Category Archives: Technology

Made In the USA: American Surrogates for Chinese

When I was in college, I stumbled across the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, by Bill Watterson. In particular I was quite taken with the strip where Calvin and his toy tiger Hobbes discuss where babies come from. By the … Continue reading

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Is Japanese American Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto the Founder of Bitcoin? Reporters Chase Him Across Los Angeles

One of the biggest stories of the day today is that Newsweek’s Leah McGrath Goodman revealed the alleged true identity of the supposed founder of Bitcoin, which had been credited to “Satoshi Nakamoto.” In the detailed investigative report, the article … Continue reading

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Singing Couple Achieves Fame in Six Seconds

Asian Americans have made themselves known through YouTube videos, but can fame be achieved when those videos are only six seconds?  Michael and Carissa Alvarado, a husband and wife team making up the group Us, have gained notoriety by using … Continue reading

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Best Buy’s ‘Tablet or Laptop’

http://youtu.be/tlsA7qZgNT4 Actor Jason Schwartzman plays the main role of Christmas holiday storyteller in this television commercial, but actor Parvesh Cheena (who I know mostly for when he was on the NBC television comedy, Outsourced), plays the part of father and … Continue reading

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Lucy Liu Signs Up for Twitter with the Help of Jimmy Fallon

These days, one would think that every actor, actress and generally, celebrities would all be on Twitter trying to build up their fan base and build up a following. Apparently not. The other night, I caught actress Lucy Liu on … Continue reading

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Product Review: Samsung Galaxy S4

EDITORS NOTE: This review was written in June 2013 but got (temporarily) eaten by the blog monsters. Let’s just put it this way: I’m fully entrenched in the world of Apple. I use an iPhone, an iPad, and a MacBook … Continue reading

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Giveaway: Blackberry Q10 from AT&T and the #ItCanWait Campaign Against Texting and Driving

UPDATE 9/1/2013: Congrats to the grand prize winner: Becca K of New York and the runner up: Alexis of Georgia! Thanks to all the entrants and don’t forget to take the pledge! I’m old enough to remember a time when … Continue reading

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Product Review: Blackberry Q10 with Verizon Wireless + V3con 2013 Wrap Up

If 8Asian’s offer of free tickets to V3con didn’t alert you to the fact that this wonderful Asian American Digital Media Conference happened over the June 14th, 2013 weekend in Los Angeles, well then let me tell you a little … Continue reading

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Product Review: HTC 8X

As part of my day job, I worked for a telecommunications equipment  & cell phone OEM manufacturer. So it was my pleasure to have the opportunity to try out and review, courtesy of Verzion Wireless, a Windows Phone 8 device, … Continue reading

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12 Year old New York Filipina Cites Cyberbulling in her Suicide Note

12 Year old Filipina American Gabrielle Molina committed suicide last month,  citing cyberbullying in her suicide note.  She joins Audrie Potts and other teens and adolescents around the world for whom cyberbullying was a factor in their deaths.    One doesn’t … Continue reading

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Product Review: Blackberry Z10

As most of you know, the bloggers here at 8Asians have day jobs, and blogging is really a side activity for most of us. My day job is working as a marketing executive at a high technology company in the … Continue reading

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