Archive for the ‘Geek matter’ Category

January 13, 2012 8

iPhone 4S Launch in Beijing – a Sea of People Hits Xidan Apple Store

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Mass Consuption is here folks.. it’s alive and well in Beijing China and what better proof than these pictures? What you’re looking at is the lines ahead of the iPhone 4S launch tomorrow at the Xidan Apple Store in Beijing. THere are literally thousands of people waiting to get their hands on Apple’s latest baby [...]

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July 19, 2011 5

Baidu Ting: Underwhelming but Welcome Addition, Much Room for Improvements.

By in Freeloading, Geek matter, Tunes under the moon

So the web is abuzz Baidu’s new music service, Ting. For those that haven’t heard, the search engine giant has reached an agreement with a consortium made up of Sony, Universal and Time Warner to let users legally stream and download songs within China. It’s a positive development from Baidu and a giant step towards [...]

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June 6, 2011 Off

Danwei is dead, Long Live the New Danwei

By in blabbers, Geek matter

I don’t think Danwei need any introduction to most expats in China. The site has been around for quite sometime, predating most blogs and expat rags, reporting on happenings in China. Time have changed apparently with Jeremy Goldkorn and company going for a different direction/format. Last week, the new Danwei was launched, as a web [...]

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March 10, 2011 Off

Inaugural Beijing Capital M Literary Festival: Great First Effort

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man the times have changed!!! A few years ago, China was considered cultural wasteland as far as foreign literature went! heck, it was difficult enough to buy foreign books, much less have an opportunity to sit down with authors and discuss their inspiration/work/whatever… My oh my!! we’ve come a long way. The Bookworm literary festival [...]

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November 26, 2010 1

Man pays thousands to play RPG fame On the Giant screen at the Place

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I’m not much of a gamer but this is just uber cool!!! a Man reportedly payed about 5000 Euros to play 10mn of the RPG game on the gigantic 250 meters long, 30 meters wide LCD screen. The damn thing covers an area of 7500 square meters! Check out this video on Youku: How cool [...]

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September 20, 2010 4

iphone 4 hits Beijing and China, Iphone 5 already kicking its ass and Apple being smart.

By in blabbers, Geek matter

Yup, it’s finally here, officially! The iphone 4 will be legally available for purchase in Beijing and all over china presumable of September 25th as reported here and here. With the official price at about CNY4999 for the base model, I would say it’s a relatively good reasonable deal as long as it is SIM [...]

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September 15, 2010 1

iPad pricing all over Beijing: It’s a jungle out there

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A little diversion from music and food unto my other guilty pleasure: Apple! So, it’s official and Apple put it on their website: The iPad is gonna be launched in Beijing officially this Friday September 17th. The official starting price is RMB3988… great… or is it? A quick stroll over to Zhongguancun shows that there [...]

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