Apple paving the way for iPad adoption in classroom?

Apple extends another welcoming gesture to all US education institutes by announcing the App Store Volume Purchase Program.  With the program in place, education institutes would be able to buy iPhone / iPad Apps in bulk for their students & faculty at a half price discount.

On the other hand, Apple has informed iPhone & iPad Apps developers that they …

What Every Asian Publisher Ought to Know about eBook

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the annual Hong Kong Book Fair .   Thanks to iPad and iPhone, eBook and digital publishing become one of the highlights in this year’s exhibition.

New eBook Digitalization Partners

Hong Kong businesses again demonstrated their acute business sense and efficient execution ability:  In less than a year, we now have …

AirGini reinvents itself as a Mobile & Social Web Innovation Partner

In early July, we’ve completely revamped our company website.
Welcome to the new AirGini.com!

Friends who have been following AirGini developments know that AirGini is one of the few tech startups founded in Hong Kong that is good at both technological R&D and User Experience Design process. With this unique blend of expertise, AirGini has been designing and creating next-generation products for the mobile & social web businesses.

The good news …

What iPad means for Mobile Operators

Few companies in the world receive widespread free publicity whenever they have a new product launch, Apple does.   Thanks to both traditional (it was even on the Evening News) & new media , everyone knows iPad was launched last night.
An unexpected introduction:  Micro SIM
I’m not surprised that many people are starting to fall in love with this latest gadget …

Track & Alert is the New Search

Among the 10 Cruical Consumer Trends for 2010, published by Trendwatching.com,  there is “Tracking & Alerting”:
If INFOLUST (consumers lusting after relevant information) is the enduring mega trend, then TRACKING and ALERTING are its du jour sub-trends.

First of all, TRACKING & ALERTING is the new searching, as it saves consumers time, makes it impossible …

Who is the biggest winner in AdMob acquisition?

Today Omar Hamoui, Founder & CEO of Admob, announced the news that Google has agreed to acquire AdMob for USD$750 million.

The biggest winner and the real hero, in my point of view, is Michael Dearing,  the Angel investor who invested USD$4 million at the time when AdMob was merely a  mobile vision.
Constraints, Vision & Persistence
I’ve watching AdMob …

Get ready for OPhone

Have you heard of the OPhone?   It’s a next generation smartphone supporting China Mobile TD-SCDMA 3G standard.   The most interesting part about this platform, however, is not its TD-SCDMA radio, it’s China Mobile’s insight in creating its own mobile content ‘market place’ through a new smartphone platform.

Lawrence Chow from Borqs,  the company behind the OPhone OS – OMS,  shared with in excitement the imminent launch of Ophone: “Finally, the …

iPhone App Facehack for Facebook Releases Reach 3000 Downloads Since Launch

(Hong Kong, 11 Aug 2009) – Social media mobile marketing company AirGini (http://www.airgini.com) announced the release of its iPhone application – Facehack for Facebook, which has hit 3000 downloads since launch.

Facehack for Facebook gives iPhone or iPod Touch users the magic to turn an ordinary photo into a unique profile picture. With a cool photo and a few finger swipes, Facehack delivers a brand-new profile picture with a pop-up effect, …