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Weiran Zhang

Hi, I'm Weiran Zhang. I work as a Senior Engineering Manager at Capital One. I have a passion for technology and building thriving software teams. This blog is where I write about things I find interesting. You can follow me on Mastodon.


HP is selling key parts of it’s webOS product to LG, although interestingly HP are keeping the backend services such as cloud sync and the app store.

But honestly I don’t see how webOS is suitable for use in smart TVs at all, LG are already invested in Android, so why not carry on using it?


Could this be the catalyst App.net needs for a resurgance? I know many people who were interested in App.net, but put off with a service charging for something Twitter were giving away for free.


Jacob Goldstein’s on Marco Arment’s magazine, The Magazine: “What I saw was a fluke in app store pricing,” he told me. “If you have an app…


A highly impressive notebook from Google, I love the industrial design and of course the 2560x1700 resolution display. It has an aspect…


Movist has long been one of my favourite video players for the Mac. The simplicity of it’s interface and it’s speed has kept me from using…


I have seen the Android brand disappear over time. First, it was the Nexus, then Samsung came with the Galaxy brand, who made Android less…


‘iHKDesign’ responds to an idiotic article on CNN claiming that Samsung is ‘out innovating Apple’: It seems to me that today, innovation…


Tim Cook refers to integration and a great team as unique Apple advantages (but also note the references to magic and belief.) It’s a better…


The problem with Microsoft’s online service offerings isn’t that their TV campaigns are lame. It’s not even that the products are bad. But…


In a world where companies communicate with corporate PR speak, I applaud Elon Musk’s tone in his response to John Broder’s review of the…


Roh, who was a lawmaker for the opposition Progressive Justice Party, has been a vocal critic of Samsung, South Korea’s most powerful…


Some great ideas, like the rubbish bag packaged inside a rubbish bag.