MelonFriends Targets Overseas Chinese, Combines Twitter, Facebook and Weibo in One App
If you’ve got friends all over the globe, those buddies are probably scattered across not just lots of nations but also several social med...
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Although it started as a pretty blatant Facebook clone, Renren has evolved into a full-fledged social media powerhouse. It’s China’s biggest traditional social network, but like Facebook itself, it’s facing increasing competition from mobile social networks like WeChat. So can Renren evolve with the times, or is it destined to go the way of the dinosaur?
Remember “China’s Facebook”? It’s Fighting Back Against WeChat With a New Messaging App
Once hailed as “China’s Facebook”, Renren (NYSE:RENN) has had a rough few years. First overtaken by microblogging (with new rivals Sin...
Renren Plans Aggressive Android Games Push in 2013
Last year, we learned that social networking site Renren (NYSE:RENN) was planning to diversify its offerings and move into, among other thin...
6 Chinese Social Sites Will Turn Off the Lights Tomorrow for ‘Earth Hour’
Tomorrow, as 8:30pm rolls around the globe, lots of landmark buildings will turn off their lights to observe Earth Hour and remind the world...
Check Out the Numbers on China’s Top 10 Social Media Sites (Infographic)
With an estimated 597 million people active on social media in China, the country’s top 10 sites actually have a staggering 3.2 billion in...
The Rise and Fall of China’s First Hit Social Game (The One Zynga Ripped Off as FarmVille)
Remember FarmVille, the social game that put Zynga on the map? That was pretty much ripped off from a Chinese game named Happy Farm, made by...
Cooliris Launches its Photo App in China With Renren Integration
The folks over at Cooliris have been pretty busy of late, recently pushing a new update for its iOS app with support for new services like G...
Now With Over 1 Billion Netizens, This is How Asia is Social and Mobile in 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC]
Let’s step back and take a look at the big picture of the web in Asia in 2012. We see internet penetration in the region has jumped fr...
Report: More Layoffs at Renren, Signs of a Strategic Shift?
Renren, ‘the Facebook of China’, has been struggling a bit over the last few years as its users spend more time on hipper (and m...
Google, Baidu and Many Web Companies Set Up ‘People Finder’ Boards After Chinese Quake
Shortly after this weekend’s earthquake near the Chinese city of Ya’an in Sichuan province, which has so far claimed nearly 200 ...
China’s Renren Looks to Emulate the Sexting Success of Snapchat
China’s Facebook-like Renren (NYSE:RENN) looks set to be the first major Chinese web company to launch a Snapchat clone. Called FeiFei...
Check Out the Biggest Winners and Losers among Chinese Web IPOs (CHART)
One is worth thousands of percent more today than when it IPO’d, while another is worth a mere dollar per share. Oh, the slings and ar...
HootSuite Adds Weibo Scheduled Posts and More Social Marketing Features
The social media posting platform HootSuite ventured into China last October with support for Sina Weibo, which is a crucial avenue for soci...
This is How Luxury Brands Do Awesome Social Media Marketing in China in 2012
China’s online market is vast and growing at an insane rate – Chinese e-commerce sales are projected to triple from now to 2015 ...
Are There Really Layoffs at Renren?
No one would deny that China’s once-premier social network Renren (NASDAQ:RENN) has been losing some of its shine of late. Its losses ...
A Mobile Biz Social Network is Needed to be China’s LinkedIn
Perhaps by now, most people realise what is the next wave in the internet industry. It’s mobile. At Techweb’s IT Conference yesterda...
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