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Some time ago maker of Angry Birds Rovio announced its plans to enter the Hong Kong market and also open an office in the economic heart of China, Shanghai. Co-founder of Rovio, Peter Vesterbacka said that China is the largest market after the U.S and was still amazed the market for Chinese users was growing. Roxio's main goal is to become the Disney or the EA of the mobile gaming industry. The company is on their way with an unofficial theme park opened in China and even animation shorts. Vesterbacka went on to say that the company has 100 million fans around the world and are making 170,000 new 'friends' each month. It appears that Rovio has decided to appeal to the Chinese market in a way similar to the popularity Disney has among both children and adults in the U.S.

What's makes a real "smart" TV?
This year at CES 2012, Smart TVs were an important talking point. Of course Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are heading in the right direction with new interfaces other than touch, but I myself prefer something a bit different. Rather than the TV just getting smart, I believe screens need to be able to sync and connect with smartphones and tablets in order to make the TV "smarter". In the end I don't think that app stores, web browsing or searching via keypads are important for smart TVs. Another person mentioned that DLNA's approach was more important (seen in the video below) but I believe this type of approach would not be easy.




Kang's Speech at the University of California, Irvine
Mayor Sukhee Kang recently delivered a powerful commencement speech for the Social Ecology Class of 2011 at the University of California, Irvine. Kang was elected as the Mayor of Irvine in 2004, becoming the first Korean-American mayor of a major city in the U.S. Reelected in 2008, he is also currently running for congress as a democrat.