Brad Pitt is Banned from China, But That’s Hasn’t Stopped Him Joining Sina Weibo Today
All the ladies who make up Sina Weibo’s 400 million registered users take note: Brad Pitt has just joined Weibo. The movie star’s verifi...
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Sina’s microblogging service Sina Weibo has been called a Twitter clone, but it’s far more than that. China’s preeminent homegrown microblogging service has a decidedly different feel than Twitter, and despite the fact that it’s carefully censored, it has become the premier platform for important political and social discourse in China. It may not be the most profitable social media site on China’s web, but it it just might be the most important one.
Sina Weibo Breaks New Record for User Activity Over New Year’s Eve
We already know that Asia is big into microblogging the New Year, with Tokyo and Seoul dominating Twitter over the holiday. But China’...
Sina CEO Battle Cry: Time to Restructure, Focus on Weibo, Go “Mobile First”
The major Chinese web portal Sina (NASDAQ:SINA), maker of the hugely popular Sina Weibo, is keen to avoid the stasis of Yahoo. And so this m...
Welcome to Purgatory: Sina Weibo Now Delaying Mentions of ‘Sensitive’ Words by 7 Days
Users of Sina Weibo that mention things somewhat more controversial than cats or food might find their posts being delayed – by seven ...
Sina Weibo’s Hottest Topics and Most Popular Users of 2012
Oh yes, it’s the most wonderful time of the year: the time when everyone starts releasing end of year lists. And while most of them ar...
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 ...
Going More Social and Mobile, Sina’s E-Payments Service to be Rebranded WeiboPay
When Sina (NASDAQ:SINA), makers of the Twitter-like Weibo, launched its social gaming platform and virtual currency in July of 2011, it alre...
Sina Updates Weibo NGO Platform
Sina makes a big deal out of its enterprise weibo accounts, but for-profit businesses aren’t the only organizations that can get acces...
8 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week
For those of you who were still in holiday mode during the past week, we’ve done our best to keep tabs on what was happening in the China ...
China’s New Internet Law Legalizes Deletion of “Illegal” Content, Bad News for Sina Weibo
China’s tightened internet controls were passed into law earlier today. As well as requiring broadband and mobile internet providers to ha...
10 Insane Cases of Censorship on Sina Weibo in 2012
It has been a doubleplusgood year for Sina Weibo in terms of doubling its registered user count to 400 million. But, as China’s hottes...
Xiaomi’s Sales Experiment on Sina Weibo Yields 1.3 Million Reservations For Just 50,000 Phones
Remember that interesting little social commerce experiment earlier this week in which Chinese phone-maker Xiaomi sold phones via Sina Weibo...
Sina Weibo Hints at Social Commerce Shift with Xiaomi Phone Sales
If you’re not willing to face the Mayan’s mooted apocalypse on the 21st while clutching your lousy old phone, then Xiaomi has so...
Sina Weibo Android App Adds Support for Social App Recommendations
Friends and online contacts are a great source of app recommendations. And Sina Weibo, China’s top Twittery service, seems to agree. I...
Sina Weibo Challenges LinkedIn in China with New Business Social Network
Sina Weibo, China’s hottest Twitter clone, already has lots of spin-off features. And this week it has one more in the shape of Wei Re...
Rumor: Alibaba-Sina Weibo Deal Stalled
It seems Alibaba’s plan to buy a 15 to 20 percent stake of Sina Weibo (which just hit 400 million user accounts) has hit a little snag...
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