#38 - China, China-Mates, and Me

Update: 2022-02-18

Description

After nearly a decade of domination of social tech products, a cute metaverse avatar app seems to be challenging WeChat/Tencent. Adeh and Kevin delve deeper into the metaverse as they talk about tech issues on both sides of the Pacific.

1) A year of China tech layoffs

2) Metaverse social app flies past WeChat then crashes

3) Meta, Metamates, and Me

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In Channel

#51 - Musk's Twit-tastrophe and China's gaming thaws

2022-11-2450:40

#50 - Coworking spaces, incubators, and NFTs w/ Duco van Breemen

2022-08-1701:13:21

#49 - Everything Superapps w/ Robby Wade of Thisapp

2022-08-0301:39:43

#48 - The Review Revolution, LARPing, and Didi's $1bn fine

2022-07-2554:16

#47 - Rebranding NFTs and livestreaming 'wholesome' content

2022-07-1348:50

#46 - Data, cars, gaming, and experiencing a brand new China fad: 'Educational Infomercials'

2022-06-2455:03

#45 - All Things Ecommerce

2022-06-0351:01

#44 - Private Traffic and Elon Musk wants a WeChat-like Superapp

2022-05-2147:21

#43 - China Metaverse - Crossover with GIN

2022-05-1039:34

#42 - Crackdown spreads to EU and thaws in China

2022-04-2851:19

#41 - Genshin's global impact and turning off algorithms

2022-04-0645:28

#40 - Tech crackdown bottoming out and smartphone addictions

2022-03-1754:06

#39 - Ed-tech, Gaming, and EVs

2022-03-0452:28

#38 - China, China-Mates, and Me

2022-02-1854:43

#37 - China tech maturing and savvying

2022-01-2951:49

#36 - Finally, an episode that explains TikTok's algorithms

2022-01-1454:55

#35 - Tencent lies low while Bytedance soars, and the "QQ-verse"

2021-11-2546:09

#34 - Goodbye, LinkedIn. Hello, synthetic celebrities.

2021-10-2844:28

#33 - Fines, elevators, and algorithms

2021-10-1440:49

#32 - 1 billion online, tech crackdown and how to deal with it

2021-10-0101:01:43

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Kevin and Adeh

#38 - China, China-Mates, and Me