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• Posted 'New Public Space' in Shanghai to Shanghaiist
  During this year's joint exhibition "Design Week" and "Sino-International Real Estate Summit" a seminar about New Public Space was held by FAR. This is a non-profit foundation to facilitate the communication and collaboration between architects in China and Shanghai. The eight speakers of this seminar covered a broad spectrum of topics. Starting with the presentation of architecture projects for public use and of projects covering bigger urban space, followed by a presentation of art in...
• Posted MobileMonday: Mobile payment and transactions to Shanghaiist
  The monthly MobileMonday meeting will be held in Shanghai today. Interested in the future of mobile shopping in China? Here's the official invitation: “M-commerce”, “mobile wallet”, “Near Field Communications (NFC)” or “m-ticketing” are not savvy marketers’ jargon anymore! Like a vengeance, mobile payment & transactions is back in the limelight in China, for good this time. More on the official MobileMonday website. The event will take place tonight from 6.30pm at Kathleen's 5, 325 Nanjing...
• Posted Mobile TV: Coming soon to a phone near you to Shanghaiist
  Yesterday MobileMonday had their third monthly gathering in Shanghai. This time the topic was Mobile TV, a very hot topic in China right now (trust us). Four different presentations introduced this topic to the audience: the encryption technology (Thierry A. Raymaekers, Irdeto), the content aggregation (Jan Henrik Pratje, 1MP), the technical aspects (Johann Le Roux, MIH Group), and the programming (Angela Chan, I-Vision). More details aboutteh presentershere. The main messages of all the speeches were...
• Posted Will Mobile TV in China live up to our dreams? to Shanghaiist
  (Are we the only ones who dream about stuff like that?) Next Monday, January 15, the monthly meeting of MobileMonday will happen again. A group of specialists will discuss "Mobile TV". The keynote speaker is M. Thierry A. Raymaekers, Managing Director, Asia-Pacific Marketing of Irdeto. Irdeto in China is a local leader in broadcasting technology. The event will start at 6.30pm at Kathleen's 5. Entry is free but requires pre-registration. All the details can be...
• Posted Jiading District gets wireless broadband first to Shanghaiist
  Last October, Shanghai Daily announced plans for a city-wide wireless broadband network: Once completed, it will be the first citywide wireless broadband network on the Chinese mainland, the commission officials said. Shanghai Telecom Co Ltd and China Mobile's Shanghai Branch have signed agreements with the commission to invest a total of 40 billion yuan (US$5 billion) to improve local IT infrastructure, including the wireless network. "Every one can access the broadband network at anytime from...