Luanne Teoh 6/22/2011 With smartphones and tablets tucked away in our pockets wherever we go pretty much guarantees we can shop anytime we want. The rate of smartphone adoption is predicted to reach 50% of the US population by year end.  Meanwhile [...]

Luanne Teoh Translations by Joyce Zou June 20, 2011 Most US business models either fall under the category of B2B (Business to Business) or B2C (Business to Consumer). In China however, another business category has emerged since the advent of the internet and [...]

Luanne Teoh June 15, 2011 Yesterday Google announced a new homepage feature across all mobile devices. The new features include icon based shortcuts to facilitate quicker searches for location based services like restaurants, bars, coffee shops and more. The significance of this [...]

Luanne Teoh June 14, 2011 The old technology adage of “Think Global, Act Local” of the early internet days is now more accurate than ever. According to research firm, Strategy Analytics, location based services will generate $10 billion in revenue by [...]

Luanne Teoh June 13, 2011 As of December 2010, 302.9 million Americans reported that they own a mobile device, making the U.S. wireless penetration 96 percent, according to CTIA – The Wireless Association. This year, mobile revenue is predicted to top $2 Billion in the U.S, [...]

Luanne Teoh June 10, 2011 Our recent post on smartphones taking over the world shows a clear indication that smartphone sales are not going to slow down anytime soon. In fact, exponential and explosive growth of smartphones are expected in the next few [...]

Luanne Teoh June 6, 2011 Nielsen predicts that one in two Americans will own a smartphone by Christmas of 2011. A jump in 29% adoption rate to 50% compared to the fourth quarter of 2009 of 21%. While this is a remarkable jump [...]