ChinaIT: Geak (果壳)

2014, August 31

The gadget of 2014 is definitely not a smartphone, but a smartwatch. If the revenues of the global watch industry are stable at around $60B, the smartwatch market has been increasing tenfold per year and is estimated to reach $2.5B in 2014.

Among the companies that offer innovative products, Shanghai-based Geak company is forerunner in one domain: they are preparing to be first in the world to launch the round face smartwatch in September 2014 – Geak 2. The new Geak 2 watch will also feature Android 4.3 OS, a completely independent Chinese app ecosystem, and low energy consuming CPU. Take a glimpse here at the design.

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ChinaIT: Umeng (友盟)

2014, August 22

Umeng (友盟) is Beijing-based company providing the most comprehensive, multi-platform data analytics services of the mobile phone users behavior. A vast majority of Chinese mobile app development companies are Umeng’s clients. It is estimated that Umeng’s SDK is embedded inside 180’000 mobile apps in China.

Company led by former Google employee Jiang Fan was created in April 2010, and it became visible already in November 2010 when it attracted funding by Li Kaifu‘s venture capital fund Innovation Works. And more recently, in April 2013, Umeng was acquired by Alibaba for (estimated) $80M, but retained a separate brand and management structure.

So, what are exactly the services provided by this company?

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ChinaIT: Software Export to China

2014, August 7

If you are a company that is considering to market your software in China, what should you do ? Let me analyze the market and legal issues around the export of software and business development in China.

First of all, on which kind of software one could expect to make money there ?

Chinese market is especially hungry for the solutions in Smarter cities, Cloud management, and Business intelligence. Following in demand are social analytics, platform-as-a-service, internet of things and big data. As for the value of the market for this type of software, you need first to know that in this country, Continue reading “ChinaIT: Software Export to China”