One Billion Users: Emerging Trends in Emerging Markets

I really love this comic strip. Its not really funny but for those who can appreciate retro rap humor and a bit of nerd PUNishment its well...cool It has absolutely nothing to do with China but I enjoy showing it to my local colleagues here and watching...

I remember when Gordon Bell, an esteemed researcher at MS Research came to visit our office in Beijing. He gave a great talk on some of the various things he was working on ... especially MyLifeBits. Being able to record all your experiences into a Life...

On Baidu, you can type an MP3 song name and find a website in China where you can download the music for free. Its like Bit Torrent without the torrent. From what I understand this service only works in China and does not function if you use it outside...

I went to Gulou district with Chris Early (General Manager of MS Casual Games) and Dave Albert (Group Manager of Carbonated Games) to see what kind of games and guitars are available in China. In one of the first game stores we looked inside there was...

Now that Microsoft will be shipping Vista soon to the public, there is a general sense of relief of finally making this milestone. At least three of the features that I have been working on will finally ship at last. Smart Thumbnails for recorded images...

My friend Mark, a professor at Tsinghia University in Beijing (China's #1 Engineering and perhaps #1 School) came up with a novel idea to distribute the lectures that he provides to students and clients. He saves his powerpoint slides as jpegs and loads...