Category Archives: Technology

What Asian American kids watch on the Internet: Freddie Wong’s YouTube Channels

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Jeff

My sons like first person shooter games such as the Call of Duty series, and they often watch YouTube videos of people playing such games in order to learn new tricks and tactics.  I noticed that Number Two Son was … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Cisco’s Umi

Posted on January 25, 2011 by John

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCq3K1aNAhY If you work in the corporate world, you may have used a high end video conferencing system before. In the past few years, Cisco has been selling a VERY high end version of video conferencing and branding it “Cisco … Continue reading →

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Chinese Launches Communist Version of Twitter

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Ernie

Via Mashable: China Launches Communist Version of Twitter. And what do you know – I was able to get a sneak peak at some of the code.  Just check out line 182 in particular:  if (TWEET==’TAIWAN’) { user.imprison(); }  Wow. … Continue reading →

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Why is Darth Vader Selling Smartphones in Japan?

Posted on November 27, 2010 by John

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB7nMNjt5u0 Over the weekend, I was reading about how Japan’s largest cell phone carrier NTT DoCoMo has been pushing Samsung smartphones since they don’t carry Apple’s iPhone. And the person pitching the commercials? Darth Vader: “A NTT DoCoMo spokeswoman said … Continue reading →

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Gawker: Facebook CEO “Publicly Obsessed with ‘Asian Girls'”

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Ernie

You sure didn’t read this in The Social Network: A Gawker post reveals that for Facebook’s predecessor, FaceMash, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg “listed ‘Asian girls’ amid other interests like programming, playing guitar, quoting Top Gun and ‘defeating nemeses.’ It’s unlikely … Continue reading →

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Chinese Supercomputer Takes Lead

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Tim

The new Tianhe-1A machine in Tianjin, China is expected to come in first in a new ranking to be released at a super computer conference this week in New Orleans. The ranking would confirm preliminary estimates that the machine scored … Continue reading →

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Chinese Foodies Chuckle as Google Names Ratings Tool Hotpot

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Ernie

So Google decides to build a locations based reviews service, similar to Yahoo! Local or Yelp. Fair enough, right?  The name that decided to go with however, is Google Hotpot. Hotpot, for those of you guys that have never lived … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Food & Drink, Technology | 2 Comments

WTF: Designing Your Dream Asian Girl via iPhone App

Posted on October 5, 2010 by John

Last week over on Angry Asian Man, I learned that the folks at Spendthrift Studios have developed an iPhone application called Design Your Dream Asian Girl. I wasn’t too sure if I should be amused or offended. But before blogging … Continue reading →

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Ryan Higa Makes More Money From Adsense Than You Ever Will

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Ernie

Asian Americans may not be seen in the movies or on primetime television, but a recent article from Yahoo! on the earnings of top YouTube celebrities such as Ryan Higa reveals that while they’re not getting multi-million dollar contracts and … Continue reading →

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TechCrunch Interviews Citizen Sports’ Jeff Ma

Posted on July 8, 2010 by John

TechCrunch interviews Jeff Ma where he discusses his past experience on the MIT Blackjack team, the book Bringing Down the House and the movie 21, and his startup, Citizen Sports – which was sold to Yahoo! recently. He briefly alludes … Continue reading →

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