... erations, makes it clear that Uber is now focusing on improving its finances rather than international expansion. After burning cash through aggressive forays into various markets, the company has red ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-27
... e. But it makes little sense to view Chinese political developments through a Western lens, especially at a time when the world is shifting from a unipolar to a multipolar system. Recent changes in Ch ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-27
... odel that makes money through in-app purchases that help players to progress. The model rewards games that have become mass-market success stories but makes life challenging for lower-ranked titles an ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-27
Hong Kong, which had for long relied on traditional or low-tech businesses to develop as a trading and finance hub, has in recent years seen the emergence of a slew of tech startups thanks to the inte ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-26
... ania” and makes a lot of sense: he has no intention of playing by the “One-China Policy”, and he couldn’t care less about how Beijing would react when it comes to deciding who to befriend. While it is ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-26
... Facebook makes its profit by selling ad space on its social media platform. But more fundamentally, it is selling its data. By allowing its advertising customers to better target a specific group of ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-23
... g Fellas" makes good business sense. Given this, it becomes clear that a free newspaper at this point in time may not have anything to do with commercial considerations, but rather to fulfill Beijing’ ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-22
... al, which makes Li the largest shareholder in the owner of Mercedes-Benz, is part of an effort to strengthen Geely’s technological muscle amid a shake-up of the global auto market by autonomous drivin ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-21
... The name makes it obvious that it intends to utilize big data technology to filter content for Hong Kong users. The full article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on March 20 Translation by ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-21
... and that makes Google their friend,” said Guru Hariharan, CEO of retail technology firm Boomerang Commerce, referring to the competition between Amazon and chains like Walmart and Target. Target shop ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-19
... ng levels makes sense. His answers do not offend potential buyers while also serving to protect the sellers, who have in recent years been offering fewer units at higher prices. As he chooses his word ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-19
... hat scale makes it hard for sellers—already fighting for customers as the population shrinks—to refuse requests from Amazon, government officials have said. The FTC closed a previous probe of Amazon J ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-16
... her angle makes your chin look sharper2) Find the light! Good lighting creates a more even skin tone, and this can come from sunlight or a clip-on selfie light3) Create a hand posture that distracts o ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-15
... nt, which makes ATMs unnecessary. By the way, China had a total of 924,200 ATMs across the nation by the end of 2016. That means there was one ATM for 1,413 Chinese; the ratio is not a lot lower than ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-09
... ry, which makes electronic devices, cloud service equipment and industrial robots, made a net profit of 16.2 billion yuan in 2017. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG/RC ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-09
... f someone makes up a rumor that goes against what they expected, you are more likely to pass it forward.” While the study focused on Twitter, the researchers said their findings likely also would appl ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-09
... at really makes his book outstanding on this subject is that Frank has turned conventional wisdom about North Korea on its head, and provided readers with a radically different perspective. For exampl ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-08
If you want to know how Hong Kong people become rich, just think of the board game Monopoly. The goal is to become rich by buying property. Once you become rich, you buy more properties. Such is the c ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-08
... ain, this makes little sense when one considers how blockchains actually work. For one thing, blockchains themselves rely on protocols like TCP-IP, so it isn’t clear how they would ever serve as a rep ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-06
Microchip Technology, a semiconductor maker based in Arizona, has struck a deal to buy Microsemi Corp, which makes chips for communications and for aerospace and defense applications, for about US$8.3 ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-02