The Not-Foxconns + Tencent’s WeChat

choi

(1) Eva Dou, Meet the Not-Foxconns. Digits, Nov 16, 2012
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/11/16/meet-the-not-foxconns/

, which heralds

Eva Dou, Taiwan's PC Design Firms Brace for Change. Wall Street Journal, Nov 16, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 20511727661562.html
("Analysts say it isn't entirely a coincidence that this year's better performers, such as Apple Inc, Lenovo Group Ltd and Asustek Computer Inc, keep a relatively large share of their product development in-house. Apple generally handles all its own research and development")

My comment:
(a) Read the first two paragraphs of Digits, and that is enough.
(b) The Matrix (franchise)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(franchise)


(2) Tencent’s WeChat Takes Bite Out of Weibo. China Real Time, Nov 16, 2012.
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/11/16/tecents-wechat-takes-bite-out-of-weibo-sina-says/