Tuneup We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #116 18 Mar 2014 Sina Weibo Is Going Public In what could be the biggest social media IPO of 2014, Sina Weibo began the process of going public in the US on Friday. Sina Weibo is seeking to raise up to $500 million in its initial public offering and though not quite as big as Twitter, which has more global […]
Hello there, are you social? 13 Mar 2014 If you are, we’d love to meet you. The Singapore office started in 2011 and since then we have grown our team to include 30 specialists from around the world. While working alongside established, multinational brands like Lenovo, Intel, Jaguar Landrover and Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore, our culture remains informal and we religiously inject […]
Tuneup We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #115 11 Mar 2014 Indonesian startup brings back nostalgia of developing photosClaiming it’s not a competitor of Printerous, this Indonesian startup called Pictalogi serves to bring back the novelty of printing photographs chosen across three photo sources. The site allows users to select their images from Facebook and Instagram and collect it into a pre-set photo album and print […]
Tuneup We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #114 4 Mar 2014 Sina Weibo now has another 2.5 million daily active users Last quarter was a successful one for Sina, with an additional 2.5 million daily active users. The number of users increased by 4.2% from 58.9 million in September to 61.4 million in December. WeChat launches Mac app A web version of WeChat is already available […]
Tuneup We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #113 25 Feb 2014 LinkedIn launches Chinese-language site LinkedIn pursues Chinese users more aggressively through a localised version of its site and a joint venture with Sequoia China and CBC Capital. The Chinese version of the professional networking site, branded “领英”, also includes integration with popular local social networking sites, Sina Weibo and Tencent WeChat. Indonesian Idol rakes in money through […]
Tuneup We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #112 18 Feb 2014 Mobile commerce as the future growth for Line Line generated over $330 million revenue last year alone, it shows the strong capability of chat app in terms of its return on investment. According to the COO from Tokyo office, Idezawa Takeshi, revealed that 60 percent of its revenue mainly came from games, while the rest of them were […]
Tuneup We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #111 11 Feb 2014 13.6 billion messages on QQ to usher in the Chinese New Year Tencent revealed that during Chinese New Year’s Eve, a total of 13.6 billion instant messages were sent by QQ users. As reported in TechInAsia, there were 32.7 million QQ messages sent in a minute at the peak of the messaging flood. Also, Tencent revealed […]
Midweek Mashup #81 5 Feb 2014 Worried about revealing too much of yourself digitally? Consider an app that erases digital footprint In a country that’s new to social media and the digital world such as Nepal, it is useful for its users to have access to a mobile-only social network that doesn’t keep their history. Concerned about how much a Twitter […]
Tuneup We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #110 28 Jan 2014 Twitter increases focus on Asia In an effort to increase global engagement and revenues, the newly-listed social media company has gone on an aggressive hiring spree in Asia. The company has reportedly staffed five key marketing and communications positions in the last two months, and is said to be currently hiring for more than 20 positions […]
Tuneup We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #109 20 Jan 2014 Singaporeans are not interested in paid content Outbrain, a content discovery platform, has recently released its inaugural Asia Pacific Content Consumption Trends report based on data pulled from 100,000 sites. The study revealed Singaporeans to have the highest bounce rates across six markets, with Australia being the most engaged with paid content. This means that […]
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