China’s High-End Consumers Seek Quality Over Status
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- China’s High-End Consumers Seek Quality Over Status
- Microsoft goes open source for future games developers
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China’s High-End Consumers Seek Quality Over Status
Forbes - Feb 21, 2008
Hong Kong jewelry retailer Chow Tai Fook beat Cartier in winning the affection of Chinese consumers, with 29% of those polled choosing it as the preferred brand, compared to 14. Air travel is the one category other than home appliances where a home-grown Chinese brand rules the roost. Air China (other-otc:.
Microsoft goes open source for future games developers
Siliconrepublic.com - Feb 21, 2008
Last year, Microsoft made the landmark decision to make its XNA Games Studio 2. 0 games creation software available for download online from its Xbox Live platform, which has over 10 million users. This will make it possible for fledgling games creators at home or in college, rather than in the large studios, to create their own games and sell them online