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As Huawei smartphone shipment skyrocketed in the first six weeks this year, sales of Apple iPhone plunged in the same period – losing 24%. But the return of Huawei to the consumer business affects not only Apple. Several Chinese brands also suffer a drop in business, even though most of them were not as severe […]
... written on Mar 08 2024Montana has become the first U.S. state to ban TikTok on all personal devices over security concerns. The bill, known as SB419, was passed by a vote of 54 to 43. Essentially, app stores like Apple Store and Google’s Play Store cannot offer TikTok. Violations carry a penalty of up to US$10,000 per day, but […]
... written on Apr 16 2023For months, we’ve been saying that the backdoor government of Muhyiddin is not only illegitimate and fragile, but also clueless and incompetent. The loosely glued Perikatan Nasional coalition, consisting of three biggest “Malay” political parties – PPBM, UMNO and PAS – successfully snatched power through a coup in March 2020 under the pretext of “Malay […]
... written on Feb 01 2021A smartphone, no matter its brand, is as good as the apps in it. Without apps, the gadget is useless. Hence, when President Donald Trump signed an executive order last Thursday to ban yet another Chinese app – WeChat – in the U.S., all hell broke loose. Trump, desperate to win the November re-election, decided […]
... written on Aug 10 2020Made-in-China products were said to be of inferior quality. The Chinese goods were poorly manufactured because the Chinese businessmen have poor business ethics. Any products made in China were viewed as junks, fit only to be consumed by consumers from the third world countries who could not afford high quality goods. The perception was […]
... written on Nov 27 2019Whenever Donald Trump talks to his supporters, he would claim credit in his trade war with China. He repeatedly declared that his import tariffs on Chinese goods would force China to pay “US$100 billion” to the U.S. Treasury. The Chinese, not the Americans, was footing the bill for the tariffs he introduced to punish China, […]
... written on Aug 21 2019Australia is one of foreign countries which many perceive to be squeaky clean, at least its Southeast Asia neighbour thought so. It was quiet a news when Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull accused the alternative prime minister, Bill Shorten, of taking “backhanders” when he was a trade union supremo. But when Turnbull himself was dragged into […]
... written on Jun 26 2018Time will tell if President Donald Trump’s first declaration of trade war is a smart or dumb move. It could be both, after he signed a pair of trade actions imposing steep tariffs on washing machines and solar panels. The move was, of course, to get his message out, that the taxes on imports “demonstrate […]
... written on Jan 24 2018Feeling nostalgia about recently released Nokia 3310 but the phone wasn’t smart enough for you? You’re not alone. Those who had experienced Nokia phone in the 1990s probably have gotten sick and tired of Apple iPhone, Samsung or China-made cheap phones. There could be millions of former Nokia supporters who wish they could get their […]
... written on Aug 17 2017Pepsi wasn’t the only food and beverage corporation that knows how to make smartphone, sort of. Marketing has reached a new level where conventional advertising on mainstream news media and alternative social media isn’t sufficient to catch eyeballs. Special edition products have to be introduced – in limited quantities – so that it would become […]
... written on Jul 13 2017
