Posts Categorized: Social Media



HootSuite Talks China Plans: Simplified Character Support, Chinese Branding Coming Soon

Social media in China is huge. So huge that nobody wants to ignore it. And while lots of people thin...

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  • October 25, 2012
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Is Social Media Really Media? A Discussion of China’s Weibo Reporting

Social media in China — especially weibo — is huge, and much has been said about its abi...

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  • October 24, 2012
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Pulsk Wants to Spread More ‘Wow’ in Indonesia

Recently in Indonesia, the phrase “Do I need to say ‘wow’ or something?” has become a trend ...

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  • October 22, 2012
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China’s Forgotten 3rd Twitter Clone Hits 260 Million Users

“Weibo” is the generic term for microblogging in Chinese – and when somebody utter...

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  • October 22, 2012
  • at 11:52 am
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This is Vietnam’s Web in 2012, As Facebook Overtakes Zing In the Country [INFOGRAPHIC]

After last week’s Asia-wide report on the state of the web, mobile, and social media, comes th...

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  • October 17, 2012
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A Reader App From China Thinks It Knows What You Want to Read

One of China’s most innovative reading apps, Wumii Reader has just upgraded its Android app to...

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  • October 16, 2012
  • at 5:00 pm
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Bug or Ban? Weibo Users Report Trouble Registering New International Accounts

After coming across a tip from a user that overseas users might be having trouble registering new Si...

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  • October 13, 2012
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Free Weibo Gives You Totally Uncensored Sina Weibo Search

Just yesterday I wrote a piece about what the internet in China might look like if it wasn’t c...

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  • October 12, 2012
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China’s Dating App Momo Will Soon Chat-Up International Users in English [Updated]

The Beijing-based startup behind the flirty hook-up app Momo is preparing to take it international, ...

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  • October 24, 2012
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Indonesia’s Biggest Online Forum Gets a Makeover

Indonesia’s biggest online forum Kaskus has officially launched its new look yesterday after three...

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  • October 23, 2012
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Xipin, China’s Fab.com, Attracts About $1.5 Million in Series A Funding

Fresh out of this summer’s DemoChina 2012, the Chinese flash sales site Xipin.me – which...

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  • October 22, 2012
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New Voice Changer App Lets You Get Silly or Spooky With Buddies on WeChat

If you’re one of WeChat’s many users and you think your friends would like to hear you m...

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  • October 18, 2012
  • at 3:50 pm
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Can Asia Take the Lead in the Next Generation of Social Games?

About the Author: Sangeet Paul Choudary writes regularly on strategies for online markets, and works...

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  • October 16, 2012
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Fusing Photos and Voice, PaPa is the Perfect Social App (or Just Nonsense)

Having resisted the temptation to use the tired “China’s something something” form...

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  • October 15, 2012
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Tencent: WeChat App Has Gone Global, Now a Growing Ratio of Worldwide Users [INTERVIEW]

China’s Tencent (HKG:0700) calls WeChat its “most important app,” the likes of whi...

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  • October 12, 2012
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What Would China be Like if the Internet Wasn’t Censored?

Everyone knows that China’s internet is censored. There’s the government-run firewall that block...

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  • October 11, 2012
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