Qingming Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival on the 108th day after the winter solstice. And, Google has just decorated its search results pages on Qingming Festival or Qingming. Besides a Chinese painting showing a willow and a poem, you will also see an animation. If you click on the white […]
Archives for March 2012
It Took Tencent Weixin 433 Days to Reach 100 Million Users
Weixin, launched by Tencent on January 21 2011 as a iPhone App, is a free mobile communication tool. You can send voice, video, photo and text messages on Weixin, do group chatting, and find people nearby according to location data. If you are familiar with Talkbox or Whatsapp, you roughly know how Weixin works; it […]
What Make Chinese Go Shopping Online?
In a recent survey conducted by DCCI, the flexibility of online shopping—shop anytime, appears to be the number one reason why many consumers in China shop online.
Over 130 Thousand Companies Opened Account on Sina Weibo
By the end of February 2012, a total of 130,565 companies opened Sina Weibo accounts, among which the most popular category is Food & Beverage with about 50 thousand companies set up on Sina Weibo. On average every enterprise Sina Weibo account has over 5,000 fans; every Sina Weibo user follows on average four enterprise […]
Taobao Mobile Login Users Exceeded 100 Million
Taobao mobile users totaled over 100 million milestone, revealed at Mworld 2012 conference. According to its official data, Taobao Mobile generated a total of 11.88 billion yuan (about USD 1.88 billion) in revenue last year, more than six times earnings in 2010 (1.8 billion yuan).
Online Word-of-mouth Source Credibility in China
CIC, a social business intelligence provider in China, shared a research finding about source credibility of online word-of-mouth in China, conducted with Yicai; it revealed that user review and recommendation websites like dianping.com are the most credible source for online WOM in China.
China Now Leads In Smartphone Adoption
According to Flurry, China now leads in new smart device adoption (iOS and Android smartphones and tablets) and leads the world in app session growth, with an enormous growth rate of more than 1100% between Q1 2011 and Q1 2012.
Baidu SERP Integrates Baidu Maps Listing
Baidu has recently integrated its Maps listings into search results pages, just like what Google has been doing.
China Ranked the 6th Most Optimistic Country Last Quarter
After Chinese confidence levels fell to 104 and 105 index points in Q2 and Q3, Chinese consumer confidence in Q4 returned to Q1 levels, ranked the sixth most optimistic country last quarter, according to Nielsen’s China Consumer Confidence Report. China and the U.S. posted two of the strongest gains of 108 and 83 points respectively, […]
China’s Top 2 Video Portals YouKu and Tudou to Combine
Youku and Tudou, the two largest online video companies in China, announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Tudou to combine with Youku in a 100% stock-for-stock transaction. “When the strategic combination is complete, Tudou will retain its distinct brand identity and platform in Youku Tudou Inc., strengthening and complementing Youku’s video business. […]
Mobile Internet Data Report 2011 [INFOGRAPHIC]
Netease released an infographic on Netease mobile Internet in 2011; some of the findings include: HTC, Samsung and Motorola are the top three brands for Android devices Guangdong province has the highest penetration rate in smartphone usage 9pm-11pm is the period with the highest mobile usage on both iOS and Android devices For news related […]