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In India Chat apps are up and SMS is down With the growing popularity of online messaging apps, mobile users in India are becoming less dependent on SMS. According to Nielsen, Indians now only send average two SMS per day. It’s a big drop as compared to nine SMS sent per day in mid 2011. […]

WeChat now on vending machines 300 WeChat vending machines have made an appearance in subway stations in parts of Beijing in a month-long experiment recently. WeChat users get a special discount when they pay online within the chat app – nearly 50% less than the usual price in the capital. Nonetheless, anyone can use the machine […]

Facebook as an important platform for Chinese business overseas Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg recently met with Cai Mingzhao, the director of China’s State Council and Internet Information Office (SCIO), on her Beijing visit. Access to the social networking platform has been blocked in China since July 2009, leading to speculation on how Facebook will […]

In 3 months, Facebook users in Thailand grew to 24 million users In an infographic created by EdgeAsia, a Bangkok-based digital agency, Facebook is seen as Thailand’s top social network. Here are some interesting numbers as reported by TechInAsia: Thailand now has 24 million users, thanks to a 33 percent increase in the past three […]

Following the roundtables at the start of day two, the first full day of the iMedia Agency Summit in Bali got underway with a keynote session from Tara Hirebet of Trendwatching. Tara took us on a whirlwind journey Asian culture, sharing an incredible wealth of insights in her half-hour slot: Made For Asia Asian Consumers […]

Sina Weibo expands to Singapore and Indonesia According to Techinasia, Sina Weibo has officially appointed Trends Media as Sina Weibo’s Singapore and Indonesia exclusive reseller, supporting its expansion in the region. The main focus of expansion will be to increase the number of sign-ups of the ‘blue V enterprise-verified’ Weibo accounts. It is similar to Facebook […]

Day Two of the iMedia Agency Summit kicked off with a series of roundtables, and I hosted a great discussion on “Demystifying The Complexities of Social in a Diverse Region”. I was joined by delegates from Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Japan and the UK, each of whom highlighted the specific nuances of the social media […]

New ‘Kids Only’ Social Network in India Worldoo is a new social network that is designed for kids. It also aims to be a learning centre for them, by providing content from partners such as National Geographic and ZeeQ. To sign up, kids need to go through a verification check and prove that they have […]