News Five Friday Facts #83 12 Jul 2013 Influencers on Sina Weibo are less active this year: survey According to TechInAsia, Sina Weibo activity is on the decline compared to its booming performance and growth last year. The findings are based on data from a third-party tool called WeiboReach, that tracked verified and influential users with over 10,000 followers. The findings indicated that […]
News We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #85 9 Jul 2013 Asiana plane crash reported first on social media The drama of the Boeing 777 plane crash at San Francisco International Airport last Saturday unfolded on social media before it was amplified on cable news. The accident took place on Saturday at 11.36am and David Eun, a Samsung Electronics Co. executive, provided the first signs of […]
News Five Friday Facts #82 5 Jul 2013 KakaoTalk now has 100 million users According to an article this week by TechInAsia, Korean chat app KakaoTalk has reached its most recent milestone: 100 million users. The chat app has continued to gain momentum since it first launched in 2010. As the graph below illustrates, their growth rate has become jaw-droppingly steep in recent […]
News We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #84 2 Jul 2013 Hail hit Singapore after haze, Oreo stays relevant and clever with “Hail, Oreo” After a record-breaking haze in Singapore that has made over one fourth of a million people in Singapore voice out on Twitter, another weather surprise, hail hit western part of Singapore on last Tuesday. According to NEA, this is the first time […]
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 […]
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