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Sina Weibo to be officially called Weibo China’s number one social network, Sina Weibo will officially be called Weibo with the drop of ‘Sina’ from its name to be listed on US IPO. The logo on the site has also been modified accordingly. In Chinese, Weibo translate to “microblog”. By taking over the name that […]

WeChat now has 355 million active users  According to Tencent, WeChat has now grown to 355 million monthly active users (MAUs), and up from 271.9 million monthly users in Q3, 2013. It is important to note that WeChat had 30.6% of growth on monthly active users from Q3 2o13 to Q4 2013 base on Tech in Asia’s calculation […]

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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]