Email is not dead.
Last week we had a quite interesting debate over the death of email, which was ignited by @dlead‘s translation of the “9 reasons why email is dead“. IMO, a permanent email address (personal, not corporate) is extremely important. Let’s recall the fall of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. Suddenly the once mighty and well-connected Wall [...]
Vietnamese search engines: late comers that don’t win
Rick and I have gone to great lengths to discuss local search engines such as Xalo.vn. I guess it’s time we shared what we think about SEs. Before it’s too late. Linguistics It’s easy to realize that in order to fight the big boys like Yahoo and Google in Vietnam, you have to speak the [...]
The fall and rise of social computing in Vietnam
It seems inevitabe. FaceViet, a Vietnamese Facebook clone, was reported to be filing for bankrupcy. VON (Vietnam Online Network) is reportedly being sold. Rumor has it that Cyvee, the first social network for professionals, is laying off 75% of its workforce. And even Vinagame. It is unfair, though, to pin the blame for the misfortune [...]
