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Understanding the Market Key to Turning Mobile Games Into Money
Chen Haozhi, CEO of Chukong Technologies, developer of the highly popular gaming app, Fishing Joy, which rakes in about 50 million yuan monthly, talked about turning mobile games into revenue on the first day of GMIC last week. “One of the most important thing overseas companies has to take note of when entering the China…
Dialogue with Tencent CEO and Co-founder, Pony Ma
Last Tuesday evening at the main stage hall of GMIC Beijing 2013, hundreds were in the room all eagerly anticipating arguably one of the highlights of Day 1, the dialogue session with Pony Ma, CEO and Co-founder of Tencent. Ma started off by squashing any recent rumours that said WeChat will be implementing a charging…
Xiaomi: Creating the Perfect Android Experience
Not Xiaomi to blame According to Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi, there has been a lot of feedback saying Xiaomi’s phones, which run on the Android platform, have short battery life. Talking to the main stage hall on the first day of GMIC Beijing 2013, he explains that the reason behind their seemingly short battery…
How long do you spend on Pinterest? VCs talk Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Investing
Connie Chan loves Pinterest. “I bought something the first day I used it,” she said after testing the product, “I thought that other people would, too. I really love it, my friends love it.” What makes Chan different than most Pinterest users is that she’s a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, one the tech world’s best well-known venture capital firms….
GMIC Beijing Highlights: Day 2 – Media Coverage
GMIC Beijing has come to an end as Day 2 has wrapped up at the National Convention Center. Groundbreaking announcements from Jolla, Mozilla and Ubuntu regarding the launch of their new smartphones have given us a glimpse into the future. Key insights from the biggest names in the automobile industry have shown us the growth…
Three Android Alternatives to Release Phones Soon
Three open-source mobile operating systems vying to compete against Android and iOs announced their plans to release phones by the end of the year at the 2013 GMIC Beijing. The announcements came from Marc Dillon, CEO of Finnish firm Jolla, Li Gong, SVP of Mobile Devices at Mozilla, and Leonard Tsai, Strategic Advisor of Canonical,…
GMIC Panel: Global Brands Can’t Ignore Mobile
Global brands hoping to succeed in the information age must have a strong mobile internet presence, according to a panel of executive representatives from some of the world’s most prominent brands. The representatives came from English Premiere League team Chelsea, internet purchase manager Paypal, and mobile advertising leaders Inmobi and InternetQ. “I cannot stress the…
Ford Motor calls for Developer Collaboration
Ford Motor Company is calling on all app developers to help improve their in-car driving experience, Kumar Galhotra, the company’s V.P. of Asia Pacific told the audience at the 2013 GMIC Beijing. “(mobile internet) is an industry we seem to have more in common with every day,” Galhotra said. “It’s experiencing incredible growth, like the…
Branded watermelons: Phil Larson, Christopher Kassulke, and Kim-Mai Cutler discuss mobile gaming in China
Have you seen Fruit Ninja branded watermelons for sale in China? News to Phil Larson if you have–they’re not being offered. But that doesn’t mean it couldn’t happen–one day. Fruit-themed merchandizing wasn’t the only thing on topic when Phil Larson, CMO of Halfbrick, and Christopher Kassulke, CEO of HandyGames, came to the GMIC main stage…
Evernote CEO Phil Libin Announces Launch of Evernote Business at GMIC 2013
Evernote CEO Phil Libin has a lot to celebrate in Beijing this week. First things first: Evernote China, or Yinxiang Biji, turned one year old. That’s one year from Evernote China’s launch from last year’s GMIC (Libin tweeted Happy Birthday greetings to the China team on May 5). And, the more headline worthy announcement: Evernote Business (Yinxiang Biji…