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My name is Will Moss. I spent 17 years in Singapore and China doing computer games, e-commerce and public relations before returning to the Bay Area in 2013. I am director of international and corporate communications for Motorola Mobility. This is a personal blog, and the opinions here are my own. For more information see About Imagethief or contact me at will [at] imagethief [dot] com.
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Tag Archives: Technology
Rectified.name: Coverup? Huawei Should Send Its PR Bill to ZTE
I’ve never been much for conspiracy theories. Not that I don’t like a touch of the fantastic in my daily life (I live in China, after all). But when you think about the sheer logistics involved in most of the … Continue reading
Tagged Business, China, Coverups, Politics, Public Relations, Reputation, Technology
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Rectified.Name: Facebook + Instagram + China = Take a Deep Breath
So, Facebook bought Instagram for a billion bucks. Awesome for those guys. I, alas, did not get rich in either of the Internet startups I participated in. But you can’t put a price on experience, right? Deep sigh. Anyway, Instagram … Continue reading
Tagged Censorship, China, Internet, Politics, Technology
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Sinica: Weibo comment shutdown and end of the expat package
After a longish break I was back on Sinica to discuss this week’s three-day comment moratorium on the Chinese microblogging services and the evergreen “death of the expat” topic. David Wolf was the other guest, with Jeremy Goldkorn and Kaiser … Continue reading
Rectified.name: Facebook’s China Playbook
As you have undoubtedly heard by now, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his girlfriend* were spotted in Shanghai on Wednesday. This has lead to a completely predictable round of speculation as to whether this signals some new development in Facebook + China. This sort of navel … Continue reading
Tagged Censorship, China, Facebook, Internet, Politics, Rectified.name, Technology
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Rectified.name: I apologize if anyone felt killed
Apologies are an under-appreciated art. Most apologies crafted in the name of public relations sound intrinsically weaselly, often because the people making them are preoccupied with saving their prior reputation rather than getting past the mistake and rebuilding trust. I … Continue reading
Tagged China, Public Relations, Rectified.name, Technology
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Goodbye GMIC, hello CHINICT
It must be technology conference season in Beijing! Imagethief found himself at the Global Mobile Internet Conference last Wednesday as I was escorting one of our vice presidents who was participating in a panel on the future of mobile devices. … Continue reading
Tagged Business, China, Internet, Technology
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China and the nature of Facebook
Reports have been percolating for a couple of weeks that Facebook will partner with Chinese search engine Baidu to launch Facebook China, or something similar. Anyone who has followed the history of foreign Internet firms in China knows that this … Continue reading
Tagged China, Ethics, Facebook, Google, Internet, Public Relations, Reputation, Technology
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Sinica: Qihoo vs. Tencent, the plague and British groveling
Apologies – I’m late getting this one posted, but there was no Sinica last week, so you haven’t missed anything, and you’ve already subscribed in iTunes, right? So you don’t even need this? I thought so. Anyway, the week before … Continue reading
Tagged China, China in the News, Crisis Management, Economy, Internet, Sinica, Technology
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We all live in (fear of) a yellow submarine
Imagethief’s undergraduate degree is marine biology. This is, as most people know, the usual pathway to a career in PR. It works something like this: Become interested in fish Pass organic chemistry Get a marine biology degree Find out how … Continue reading
Tagged China, China in the News, Journalism, Military, Technology, USA
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Alibaba’s Alizila is PR. Be proud!
I just read a post from Forbes’ Hana Alberts on Alizila, a homegrown company news site for the Alibaba Group. Alibaba has hired an experienced journalist, Time Magazine veteran Jim Erickson, to develop the articles for the site: Erickson isn’t “selling out” … Continue reading
Tagged Alibaba, China, Internet, Journalism, Media, Public Relations, Technology
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