Posts Tagged: Social Media


Translate Weibo

With One New App, Every Sina Weibo Post Can Be Easily Translated into English

A couple of months ago we previewed the creation of a new kind of third-party app for Sina Weibo ...

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  • April 24, 2013
  • at 3:00 pm
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zorpia

Hong Kong’s Zorpia: Is This a Real Social Network or Just a Spammer? [UPDATE]

I first came across Zorpia a couple months ago, when I got an email saying that a friend — we&...

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  • April 22, 2013
  • at 9:00 am
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PixBento iPhone app

PixBento: Facebook Albums Suck, We’re Going to Do Photo Sharing the Right Way

Quite a few startups are trying – or have tried and failed – to crack the first-world pr...

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  • April 5, 2013
  • at 5:45 pm
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BillPin app

Singapore Startup BillPin Acquires Larger Rival BillMonk

It’s not too often that an acquisition happens around here – even less so do we see a st...

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  • April 3, 2013
  • at 11:00 pm
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Wooplr app social shopping

From Malls to Markets, Wooplr Brings Social Shopping to India

Most people turn to friends and online buddies for shopping recommendations of all kinds. India-base...

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  • April 1, 2013
  • at 8:00 pm
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Jongla

Jongla Pushes into Asia, Focuses on Content in Messaging App Battle

The world’s top messaging apps might have over half a billion users between them, but plenty o...

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  • March 28, 2013
  • at 9:00 pm
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Renren FeiFei app like SnapChat

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 t...

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  • March 26, 2013
  • at 3:53 pm
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86% of Chinese smartphones are Android

China Will Have 300 Million Android Users by the End of 2013 (INFOGRAPHIC)

Let’s start Monday morning with some big numbers. Now that smartphones account for 73.2 percent of...

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  • March 25, 2013
  • at 9:58 am
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Renren TongXueShuo app

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 overtak...

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  • April 23, 2013
  • at 2:30 pm
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Just.me app launch

Just.me Launches as a Messaging App to Kill Off Facebook, Looks to Asia for Big Boost

Oh great, another messaging app. But now that these are clearly ubiquitous social tools, we’ll...

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  • April 17, 2013
  • at 12:00 pm
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SocialAgent

SocialAgent Helps Make Sense of Business on Chinese Social Media

SocialAgent.me is an online lead generation tool to help businesses find leads in the Chinese market...

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  • April 5, 2013
  • at 5:03 pm
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China’s Social Media Landscape 2013 (INFOGRAPHIC)

The good folks from CIC have just released their refreshed China social media landscape infographic ...

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  • April 2, 2013
  • at 9:08 pm
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DeNA Groovy

Groovy, Baby: DeNA Launches Social Music App for Japan

When the Japanese social gaming giant DeNA (TYO:2432) rebranded a couple of months ago, it also teas...

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  • March 29, 2013
  • at 1:00 pm
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kakaotalk tvc indonesia

Why KakaoTalk Will Win the TV Ad Battlefield in Indonesia

TV advertisements have proven to work very well for chat apps in Indonesia. China-based WeChat and J...

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  • March 27, 2013
  • at 8:00 pm
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QQ, China’s Top IM, Launches As a Facebook App

With 798 million monthly active users, Tencent’s (HKG:0700) QQ instant messenger is far and aw...

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  • March 26, 2013
  • at 1:25 pm
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Chinese social sites go dark for Earth Hour 2013

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...

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  • March 22, 2013
  • at 8:35 pm
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