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We Are Social Asia Midweek Mashup #139

Singapore’s BCF encourages social media platforms to join their campaign With the tagline “If only you checked your breasts as often,” the Breast Cancer Foundation of Singapore launched an online campaign to appeal to Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to use their version of logos next month to support the Breast Cancer Awareness month in October. “Together we’re […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday Tuneup #142

BBC news available on the messaging app Line Users can now read the BBC news using messaging app Line. According to Line, the official BBC account (@BBCnews) has over 151,000 followers from 11 countries – Australia, Spain, Germany, Italy, France, India, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the United States. The service is currently […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday Tuneup #141

Line has 30 million users in Indonesia Line recently announced that it has topped 490 million registered users. As one of the biggest chat app giants in Asia, Line claims a strong fan base in Southeast Asia, along with some Spanish-speaking countries. Despite their size, the company had previously kept quiet about market-specific numbers in key markets like […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday Tuneup #140

LinkedIn considers tweaking its censorship policy in China When it expanded into China this year, LinkedIn adopted the country’s censorship rules. As a result, when a user in China shares a post that is deemed to be in conflict with these rules, the post is blocked not only in China but globally as well. LinkedIn […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday Tuneup #139

Twitter confirms upcoming office in Indonesia Following Facebook’s and Apple’s moves to open offices in Indonesia, Twitter has revealed that it will also be setting up an office there within the next six months. Adam Bain, Twitter’s global president for revenue and partnerships tweeted from Jakarta last week, confirming this announcement. Terima kasih for welcoming […]

We Are Social Asia Midweek Mashup #138

LINE’s user-generated stickers received US$12 million in sales Earlier this year, LINE allowed users to create and register their own stickers. Since going live in mid-April, over 1.7 million sticker sets have been created and within three and a half months, have generated almost US$12 million (SGD$1.5 million) in sales revenue. WeChat driving change in China’s […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #137

#icebucketchallenge goes viral around the world A hashtag called #icebucketchallenge started trending over the weekend on social media. This tag is associated with a cool challenge, accomplished by dumping a bucket of ice water (or ice cubes) on yourself, then posting and tagging a photo of the feat on social media. Upon completion, challengers nominate 3 people […]

12 Things Singaporeans Tweeted On National Day

So last Saturday afternoon, I plopped down on the couch to catch the National Day Parade, and boy, was I in for a show. Singaporeans may tend to complain A LOT about Singapore, but on 9th August, there’s always that sense of pride to call this little red dot our Home. I was curious to […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #136

Weibo adds new feature for video records and uploads Weibo app added a new feature that allows video recording, uploading and playing directly in Weibo. Although embedded videos have been there for a while, it’s meaningful that this is the first time Weibo ever built video function directly without involving third party sites. However, the […]

We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #135

WeChat now has nearly 400m monthly active users In a recent forum, WeChat announced its latest stats achieved at the end of July – 400 million monthly active users (MAUs) and a total of 5.8 million public accounts. More impressively, the brand grows by a daily average of 15 thousand accounts! WeChat launches special Candy […]

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