Review

During this period of online learning, what impressed me most is the power of the combination of digital technologies and sharing. Individual’s interests and thoughts are limited and personal. While via online learning platforms and methods like MOOC, learners can share their views with others through reading and commenting others and writing their own blogs at any time and place, which is more efficient than most offline discussions. Under the push of digital technologies, everyone can be life-long learners and perform better in the fields they have interests in and professional pathway.

In terms of the first topic of blogpost, the impacts of the digital economy are imperceptible in some industries. The emerging of E-sport and related professionals attracted me since I found more and more game streamers appears and their videos were popular among young people. As one of the audience of such videos, I think the blogger’s worries about E-sport players’ job roles after their retirement are unnecessary. As more demand and favors from fans, E-sport will develop further and spawn other profitable and comprehensive industrial chains. The majority of E-sport players retire before their 30, which leave them much time to transform and restart. In China, some E-sport players have chosen to become game streamers after retirement, which is becoming a popular job role. Besides, I think self-service order kiosks are great in time saving but will not replace cashiers at least in the short time. Customers are various. Some of them may prefer self-service devices, and others may prefer to be served by real persons. If just focus on efficiency, self-service order kiosks in fast-food restaurants are favorable.

Referring to the second topic of blogpost, I found most emerging unicorn companies’ success are resulted from their digital business models. Zhongan’s success in Chinese insurance industry is a great example. Comparing with those traditional insurance companies like CPIC who has accumulated a large amount of users by offering traditional insurance products, Zhongan’s successful digital business model is creative. While whether its success can last as more and more traditional insurance companies offer similar type of products is unpredictable. Chinese Xiaomi, who develops fast in a short time is not just a imitator of Apple. Xiaomi focused on profits brought by software and Internet services instead of hardware. It adopts the mode of Free+Premium, which first encircle a large number of users with hardware that makes little or no money, and then provides paid software and value-added services. And the build of interactive community make their fans become the part of designing.

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