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We Are Social Asia Tuesday Tuneup #152

Tencent invests in Chinese public wifi provider WiWide, one of the earliest entrants to the Chinese public wifi sector, has recently received RMB 300 million (US$49 million) series C funding from Tencent and Dianping as part of WeChat’s public account WiFi connection program. WeChat users would now be able to connect to a local wifi […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday Tuneup #151

Tencent to distribute HBO movies and dramas online in China Time Warner Inc’s HBO has inked a deal with internet giant Tencent to distribute its TV dramas and movies through the Chinese online video site. This partnership could see HBO expanding its audience through Tencent‘s massive social networks user base, as well as combating the […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday Tuneup #150

Renren announces grim Q3 financial results China’s leading real name social network, Renren, saw a 47% decrease in total net revenues, a 77% fall in gross profit and an increase in losses, compared to the same period last year. The company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Chen commented that the company is undergoing “a […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday Tuneup #149

India’s prime minister joins Instagram Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, the first Indian head of state joined Instagram yesterday. His first post was a photograph of the ASEAN Summit venue in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, and he had 94,621 followers on Instagram within less than 24 hours. Since the president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo won the election this year by strategically reaching […]

Facebook Messenger Jumps to 500M Users

Facebook has announced that monthly active users of its Messenger app have jumped to 500 million, a 150% increase in reported user figures since April this year. Although Facebook’s methods for driving usage of the app have been controversial – mobile users have been forced to download the Messenger app if they want to use Facebook’s chat […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday Tuneup #148

Line’s short film #AADC2014 goes viral Ada apa dengan cinta (“What’s up with Love”) was a hit 2002 romantic drama film in Indonesia that saw a mini sequel on YouTube last week, thanks to Line. The video was meant to promote Line’s Alumni feature where long lost friends can reconnect. It garnered over 2.6 million […]

The Best Digital/Social Agency in the World

Celebrations are aplenty here at the We Are Social office. After having picked up the Holmes Report’s EMEA Digital Agency of the Year and Best Multinational Agency to Work For accolades back in May, we were delighted to hear a short time ago that we also picked up the publication’s award for the ‘‘Best Digital/Social […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday Tuneup #147

WhatsApp remains top messaging app in India For the first time, a billion people in India are going online using their smartphones. Messaging apps like Hike and WeChat have started advertising early to gain the attention of this growing smartphone crowd in India. Hike announced that it reached 35 million registered users in August, at […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday Tuneup #146

Tencent invested US $20M into Blink, a service similar to Snapchat In addition to the investment into US based Snapchat last year, Tencent has made US $20 million investment into Chinese native service Blink this year. The service is similar to Snapchat. Tencent has been actively looking for a new kind of service that appeals […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday Tuneup #145

Line has reached 30 million users in India Line has been growing rapidly in Asia recently. According to the Japan-based company that runs the popular service, Line has just reached 30 million users in India. This is compared to the 10 million it reached in October of last year. In order to increase its fan base on a […]

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