News Five Friday Facts #81 28 Jun 2013 There are 9M Facebook users in Pakistan TechInAsia recently reported that the number of Facebook users in Pakistan has grown to 9 million earlier this month. The site noted that this milestone is particularly impressive given the fact that it came soon after the country’s user base hit 8 million earlier this year. The numbers […]
News We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #83 25 Jun 2013 Taobao version of Weibo might be released in July According to Xinhuanet, following Alibaba’s investment in Sina Weibo, both of these Internet giants have bolstered their social media co-operation lately. Recently added new features on Sina Weibo include: a product recommendation box on the bottom of the page, that directs potential customers to a ‘hot […]
News Top Facebook Pages in Asia, May 2013 [Part 2] 25 Jun 2013 Here’re the remaining reports for your reading pleasure:) Japan: In Japan, the tight competition for the top brand crown between Starbucks and Softbank preserved its heat. In April, Starbucks had the most local fans whilst Softbank claimed the most popular content. Their positions switched in May. With close to 1M fans each, a 10% engagement rate is praiseworthy for […]
News Top Facebook Pages in Asia, May 2013 [Part 1] 25 Jun 2013 SocialBakers’ latest infographics on the Top Facebook Pages in May have been released. Let’s look at a selection of the reports for Asian countries to find out how successful brands and content in the region have cracked the audience’s minds. Singapore: Singapore’s top 10 Facebook brands by number of local fans remained the same in […]
News Five Friday Facts #80 21 Jun 2013 64M monthly Facebook users in Indonesia In the past year, Indonesia has seen some of the strongest levels of growth on social media across the globe. To this end, TechInAsia reports that Facebook has reached a new milestone of 64 million monthly users in the market. This announcement came from Charlene Chian, the Facebook’s head […]
News Trouble in Paradise: Haze Craze 2013 21 Jun 2013 As the saying goes, “rumours spread like wildfire”–and this has never felt more true than it has in Singapore this week. In line with the agricultural slash-and-burn tactics employed by farmers in Sumatra, Indonesia, deforestation has lit a blaze of buzz upon social media platforms here in Singapore. Over 290,000 individuals have mentioned the haze […]
News We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #82 18 Jun 2013 Facebook now has searchable hashtags to follow public conversation Following the report in March, Facebook just recently launched the functionality to follow conversations through hashtags. As reported by Techcrunch, Facebook announced that its capabilities include clicking on hashtags from other services, searching for hashtags and writing posts directly from the hashtag feed. Here’s a look […]
News Five Friday Facts #80 14 Jun 2013 64.3% of Sina Weibo users watch online videos through Weibo interface As reported by Tech in Asia, an agreement has just been made by two of China’s biggest players in social media – Youku Tudou videos will now be promoted on Sina Weibo. Whilst 76% of Sina Weibo’s 500 million registered users are actively accessing […]
News We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #81 11 Jun 2013 YouTube founders have launched a Chinese version of vine, Wan Pai ASOS system by YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen has launched their newest app which is similar to Vine, Wan Pai(玩拍). Similar to Vine, Wan Pai also features 6 second video recording and sharing to Chinese social networks like Sina Weibo and Tencent […]
News Five Friday Facts #79 7 Jun 2013 Chat app Nimbuzz has 150M users worldwide We’ve reported heavily on Asian chat apps like WeChat, KakaoTalk and Line. In the past year or so, they’ve exploded in popularity across the globe. TechInAsia recently reported that Nimbuzz, another chat app, has joined the other apps in this category and done the same. The originally-Dutch chat […]
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