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Consumer Behavior Trend Watching

Gaming in Brazil: Women represent 41% of gamers, says survey

Women are playing more video games and now represent 41% of gamers in Brazil, according to a survey released recently by the Center of Studies in Business and Digital Marketing at the School of Advertising and Marketing (ESPM) […]

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Innovation Readings

Watch Michael Norton’s “How to buy happiness” talk at TED

At TEDxCambridge, Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can, indeed buy happiness — when you don’t spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways pro-social spending can benefit you, your work, and (of course) other people […]

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Information Technology Trend Watching

Information Technology in Brazil: leading the video games market growth in 2012

A study of manufacturers showed that sales of games and equipment totaled R$ 1.6 billion last year (800 million US dollars). While this market has shrunk in most countries, in Brazil grew by 60% in comparison with 2011 […]

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Design Readings

UX Hong Kong 2013 is now open!

UX Hong Kong is an event dedicated to bring all product and service design disciplines together, from research, marketing, design, technology and the business to name a few, who are interested and passionate about designing great experiences for people and business for a better world for all, and it’s organized by my dear friends Daniel Szuc and Jo Wong […]

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China Economics Trend Watching

Internet in China: Rural Internet usage reaches 18.5%

Although there are over 700 million Chinese people classified as living in rural areas, only about 125 million of them use the Internet. That’s a penetration rate of 18.5%*, far below the urban Chinese rate of 50% […]

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China Consumer Behavior Economics Trend Watching

China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Swiss watches clocking up record sales in China

Chinese consumers are helping to boost the Swiss watch industry, with exports worth 19.3 billion Swiss francs (US$21.1 billion) last year, an industry report shows …

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China Consumer Behavior Economics Trend Watching

China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: becoming the biggest market of luxury products

Observers predict that China will soon be biggest in the world for high-end designer consumer goods. Chinese people will buy more than half their acquisition of luxury goods on the mainland in 2014 rather than overseas, as is the case now, business research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan said in its latest survey […]

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China Consumer Behavior Economics Information Technology Trend Watching

Chinese People and Their Mobile Phones: Smartphones making rapid headway in cities

About 35 percent of urban Chinese use smartphones, the third-highest level in the world, a survey has found […]

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China Design

Don’t miss User Experience Hong Kong: FEBRUARY 17-18, 2012

User Experience Hong Kong UXHK is an event based in Hong Kong dedicated to bring together all disciplines and the business who want to learn more and are passionate about designing great experiences for people and business for a better world. I’ll be facilitating a discussion on the topic of creativity during the UX in Asia section of this event. Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Design Information Technology Innovation Software

Autodesk 2011 Animation Show Reel Call for Submissions

Submit your latest short animation, game cinematic, film, feature film, commercial, broadcast, music video and episodic projects created using Autodesk software, such as Autodesk® Maya®, Autodesk® 3ds Max®, Autodesk® Softimage®, Autodesk® MotionBuilder®, and Autodesk® Mudbox™ software […]