An Experiment in HTML5 Gaming Inside WeChat
We get the feeling that the hugely popular messaging app WeChat will eventually move into social gaming. (We asked earlier this afternoon bu...
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For Some Reason, a Chinese Hook-Up App Has Made a Music Video About the Dangers of Hooking Up [VIDEO]
Getting tied up by a girl who’s into Fifty Shades of Grey, losing a kidney, getting an STD, ending up on the front page of a tabloid. Such...
15 Web Entrepreneurs Under 30 Doing Awesome Stuff in China
Forbes just put up a list of 30 young disruptors in China working across all kinds of fields. But its list gives no information about any of...
From Line to Puzzles and Dragons, Japan Rocks the World at App Monetization [STATS]
Regular readers will know that Japanese smartphone owners are great for spending money on apps. Now we have new data from AppAnnie, released...
Why Blackberry Remains Powerful In Indonesia, and How It’s Still Going to Lose
A lot of my friends have had their fair share of complaints about the Blackberry Messenger (BBM) service in Indonesia, especially about the ...
Makers of WeChat App Promise That BlackBerry 10 Version is Coming Soon
The Chinese-made messaging app WeChat got a version for older Blackberry models late last year. But now the makers of WeChat have promised t...
Sina Weibo Passes 500 Million Users, But Needs to Monetize More on Mobile
So Sina (NASDAQ:SINA) announced its not-so-good Q4 financials today. While the Chinese web company has multiple businesses, all the scrutiny...
Sina Reveals Poor Q4 Financials, Admits to Growing Rivalry Between Weibo and WeChat
Chinese web company Sina (NASDAQ:SINA) wheeled out its Q4 and full-year 2012 financials last night, revealing slight growth in net revenues ...
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...
Fuubo: Finally a Weibo App for Android That Isn’t Fugly
As much as we enjoy using the lively (though oft-gagged) Chinese social network that is Sina Weibo, the official Weibo app is a bit of a UI ...
Apart From WeChat, Chinese Developers Are a No-Show in Latest Global App Data
AppAnnie just released its latest report on app monetization; after looking at some amazing performances by Japanese and Korean developers, ...
China’s Top E-Commerce Site to Launch Product Searches Inside WeChat App
The 300-plus million users of China-made messaging app WeChat can already use it for video calls, finding dates, or following brands and cel...
Tianji Acquires Business Networking App as Battle Rages to be China’s Top LinkedIn Site
It’s all too rare that a Chinese startup gets the satisfaction of an exit in which it’s snapped up for its userbase or expertise...
Line App to Hit Nokia Asha Phones in March, Keen to Chat Up Emerging Markets
Japan-made messaging app Line is keen to chat up users in emerging markets by launching a version of its app for the budget Nokia Asha phone...
Line Launches a New Social Network to Challenge Path, Facebook
The Japan-made messaging app Line is once again challenging Facebook, this time by adding a mini social network for its 100 million-plus use...
Rumor: Tencent Invests in Chinese Social Sharing Platform JiaThis
The last time we heard from Chinese social sharing platform JiaThis, it was because the company had just acquired a smaller Chinese startup ...
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