¿Xiaomi vencerá a Apple?

Xiaomi has beat Apple in China, but can it win over the rest of the world?By Iris Mansou Quartz begins a series today profiling companies around the world experiencing explosive growth. Lei Jun walks on to the stage like a young Steve Jobs. It’s September in Beijing and the founder of one of China’s scrappiest smartphone brands, Xiaomi, is about to unveil its flagship Mi-3 phone. This model uses one of the fastest processors on the market, retails at just over $300 and already has legions of fans. On the surface, Xiaomi seems to have a lot in common with Apple. Phones are slickly designed, sell out within minutes and have a cult-like following. Lei even wears jeans.But Xiaomi’s strategy is actually the antithesis of Apple—partly the secret...

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Emprendedora de eCommerce china muere por exceso de trabajo

The E-Commerce Entrepreneurs Who Are Literally Working Themselves To Death ALYSON SHONTELL A 24-year-old with the Taobao user name "Aijun aj" died of work-induced cardiac failure in 2012. (Taobao/Weibo) Running an online business can be difficult. It can also be life-threatening. In China, there's been a spike in the number of overworked employees who have dropped dead, particularly in the e-commerce space. One company that's becoming infamous for its user death toll is Taobao, a Chinese e-commerce platform that resembles eBay. Merchants can post items on their own Taobao storefronts. They're in charge of everything from keeping inventory and shipping items to updating the website and communicating with customers. But when...

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Hardware: Apples chinos

La imitación, el arma para desafiar a Apple en China El teléfono inteligente Mi de Xiaomi logró posicionarse como el gran rival del iPhone en el gigante asiático; emula un diseño cuidado y un hardware robusto y lo combina con Android Por Sue-Lin Wong  | The New York Times \ La Nación  Lanzado en 2011, el Mi ya cuenta con dos versiones y planea extender su llegada más allá del mercado chino. Foto: Gentileza Xiaomi PEKÍN.- Cuando Lei Jun, CEO de Xiaomi, una de las compañías de teléfonos inteligentes chinas de mayor crecimiento, habla de Steve Jobs, lo hace con grandes alabanzas y una insinuación de envidia. "Cuando Steve estaba vivo era el mejor" dijo Lei en una entrevista reciente. "Nadie podía...

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