Tuneup We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #69 12 Mar 2013 WeChat & Taobao testing in-app e-commerce search feature Tencent’s WeChat is working with China’s largest e-commerce site, Taobao, to test an in-app e-commerce search engine. WeChat users will be able to message Taobao from within the chat app by typing the keywords for the products that they are seeking, and the app will respond with […]
Five Friday Facts #68 8 Mar 2013 Daily active users on Sina Weibo up by 82%, add 46 million in 2012 Sina Weibo’s growth over the past year has been an incredible spectacle. The Chinese microblogging service flew past 300 million in February last year, and the milestones kept coming in increments of 100 million: 400 million through July and 500 million […]
Tuneup We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #68 5 Mar 2013 WeChat app to be available on Blackberry 10 soon China’s WeChat has made a pledge on its Malaysian Facebook page to launch a Blackberry 10 version soon. This move to support Blackberry’s latest model, a few months after WeChat launched its Blackberry app, will help WeChat’s expansion plans in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. WeChat’s […]
Five Friday Facts #67 1 Mar 2013 420 million Chinese netizens access web via mobile phone The number of internet users in China has soared in the past year. As Resonance China reports, the number of netizens reached 564 million in 2012, and promises to hit the 600 million mark soon. What’s particularly striking, though, is the fact that many of these internet […]
Tuneup We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #67 26 Feb 2013 Tencent’s WeChat shakes Sina Weibo’s tree WeChat’s growth has rattled Sina Weibo’s dominance within China and beyond. Tencent’s hybrid social networking and chat app has amassed 300 million users in 2 years and rolled out new features designed to garner more. Not just your plain vanilla chat app like WhatsApp, WeChat’s features include audio, video […]
Social Media Week Singapore 2013 26 Feb 2013 Last week was filled with fantastic events and invaluable experiences for all of us here at We Are Social Singapore. Social Media Week returned for a second year, and this time around it was even bigger and better, largely thanks to the efforts of the lovely folks over at AKA Asia. The conference packed a […]
Thanks for your support at #SMWSG 22 Feb 2013 Back for a second year in Singapore, Social Media Week is a multi-city global conference. Connecting social media enthusiasts, practitioners and C-level executives seeking to collaborate and share ideas in a swiftly evolving social media world, the conference will be wrapping up this evening after an activity-filled week. We Are Social Singapore hosted 3 events yesterday, Social […]
Five Friday Facts #66 22 Feb 2013 Sina Weibo logs 731,102 posts during the first minute of Lunar New Year TheNextWeb recently reported that Sina Weibo announced a staggering milestone: There was an astounding 731,102 posts in the first minute of Lunar New Year, where users on the Chinese microblogging channel gathered to celebrate the year of the snake. TechInAsia also highlights that […]
Tuneup We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #66 19 Feb 2013 Social Media Week kicks off in Singapore Social Media Week Singapore is back from 18 to 22 February 2013. The global conference held biannually in various cities aims to connect social media enthusiasts, practitioners and C-level executives seeking to collaborate and share ideas in a swiftly evolving social media world. We tracked the buzz on […]
Five Friday Facts #65 15 Feb 2013 In China, e-commerce driven by prospect of anytime shopping, low prices Last month, We Are Social’s report on Social, Digital and Mobile in China detailed the rise of e-commerce in the burgeoning market. The report noted that there are over 240 million online shoppers in China, collectively spending at a staggering rate of $40,000 per second. TheNextWeb cites […]
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