{"id":14022,"date":"2011-05-07T16:02:09","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T07:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=14022"},"modified":"2011-05-07T16:02:09","modified_gmt":"2011-05-07T07:02:09","slug":"gmic-2011-beijing-where-are-social-media-going-in-the-worlds-largest-mobile-population","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/gmic-2011-beijing-where-are-social-media-going-in-the-worlds-largest-mobile-population\/","title":{"rendered":"GMIC 2011 Beijing: Where Are Social Media Going In The World’s Largest Mobile Population?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC)<\/a>, one of the world’s largest annual conference featuring\u00a0mobile and social app trends, took place at China’s national convention center, which is located the\u00a0Olympic Stadium in Beijing, Chinese capital.\u00a0 The two-day event celebrated its fourth edition this\u00a0time, and it has been solely organized by Great Wall Club<\/a>, a team of CEOs and executives of telcos,\u00a0social network service providers and mobile app developers in Japan and Mainland China. \u00a0 I had another assignment in Tokyo, and I could make it only on Day 2.
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\nJust in front of the venue, China Telecom’s base station van was standing by for burst mobile traffic which might be generated by an enormous number of the event attendees.
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\nThe Day 2 started with a keynote speech by Charles Zhang(\u5f20\u671d\u9633), CEO of Sohu.com(\u641c\u72d0)<\/a>, where he reviewed what he had done during the last ten years and poured out his regrets including the acquisition of Chinaren[C]<\/a> or the largest online alumni club in China with over 80 million registered users. (video by Tech163 [C])<\/a>
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\nG-Startups Competition<\/strong>
\n <\/strong>Between panels and speeches by Internet business tycoon and celebrities from China, Japan and the rest of the world, there were on-stage live demos by the G-startup competition<\/a> winners who had been chosen from 20 start-up finalists.\u00a0 The both winners will won the prizes including participating incubation programs by Innovation Works<\/a> (Beijing-based incubator founded by Kai-Fu Lee, the ex-president of Google China), China Accelerator<\/a> (Dalian-based incubator founded by angel investor Cyril Ebersweiler), and Plug and Play Tech Center<\/a> in Silicon Valley.
\nThe 1st place winner of the seed\/early-stage category:<\/span>
\n\"\" SmarTots (Beijing, China)<\/a>
\nSmarTots is a mobile education platform for children aged 2-7. It brings together educators, parents, and developers to create an interactive, fun, and manageable learning experience for kids through mobile apps. The company strives to unlock the true educational value of mobile devices by providing parents with reports, parental tools and personalized recommendations across many hardware and software ecosystems.<\/p>\n