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Autodesk SketchBook Mobile Surpasses One Million Downloads on the App Store
Autodesk SketchBook Mobile software from Autodesk has surpassed one million downloads on the App Store since its debut on September 17. Autodesk SketchBook Mobile is a professional-grade paint and drawing app that offers a full set of sketching tools designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch [...]
Posted in design, software Also tagged App Store, Apple, Autodesk, Autodesk SketchBook Pro, designer, desktop software, entertainment, free software, Graphic Design, Graphic designers, Illustrator, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, multi-touch, photography, professional-grade paint, software applications Leave a comment
Internet in China: Internet population hit 384 million in 2009
China's population of Internet users jumped by nearly a third to 384 million at the end of 2009, an official report showed recently, just a few days after Google threatened to retreat from the expanding market [...]
Posted in China, information technology, trends Also tagged 3G, America, bank, China, China Internet Network Information Center, Germany, google, internet, internet applications, Internet In China, Internet population, Internet use, Internet Users, korea, mobile internet, Mobile Phones, Mobile Web, Network Information Center, online community, population, Report, South Korea, Survey Results, work Leave a comment
China, Technology and the Environment: Chinese National Energy Commission is established
China has established the National Energy Commission for better coordination in formulating energy strategy and development planning, said an announcement released by the General Office of the Chinese State Council recently [...]
Posted in China, economics Also tagged analyst, bank, central bank, China, China Daily, Chinese State Council, Development, economics, electricity, energy, energy consumption, Energy policy, energy resources, energy sector, environment, General, Governor, head, member, National Development and Reform Commission, National Energy Administration, National Energy Commision, Policy, Report, technology, Wen Jiabao, Xiamen, Xiamen University Leave a comment
Education in China: Reverse Brain Drain
China is experiencing some reverse brain drain, by attracting Chinese scientists and mathematicians in the U.S. back to the mainland [...]
Posted in China, economics, trends Also tagged brain, BusinessWeek, China, Colleges And Universities, dean, design, Economic Development, education, Education In China, Harvard, Neuroscience, Peking University, Scientist, Scientists, Tsinghua University Leave a comment
Watch George Smoot’s “The Design of the Universe” talk at TED
At Serious Play 2008, astrophysicist George Smoot shows stunning new images from deep-space surveys, and prods us to ponder how the cosmos -- with its giant webs of dark matter and mysterious gaping voids -- got built this way [...]
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Interaction Design Association (IxDA) 2010 Global Student Competition: THE FINALISTS
I recently took part on the jury of the first IxDA Global Student Design competition, which had over 40 entries, representing university programs in Australia, China, Columbia, Denmark, India, the Netherlands, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States. Of those many entries, five have earned a full scholarship to Interaction10 conference [...]
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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: The End of “Chimerica”
For the better part of the past decade, the world economy has been dominated by a unique geoeconomic constellation that the authors call "Chimerica": a world economic order that combined Chinese export-led development with U.S. overconsumption on the basis of a financial marriage between the world's sole superpower and its most likely future rival. In this paper, economic historians Niall Ferguson of Havard Business School and Moritz Schularick of Freie Universität Berlin consider the problem of global imbalances and try to set events in a longer-term perspective [...]
Autodesk creates game to raise Green Building awareness
Play the "RetroFits" game and help raise awareness about the benefits of better, greener buildings [...]
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