Internet Speed
Well the internet speed in Hangzhou is much better than Shanghai. I am paying the same amount of money as in Shanghai but getting a better connection!
Category Archives: China
Crappy Internet
Alex, a good friend of mine here in Shanghai, recently vented his frustration about working and living in China when your work relies on a good quality internet connection and I can’t agree more. For the last couple of weeks Google has been once again targeted by the censors but in a truly frustrating way, you can search for something and get [...]
Required Reading
Ecommerce Checkout Inspiration From Top Converting Sites One in three web users afraid of shopping online Taking shopping cart abandonment too far? The 25 factors behind brilliant brand / domain names Barcode Scanning Now Available for Google Product Search on Android Shopping 2.0: Current E-commerce Trends (Redux) Goal Abandonment Rate in Google Analytics Explained What [...]
Why Did Internet Traffic in Sweden fall by 33%?
They went an introduced anti-piracy laws, how mad is that. If they did the same thing in China like banning MP3 search and download can you image what the traffic drop would be? Boggles my mind.
A Rather Crap Earth Hour in Shanghai
Earth hour hit China but not particularly hard, have a look at these photos and you will understand why
Dinner at Osteria
Had a very pleasant dinner last night at Osteria last night, the place was full the the brim so we had to wait for a table. Food was good but the service was hit or miss. For example we got asked if we wanted the desert menu which arrived quickly but then noone followed up [...]
China sensors Flickr
So got up this morning and was reading Slashdot with a cup of coffee and what do I read…. China Sensoring Flickr So as with most things related to the Chinese firewall you have to make sure it applys to you too and it does – I can get onto Flickr but cant see any [...]
Change in Currency Laws
The Chinese goverment has decided to change the amount of forgin currency exchanged into RMB on a personal level from $50,000 per month to $50,000 per year! Quite a change and this caused great questions for the business that need to be answered – general taxpayer or warehouse in Hong Kong!?! The change to come [...]