Why have Japanese electronic companies collapsed?

                Japan, once was the kingdom of giant electronic companies and some still say they are; however, if you look at revenue wise and what has been going on recently, it’s hard to say that anymore.  From January 10 to January 13, there was a CES(Consumer Electronic Show) held at Las Vegas, Nevada.  According to the media, it has been told that most of Japanese Electronics companies booths, such as Sony, Sharp, and Panasonic, were nearly empty or very few people looking around. However, Samsung and L.G., who were once second runner up to Japanese Electronic companies just 10 years ago, were packed with customers wanting to see 3D TV, Smart-TV, and many more. It is approporiate to say that 

Samsung and L.G have surpassed these Japanese Electronic companies, and have become the new king of the electronic companies. Why have these Japanese companies, who were once the king of electronic markets, fallen behind? I believe that their lack of innovation is the biggest reason to falling behind in electronic markets. Wall Street journalist Richard has analyzed the reason behind. He stated that these Japanese companies are still imposing on low labour cost , rather than researching and seeking for new innovations. Their philosophical view on business hasn’t changed, and I believe this is the equation to the continuous failure and falling behind the competitors. Samsung, who was nowhere near the Sony in early 1990’s, has been continuously researching and seeking for new innovations, and due to it, they now have gained a title of “King of Electronic” and I cannot imagine anyone trying to dispute it. Unless these Japanese companies start changing their tactics and searching for innovations, I cannot imagine them retaking that number one spot in electronic market. Daniel Kahneman, Nobel  prize winner in Economics, has compared these Japanese companies to the gamblers who will not leave the table until they have regained the moneys that they have lost. What he meant was that these Japanese companies are not changing their business tactics and keep insisting on low labour cost.

 One of these reference website is in Korea, so I will translate if you guys want. Thanks

 http://www.techradar.com/news/television/ces-2012-highlights-what-you-need-to-know-1042619

http://news.inews24.com/php/news_view.php?g_serial=645408&g_menu=020800

http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/2012/03/29/taiwanese-money-cant-save-japan-from-samsung/

USA vs China Cyber War

        Have anyone of you guys heard of a phrase called "War Without Warfare"? Since the millennium, it's been told that there have been numerous occasions where China has invaded( aka hacked) USA's security system. It has been told by U.S governement that for past 10 years, Chinas has put a great effort into the advancement in computer network technology, in order to strengthen the country's military power.  However, Chinese government has denied it and told that it was mainly for the purpose of national defence. Furthermore, Chinese military has been accused of finding a way to intercept U.S. civilian and government networks and intercepting US satellites, such as Terra AM-1 earth observation satellite.

     




 Although, Chinese government officials have denied of doing so and it is not fair just listening to U.S. government, but it is certain that "Cyber War"  is going on and I'm afraid that it's going to get worse. It's also been told that, countries such as, Russia, Japan, Cuba, and Iran also have a great ability to hack/invade other networks, especially U.S government.

   


             Not only these hackers will invade government's/military secrets, but they will also secretly steal an industry's technology, and even attacking civilians. If this cyber war gets worse, then many of companies/industries will be greatly hurt by these hackers trying to steal their technology and badly affect company's growth. Due to an increase incidents in cyber attacks, I'm afraid that Canada will also be effected by these hackers and even on individual basis, where it's possible that even our privacy can be stolen by those hackers. Lastly, I want you guys to read this article (http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/02/google-pledges-1-million-in-cash-to-hackers-who-exploit-chrome.ars). Just recently, Google has offered 1 million dollars to hackers who can exploit their Chrome system. I honestly think Google is underestimating these hackers and I'm afraid that it won't take very long till these notorious hackers put Google into such a shame.

Articles: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-27/chinese-military-suspected-in-hacker-attacks-on-u-s-satellites.html

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-06-15/politics/30068245_1_chinese-hackers-juniper-chinese-government

http://www.dt.co.kr/contents.html?article_no=2012030802019960676001

Warning to those using iPhone and iPad.

      We all know that iPhone and iPad are one of the most innovative technologies of 21st century, it is incontrovertible. Why are they so successful? There are several reasons, but one of the major reasons is that Apple provides wide variety of apps. However, there have been some problems that have been found from some of the applications recently. Did you know that your personal information can be stolen by some of the apps that you guys are using?

      Few days ago, I read an article from Korean Search Engine site that your personal information may have been leaked from using some of the apps. It’s been told by application developers that if the user allows their location information to be provided to the apps they want to use, it’s possible that without further notice from the app’s company, your personal information or your pictures have been stolen. Moreover, the bigger problem is that it’s uncertain whether we can find which apps have illegally stolen your personal information.

       Apple has said that they will go under an investigation to find those developers who have done an illegal action, such as using their apps to steal other’s personal information. We all know iPhone and iPad are great devices, but the fact that Apple can’t even handle to protect user’s personal information, I have lost great respect for them. I was thinking of buying a new iPad that will be coming out soon, but if this problem continues on, I might have to rethink about it, or maybe I'll just buy a new Galaxy Tab.

sources: http://teia.tistory.com/710, http://blog.naver.com/yega1411?Redirect=Log&logNo=90137687601

Ethic. (Poem on ethic)

Racism is

An action, which is performed by people that only have advocacy for their ancestry and people.

Violence is

An action, which is performed by people that only can brag about their fighting skills.

Insult is 

An action, which is performed by people that want to advertise their lacking skill in language.

Those who criticize other also has as much of flaws in themselves.

Those who threaten other with  authority are those that are irrational.

                 A person who flatter other will be stumbled due to lack of confidence.

A person who continues to do immoral action will be stumbled due to lack of consciences.

A person who only uses violence will be stumbled by violence.

A person who uses sword of his mouth will be stumbled by tongue.

Samsung vs Apple lawsuit

Before I begin, I want to remind the readers that I am a user of both Samsung and Apple products. I use Galaxy S2 and Macbook Air. Both of them are great in qualities and it is really worth a price. By now, you guys probably have noticed that I am a big fan of these two companies. Moreover, Samsung and Apple are one of the biggest clients to each other. For example, a lot of iPhone's and iPad's hardware components are provided by Samsung.

Since the release of the first iPhone, back in 2007, a lot of other companies foresaw the great demand in Smartphone market and a lot of them jumped into its market. Only few of those companies who competed with iPhone managed to keep up with them, and still managed to have great success. Out of those companies who are competing with Apple; Samsung's Galaxy is probably the biggest threat to the iPhone. In fact, Samsung is the second largest mobile manufactures by market share and Apple is in fourth. Despite their business partnership, the relationship between them has been faltered greatly in recent years. Just in 2011, over 20 lawsuits have been filed against each other. In one of the lawsuit, Apple claimed that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 has infringed on design patents for the iPad tablet. 

Galaxy S2 vs Iphone4

As I mentioned, I am a big fan of the Apple company and their products. However, I personally believe that the main reason behind these lawsuits are to ban sales of Samsung's products(i.e Galaxy S2, Galaxy Tab), so that the Apple can monopolize in the Smartphone market. Is Apple really afraid of Samsung or what? It is really ridiculous to see Apple claiming the design patent to its rectangular shape. It is like saying that whoever first invented the jeans have the right to sue over anyone trying to manufacture another jeans using similar or same design patterns. As a big fan of both companies, I rather see them competing each other, rather than putting efforts to ban the sale of one another to increase their profits.