John Paczkowski

Recent Posts by John Paczkowski

China’s Mobile Masses Top One Billion

China, the world’s most populous nation, has long been its largest mobile market as well.

Now it has claimed a new title: First country in the world to reach one billion mobile phone subscribers.

According to the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the number of mobile phone subscribers in China had reached 997 million by late February, and was expected to top one billion by month’s end.

Assuming the MIIT’s prediction was accurate, China’s mobile market has now shot past that mark.

That’s some incredible growth. Recall that China had surpassed the 500 million mobile-phone users milestone in 2007, which means its mobile market has doubled in the last five years alone.

Twitter’s Tanking

December 30, 2013 at 6:49 am PT

2013 Was a Good Year for Chromebooks

December 29, 2013 at 2:12 pm PT

BlackBerry Pulls Latest Twitter for BB10 Update

December 29, 2013 at 5:58 am PT

Apple CEO Tim Cook Made $4.25 Million This Year

December 28, 2013 at 12:05 pm PT

Latest Video

View all videos »

Search »

Just as the atom bomb was the weapon that was supposed to render war obsolete, the Internet seems like capitalism’s ultimate feat of self-destructive genius, an economic doomsday device rendering it impossible for anyone to ever make a profit off anything again. It’s especially hopeless for those whose work is easily digitized and accessed free of charge.

— Author Tim Kreider on not getting paid for one’s work