This episode continues our coverage of DeepSeek; looks at the stuck and ticking clocks facing TikTok; discusses the Apple plane's successful landing in Indonesia; offers intelligence on Apple intelligence in China; charts out the Google maps Gulf of something imbroglio; and offers a mix of material on topics like Telegram,…
Series: Musings about Multinational Corporations
March 17, 2025
February 13, 2025
In this episode, we discuss the TikTok's ticking clock and the effort, by some, to rescue it; track the Apple plane waiting to unload iPhone 16s in Indonesia; dive deep into the growing control and regulation of DeepSeek; examine EU and US measures affecting fast-retailer Shein and also Temu; and…
January 16, 2025
This episode, the first of 2025, delves into TikTok's challenges, above all in the US of A; Google's pressures chamber in East Asia countries like Japan and Korea and Russia; Australia's path breaking ban on social media usage for children; and Meta's challenges in Australia and the European Union (what's…
December 17, 2024
This episode examines Volkswagen's exit from Xinjiang and the loosening of Xinjiang threads for Uniqlo; Chinese pressures against Nvidia; Apple's continued courting of China, Intel's offerings to the Middle Kingdom, and the scorning of those riding Meta's Llama; the long and short of the US TikTok ban and troubles for…
November 19, 2024
Episode 7 scans the bombs raining on TikTok; surveys the challenges facing multinational corporations in China and those dumping on them for dealing with China; describes problems for tech companies in Korea and Vietnam; examines Indonesia's smarting policy towards smartphones; and reviews the European Unions rocky relations with tech companies.
October 27, 2024
In this episode, we update you on the LINE-Naver Saga; delve into Harley Davidson's bumpy ride in Japan and chills & spills regarding 7 & I; cover the challenges of Google and others in Korea and the challenges facing Korean chip companies; do a post about X and Brazil...and Australia...;…
In this episode, we update you on the LINE-Naver Saga; delve into Harley Davidson's bumpy ride in Japan and chills & spills regarding 7 & I; cover the challenges of Google and others in Korea and the challenges facing Korean chip companies; do a post about X and Brazil...and Australia...;…
In this episode, we update you on the LINE-Naver Saga; delve into Harley Davidson's bumpy ride in Japan and chills & spills regarding 7 & I; cover the challenges of Google and others in Korea and the challenges facing Korean chip companies; do a post about X and Brazil...and Australia...;…
September 12, 2024
This episode covers the recent travails of those doing business in or with China as well as the struggles of Chinese companies venturing abroad. It also addresses the ever present theme of content moderation. It supplies, too, juicy content about X and the EU, X and Venezuela, and, most of…
July 27, 2024
Episode 4 of Season 1 looks at the softening of SOFTEE (aka Microsoft) around the world; the liberation, rerouting, and pummeling of Tesla; activist Australia and activists about Australian regulation; and the European Commission's latest burst of energy (at least until August) to regulate tech.