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A new blog on “moving images & digital creativity in and around China”

Posted on by Jason Li

Helmed by our friend Sam Culp, the POV by P.I.G. blog gives us a fascinating look at the worlds of film, digital advertising, and (for lack of a better term) art in China. Below are some highlights from their recent posts.

An interview with Shanghai-based designer Francis Lam, who made an iOS app that lets you…

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Ethnography of Tech

Chinese Chat Roulette–minus the naked bits

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

I LOVE this: If you feel like chatting via text or voice with random strangers in mainland China, and you live anywhere in the world, download the free Tencent Weixin app for your iPhone or Android phone.  My latest favorite thing to do with a few minutes of boredom: check my Weixin for any “drift bottles” that have been thrown into the digital…

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Shanzai Nokia N9 has 7 OS interfaces, but most importantly it has Talking Tom & Stripping Games

Posted on by Tricia Wang

Excerpted from Bytes of China:

In the wonderful world of shanzai, we have a new competitor made with a Mediatek chip- a Nokia N9 knockoff, the Noka (诺卡) N9. The Noka N9 has 7 operating systems interfaces: Meego, iOS 5.0, HTC Sense, Windows Phone 7, BlackBerry, Smasung’s TouchWiz  and Symbian Anna.…

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