Get Daily Deals on Design Items at Fab.com

It’s like Groupon, but for designer items.

Looking to decorate your apartment but not wanting more Swedish items from Ikea?

Check out Fab.com – it’s a group-buying site like Groupon, but instead of Tibetan curry deals, they bring deals on some of the coolest new designer products to you for a limited time only.

It’s membership driven so you have to sig-up to view the deals, and while the quality of designer items is really in the eye and taste of the buyer, some of the products can be hit or miss – but you will definitely find it a good way to find out new designer products for your home and life – from iPad cases to wall decorations to coffee mugs.

Check them out at Fab.com and tell them Demi Moore sent you.

Google Says Hong Kong’s “Connected Harbour” Contributes HK$96 Billion To Economy

The Internet is making more money than you think in HK.

Google contracted The Boston Consulting Group to reveal the impact the internet has on Hong Kong’s economy – and what might be a surprise to some, surely not to readers of Neonpunch – its massive!

The report estimates that the Internet contributed HK$96 billion in 2009, representing 5.9 percent of Hong Kong’s GDP. A share that is likely to grow by 7 percent annually; contributing 7.2 percent of GDP in 2015 – faster than the forecasted GDP growth of 4 percent, reaching HK$146 billion by 2015.

We love reading these types of reports and luckily Google and BCG have allowed us to share the full report with you as well.

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Cantonese-Teaching YouTube Superstar @CarlosDouh Comes to Hong Kong

It’s not everyday you have a white boy teaching you Canto!

One of the more interesting breakout stars on YouTube isn’t a dancing baby or a single day loving 13-year old singer-songwriter – he’s Vancouver-native Carlos Vidal (aka @CarlosDouh) and his series of Cantonese teaching videos have stretched from his home in Canada to Hong Kong and everywhere in between.

Carlos was in Hong Kong recently thanks to a Cathay Pacific video challenge and we had a chance to meet him at a meet-up he held in Mong Kok last Friday night where he was signing postcards for his fans and get the secret to his great Canto.

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South By Southwest 2011: Where the Internet Comes to Life for 1 Week

Neonpunch.com is going to SXSW 2011 in 10 days.

The South by Southwest (SXSW) music, film and interactive conference in Austin, Texas is one of the biggest events for technology in the world and Neonpunch.com will be there live, covering the going-ons to give Hong Kong some insight into what happens when the creators of Foursquare, Twitter, Mashable, Techcrunch and all your favorite iPhone apps and blogs get together under one roof.

SXSW combines music with film and interactive – we’ll be there just for the 5 days that the interactive portion of the show runs. So expect a lot of coverage coming your way as we head down to Texas next week not only on Neonpunch.com, but on our Twitter account too.

For those that don’t know what SXSW is have a look at these videos:

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How to Watch International Movies and TV Through a VPN on Your iPad

YouTube content not enough for you, here’s how to access more.

We’ve plenty of requests for more information on how to get/stream/view video from the US here in Hong Kong and we’ve decided to throw together this light overview of 3 virtual private network (VPN) services that may help you.

If you’ve travelled or work in China you know that VPN’s are a way of life if you want to access even basic sites like Facebook and Twitter through the Great Firewall. The Chinese government knows people use these to get around their restrictions, yet these VPN services still operate. Sso we’re guessing that if you know how to access a VPN you’re probably not the kind of internet user they want to stop from accessing country sensitive information.

So, while we enjoy open surfing here in HK, our IP addresses give away the fact that we are in Hong Kong when we want to watch things like Hulu or enjoy Netflix Watch Instantly – so here are 3 picks if you want to go down this route.

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