News We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #53 6 Nov 2012 Sina Weibo upgrades real-name verification system In its latest effort to keep it real at Sina Weibo, the company has upgraded its real-name verification system to support overseas users. Tech In Asia tested the system and found various loopholes. They were able to register a new user in the US as “Tech in Asia” with […]
News Five Friday Facts #51 2 Nov 2012 More than 50,000 government accounts on Sina Weibo According to a recent report released by Sina, there are 50,947 government entities with weibo accounts as of September. In the last year, government bodies have established their presence on weibo upon understanding the new sphere where public discussions take place. This figure represents 33,132 government accounts […]
News We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #52 30 Oct 2012 Momo in a SoLoMo dating world Online dating services are big and have evolved rapidly. Last week, we mentioned that Indian website Shaadi.com was the most engaging brand on Facebook. This week, a report by The Next Web looks at the evolution of online dating services in China. Moving on from scouring online profiles in […]
News We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #51 23 Oct 2012 Sina Weibo’s new version allows selective sharing, à la Google+ The new version of Sina Weibo includes an option for users to share selectively, like Google+’s Circles feature. Existing users will be guided during the upgrade process, though they can also access the new site instantly at http://weibo.com/new. This is welcome news for users, as limited sharing allows […]
News Five Friday Facts #50 19 Oct 2012 How much do Chinese social media users value their privacy? Privacy is a key concern for many social media users around the world, so it was interesting to review the statistics presented in a recent Nielsen survey of Chinese social media users. The results revealed that 38% of Chinese users create profiles with real names on […]
News We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #50 16 Oct 2012 Twitter opens office in Korea South Korea’s burgeoning tech-savvy Internet userbase has caught the attention of Twitter. Ranked 15th on Semiocast’s list of Top 20 “Twitter nations’, the company has identified the country as one of its most important markets. Twitter’s putting its money where its mouth is by opening a new office in Korea after […]
News Five Friday Facts #49 12 Oct 2012 Google+ success stories: Malaysia Airlines & Cadbury UK A recent report by ClickZ.asia covered 2 success stories for Malaysia Airlines and Cadbury UK and presented the latest statistics for the social network. Google+ claims to have more than 400 million users with 150 million monthly active users and 75 million daily active users. The average time […]
News Top Facebook Pages in Asia, September 2012 12 Oct 2012 SocialBakers have published their latest edition of Top Facebook Pages around the world for the month of September. Here’s a selection of reports on some of the Asian countries – Indonesia, India, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Hongkong and Pakistan. Indonesia witnessed the largest growth in Facebook users in Asia last month. There were 4 million new Indonesians getting onboard the […]
News We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #49 9 Oct 2012 Hootsuite now supports Sina Weibo The battle for the Chinese social media market just got a little more interesting. Social media dashboard, Hootsuite, recently rolled out support for Sina Weibo and a Traditional Chinese language version of its product shortly after its startup competitor, Hubblr, added support for Sina Weibo and Renren to its tool. Though […]
News Five Friday Facts #48 5 Oct 2012 China’s not on the list of Top 20 Twitter nations after all Last week, we asked you to watch this space for updates on a GlobalWebIndex report that indicated that Twitter had 35.5 million users in China in the 2nd quarter of 2012. That number has since been refuted in a The Next Web article in […]
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