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The tech behind the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
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The tech behind the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

This year’s Olympic Games underwent a much-needed digital upgrade.
Nathaniel Fetalvero · · 5 min read
Ahead of Tokyo Olympics travel boom, startup wants to give tourists ‘free’ SIM cards

Ahead of Tokyo Olympics travel boom, startup wants to give tourists ‘free’ SIM cards

Japan’s annual visitors will nearly double to 40 million in 2020 for the Tokyo Olympics. For some startups, that’s golden.
Steven Millward · · 3 min read
Thanks to a Conceptual Artist, Weibo Users Can Change the Color of Beijing’s Olympic Pool

Thanks to a Conceptual Artist, Weibo Users Can Change the Color of Beijing’s Olympic Pool

Most users of Sina Weibo or Tencent Weibo won’t realise this, but every time they use an emoticon on the Twitter-esque social networks, they’re contributing towards an art installation that
Steven Millward · · 2 min read
Tencent: 400 Million Chinese Used Its Streaming and Social Olympics Coverage [INFOGRAPHIC]

Tencent: 400 Million Chinese Used Its Streaming and Social Olympics Coverage [INFOGRAPHIC]

Now that the London Olympics are all over, Chinese web giant Tencent (HKG:0700) has put together an infographic that shows all the sporting chatter and hits from across its social
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Sina Weibo Dominates During Olympics

Now that the Olympics themselves are over, it’s time for everyone to move on to the gloating phase. And that’s not just for the althetes! In the world of Chinese
C. Custer · · 2 min read

Mobile Gold: Who Takes Top Spot in Olympics-related Mobile Searches? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Most of you are probably enjoying the Olympics coverage these days, but perhaps in a manner quite different than you did for past Olympic games. The folks at Google (NASDAQ:GOOG)
Rick Martin · · 1 min read

In Olympics Outburst, Chinese Tech Celeb Posts Personal Info of US Swim Official on Weibo [UPDATED]

Ah, the Olympics. Uniting nations in mutual distrust and nationalist, self-righteous anger for over a century. And so it came to pass this morning that one of China’s leading tech
Steven Millward · · 3 min read

The Weibo Olympics: Mobile is King and Apple, Android Dominate Sina Weibo Discussions

We already knew that Sina Weibo was a hotspot for Olympic discussions. In fact, it even beat out Twitter — though the latter has more users — during the opening
C. Custer · · 2 min read

Weibo Beats Twitter With 119 Million London Olympics Opening Ceremony Tweets

China’s liveliest Twitter-esque site, Sina Weibo, saw an Olympian 119 million ‘tweets’ about the London Olympics opening ceremony. The figure comes from Sina (NASDAQ:SINA) in an infographic in a post
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

London Mayor Fails at Weibo, Copy-and-Pasting Random Messages From Twitter

Surely the key element of social media marketing is to keep it relevant. And so London Mayor, Boris Johnson, seems to be failing at reaching out to Chinese folks on
Steven Millward · · 3 min read