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A recessionary sense of déjà vu

Posted in By The Way by Eileen Yu on Friday, October 10 2008 02:34 AM

Depending on which camps you speak to, the U.S. credit meltdown could either spell bad news for IT wages or have little impact on tech spending in Asia.

And depending on who the spokespersons are, a..... Read more »

Turn your mobile phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot

Posted in The M Files by Lee Lup Yuen on Wednesday, October 08 2008 09:14 AM

If you're using a newer Nokia phone like Nokia N95 and N82, you can install the JoikuSpot software to turn your Nokia phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot. This means that you will be able to connect notebooks, PDAs and other Wi-Fi devices to your phone and enable them to access the Internet via the phone's 3G/GPRS mobile data..... Read more »

Global financial contagion and sourcing

Posted in Sourcing Insight by Michael Rehkopf on Tuesday, October 07 2008 08:21 PM

Watching the financial industry events unfold (perhaps snowball is a better word), I started wondering what this could mean for the sourcing industry.

We've certainly seen the reactions of bankruptcy, "fit" firms taking over "weaker ones", layoffs, etc. But, can we consider this through a different lens?

For the weaker firms or firms most affected, survival was the first priority, as it..... Read more »

SMS use in Philippines gets personal

Posted in The Pinoy Post by Melvin G. Calimag on Tuesday, October 07 2008 10:39 AM

It's easy to ignore things especially when it's become part of one's everyday routine. Filipinos, for instance, have gotten so accustomed to using SMS or text messaging that we no longer care about other innovations happening in this sector.

Just look at these numbers: 50 million mobile subscribers sending about 1 billion text messages every single day. This translates to billions..... Read more »

Has the Great American Dream ended for Indians?

Posted in Inside India by Swati Prasad on Monday, October 06 2008 10:13 PM

The U.S. of A has had a special place in the hearts of urban Indians. Since childhood, I have seen many of my playmates, schoolmates and neighbors "disappear" into this "promised land", only to reappear after many years--in a new, Americanized avatar. As a teenager, I watched my peers write to universities, and sit for SAT, TOEFL and GRE. And..... Read more »

Guangzhou event shows keen interest in open source

Posted in Open Source by Peter Cheng on Friday, October 03 2008 01:40 PM

After my long trip to Guangzhou, I am now back in Beijing for China's National Day holiday. It is a sunny day today and I have had some free time to look back and write something about my stay down south.

It was Guangzhou's hottest day when we got there. If you stood by the road, sweat would drip down from..... Read more »

Can technology help us speak the same language?

Posted in By The Way by Eileen Yu on Friday, October 03 2008 03:04 AM

As more nations globalize and their citizens become more mobile, it's become increasingly apparent that language plays a vital role in ensuring there's smooth communication between businesses.

Yesterday, two incidents underscored that point for me.

The first occurred over lunch with an industry contact who wasn't local, and who spoke in heavily accented English. Each time she requested for some..... Read more »

'Global' India is more insulated than 'regulated' India

Posted in Inside India by Swati Prasad on Thursday, October 02 2008 10:17 PM

Now that it's proven that Uncle Sam is in poor financial health, everyone's been wondering what this means for India. Even when India was a protected economy, whenever something happened in the United States, we felt the ripples (if not the tremors) back here.

This time around, India is more globalized than before. Most sectors are open to foreign investment..... Read more »

Shopping locales designated as cyber centers

Posted in Malaysia Explorer by Oon Yeoh on Monday, September 29 2008 03:47 PM

When you think of cyber centers, where Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC)-status companies can set up offices, you wouldn't normally think of shopping centers--but two such locations have been given this status.

The two shopping destinations--Mid Valley City and Bandar Utama--have been elevated to cyber centers by the Multimedia Development Corporation, the government agency tasked with developing..... Read more »

Popularizing S&T culture to the masses

Posted in The Pinoy Post by Melvin G. Calimag on Monday, September 29 2008 01:43 PM

What does it take for a country to become economically progressive?

For sure, it involves a lot factors such as good infrastructure, rich talent pool, and the political will of national leaders. Having rich natural resources used to be an advantage, but you just have to look at Singapore and Hong Kong to realize that is no longer true.

The..... Read more »