January 13, 2008
Is ‘Piracy in the Developing World’ taking a leaf out of U.S. history?
Filed under : China, Developing world markets, Emerging markets, ICT for masses, Innovation, Technology for masses
Despite many regulatory and institutional crackdown, Intellectual Properties often do not hold fort in the mass markets of the developing world. Products that have been designed with millions of dollars and countless man-hours of investments, get completely broken apart and fed into huge thriving ‘technology flea markets’ of the developing worlds like India and China. [...]
Tags : China India, Intellectual Property, IP, IP Piracy, IP Protection, IP regime, IPR, Piracy, Technology Piracy
December 29, 2007
‘Sutra’s and ‘Samhita’s of Usability: Journeying Deep Down the Asian Culture and Understanding the User Communities
Filed under : China, Culture, Design method, Developing world markets, Emerging markets, ICT for masses
Did anyone forget Usability is both a science and an art! Coming down the post-industrial age linage of American romance with systems and machines, the User Centered Design or more popularly known “Human Factors Engineering’ is on its way to the mystical plateaus in the east. May be the ’science’ of it had to give [...]
