Category Archives: Technology

Womens World Cup Final Lead to Obvious and Stupid Pearl Harbor Jokes on Twitter

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Ernie

Oh, Twitter: come to microblog about the lunch you had today, stay to see the tweets on the Women’s World Cup Final against the United States and Japan happening right now — and roll your eyes at the oh-too-predictable Pearl … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports, Technology, WTF | 23 Comments

Asian American Commercial Watch: Verizon Tablet “Destination Ad” with Jared Asato

Posted on May 31, 2011 by jozjozjoz

I’ve been seeing this Verizon Tablet ad starring Jared Asato all over the network television, but imagine my surprise when I was flipping through the foreign language channels and caught the exact same ad in Mandarin. Even though I know … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Technology, TV | 4 Comments

Dear Sophie: Google Chrome Makes Us Cry

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Moye

This Google Chrome video has been making its way around the Internet because if there’s one thing that people love to watch online besides porn, nut shots and/or cat videos, it’s touching but produced moments about Daniel Lee, an Asian … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Technology | 4 Comments

Nielsen Reports That Asians Americans Surf The Web A Lot

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Ernie

While The Nielsen Company reports that the media habits of Hispanics and African Americans are turning to mobile device — note the popularity of African Americans on Twitter — Asian Americans are sticking to the web: “Asian-Americans exhibit a huge … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Lifestyles, Technology | 1 Comment

Kai Mai: Life as an Expat at a Shanghai Technology Startup

Posted on February 22, 2011 by John

A few weeks ago, Kai Mai returned to the Bay Area for his Chinese New Year vacation to speak at an informal talk at Stanford about his experience working in China. Mai moved to China in mid-2010 to join Saybot.com … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Education, Technology | 3 Comments

Wrong Turn: The Kati Kim Story on ABC News: 20/20

Posted on February 16, 2011 by John

A few years ago, there was the heartbreaking news story of missing San Francisco and CNET News reporter James Kim with his missing family and children after they had left Seattle back to San Francisco on a post-Thanksgiving road trip … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, San Francisco Bay Area, Technology, TV | 4 Comments

What Asian American kids watch on the Internet: Freddie Wong’s YouTube Channels

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Jeff

My sons like first person shooter games such as the Call of Duty series, and they often watch YouTube videos of people playing such games in order to learn new tricks and tactics.  I noticed that Number Two Son was … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Cisco’s Umi

Posted on January 25, 2011 by John

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCq3K1aNAhY If you work in the corporate world, you may have used a high end video conferencing system before. In the past few years, Cisco has been selling a VERY high end version of video conferencing and branding it “Cisco … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Technology, TV | 2 Comments

Chinese Launches Communist Version of Twitter

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Ernie

Via Mashable: China Launches Communist Version of Twitter. And what do you know – I was able to get a sneak peak at some of the code.  Just check out line 182 in particular:  if (TWEET==’TAIWAN’) { user.imprison(); }  Wow. … Continue reading →

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Why is Darth Vader Selling Smartphones in Japan?

Posted on November 27, 2010 by John

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB7nMNjt5u0 Over the weekend, I was reading about how Japan’s largest cell phone carrier NTT DoCoMo has been pushing Samsung smartphones since they don’t carry Apple’s iPhone. And the person pitching the commercials? Darth Vader: “A NTT DoCoMo spokeswoman said … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology, WTF | 2 Comments

Gawker: Facebook CEO “Publicly Obsessed with ‘Asian Girls'”

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Ernie

You sure didn’t read this in The Social Network: A Gawker post reveals that for Facebook’s predecessor, FaceMash, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg “listed ‘Asian girls’ amid other interests like programming, playing guitar, quoting Top Gun and ‘defeating nemeses.’ It’s unlikely … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Dating, Lifestyles, Technology | 13 Comments