Alipay’s Yu’E Bao, linked with monetary fund, is a value added service of Alipay serving as an alternative investment way for China internet users. It’s been launched for a little over one year; let’s take a look at its journey of rapid development.
Archives for June 2014
Weibo Launched Photo Tagging Feature
Sina Weibo just launched a new feature, allowing users to tag photos with clickable links to another page on Weibo, which could be user profile or #topic page#.
Baidu Launched Website Monitoring Service
Baidu recently launched a cloud technology based service monitoring website security and loading speed.
Alibaba v.s. Amazon: Who’s Making More Money?
Morningstar puts Alibaba’s equity value at $220 billion and expects the Chinese e-commerce giant’s IPO to raise $26 billion. Alibaba is China’s e-commerce giant, in many sectors including B2B, B2C and C2C on both mobile and PC online shopping. Is Alibaba generating more revenue than Amazon? Let’s take a look:
China Mobile Internet Users Reached 857 Million
Recently, MIIT released a report on the telecommunications industry in China from January to May 2014. It shows that the total number of mobile internet users have reached 857 million which accounts for 68.2% of total mobile phone users (1.256 billion). Influenced by smartphone adoptions, the monthly average SMS sent has dropped to 40 per […]
360 Partners with Weibo for We Media Platform
Last week, Weibo announced premium publisher program called WeMedia to encourage more unique and quality content creation on Weibo. We just found that Qihoo 360’s Wemedia platform is now fully integrated with Weibo WeMedia, who previously also pulls content from Wechat.
Chinese University of Hong Kong DeepID Face Recognition Tech Beats Facebook Deepface
A research team at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, led by Professor Xiaoou Tang, announced 99.15% face recognition accuracy achieved in Labeled Faces in the Wild (LFW) database (a database of face photographs designed for studying the problem of unconstrained face recognition).
Wechat Launching Advertising Platform for Public Accounts
Tencent’s Wechat team is internal testing Wechat Advertising Platform, connecting Wechat Official Accounts with advertisers.
What Photos Are Most Appealing to Weibo Users?
Photos are important to make your message appealing, especially in social media. There’s no exception in Chinese social media. But what type of images and photos are most appealing on Weibo. Let’s take a look what iResearch data reveal.
Tmall Sold Over One Million Smartphones in One Day
According to Tmall’s official data released on Weibo, there are 1,039.9 thousand smartphones sold on 18 Jun online shopping promotion day, more than all offline smartphone retail channels’ combined one day sales.
Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends in China
A new report from research and advisory firm Gartner identifies the top 10 strategic technology trends that CIOs in China should consider in order to pursue business growth and remain competitive throughout the digital era. The top 10 technology trends highlight the current state of technology adoption in China, as well as the maturity and […]
Alibaba Connecting Online and Offline with 2D Code Strategy
Alibaba announced a new 2D code strategy called ‘Ma Shang Tao’ last week. It will become a significant part of company’s “cloud+ terminal” strategy. Alibaba chief operating officer Zhang Yong said, “Any code would become a terminal and it is no longer just a simple business card but more services and content.”. This 2D code […]
China Mobile Search Performance in 2013
China mobile search advertising only represented 13.1% of total search advertising click share, according to Marin Software’s latest annual report.
10 Charts to Tell You Almost Everything About Alibaba Group: China’s E-commerce Empire
Alibaba Group is the largest online and mobile commerce company in the world in terms of gross merchandise volume (GMV) in 2013, according to the IDC GMV Report. They operate their ecosystem as a platform for third parties, and they do not engage in direct sales, compete with their merchants or hold inventory.
Ctrip Mobile Client Exceeded 160 Million Downloads
According to Ctrip official data, as of early June, Ctrip mobile application has been downloaded more than 160 million, with more than 80 million subscribers activated.