by Angus Lau July 25th, 2007 . Tags: Hon-Kong, seminar, Web 2.0, workshop.I was at a Web 2.0 seminar here in Hong Kong yesterday and heard more from speakers about what Web 2.0 is and isn’t. This was the pattern of the previous conference and this seminar. However, this seminar did include a company, m-gen, that discussed Mobile 2.0 topics. Mobile 2.0 in Hong [...]
I recently discovered a startup, Iugotech. They are operating from Cyberport, Hong Kong’s technology center, under the same incubation program as Frenzoo.
It is still unclear what their service is but it’s a seems to be a mix of a virtual community and gaming. Is it another Second Life or a local [...]



