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We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #127

Twitter used for presidential election campaigns in Indonesia According to Twitter, Indonesia has nearly 20 million active users and Jakarta is the number one city in terms of the number of tweets generated (2.4% of all tweets come from Jakarta). Most of these Indonesian Twitter users are first time voters aged between 16 and 20. […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #126

Social media an important platform for brand-building Singaporeans are known to have a voracious appetite when it comes to consuming social media. With a big chunk of the population being on social media platforms, it is no wonder that we’re amongst the highest consuming crowd in asia. CNA talks about how social media has impacted and challenge […]

We Are Social Asia Midweek Mashup #83

Weibo releases first earnings report since IPO Chinese microblogging platform Weibo raked in a total of $67.5 million in revenues in Q1, which is a 161% increase from a year ago. Despite this, the social network made a net loss of $47.4 million in the same quarter. The company also reported a growth in users to […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #125

Thailand YouTube launch attracts major brands Thailand is making its move into an exploding video market, with what is believed to be a timely decision. The Thai YouTube launch sets forth to attract major brands such as Ford, Samsung, Air Asia X, True and Unilever for the official introduction of YouTube.co.th, a dedicated site for […]

Midweek Mashup #82

US-based chat app Tango to penetrate the Chinese market According to The Next Web(TNW), Tango, a US based chat app has gained a 215 million investment from Alibaba last March with plans to penetrate the Chinese market this year. The aim is to target users that are looking for different experiences to the current market […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #124

KakaoTalk has 140 million registered users KakaoTalk has recently announced its registered users and revenue for 2o13. As reported previously, Line has over 350 million registered users, and WeChat has grown to 355 million monthly active users. Clearly, these two chat apps are giants in the Asian market dominating the industry through its massive user base. However, KakaoTalk also revealed […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #123

WhastApp doubles its subscribers in India in the past 6 months While Facebook hit a major milestone of having 100 million active users in India on March 31st, WhatsApp just doubled its subscribers in the country in the past 6 months as the nation ‘s smartphone market continue to grow. WhatsApp now has 48 million […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #122

WhatsApp hits 500M active monthly users WhatsApp has announced it just passed half a billion monthly active users. However, the question over how brands will tap into this huge audience remains unanswered. Line introduces sticons for Android Japanese messaging service Line recently introduced sticons – a hybrid between stickers and emoticons. You can now use them as large, […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #121

CABCY video gets shorter as it’s shared Singapore’s ‘Coalition Against Bullying for Children and Youth’ has created a social video with a real sharing incentive. The video, originally 100 seconds long, shows a child in distress. It gets shorter and shorter each time it is shared on Facebook, and is accompanied by the tagline ‘Share it […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #120

Weibo chooses NASDAQ, sets price range for IPO Chinese microblogging platform Weibo has chosen to go public on NASDAQ with the ticker symbol NASDAQ:WB. The social network has also set its IPO price range between US$17 and US$19 per share, which will raise up to US$437 million for the company. HootSuite adds features for Chinese microblogging apps Since adding […]

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