Aliyun, Alibaba Group’s cloud computing services company, announced a search product, OpenSearch.
Archives for July 2014
Qihoo 360 Launched Its Own Affiliate Network
Qihoo 360 Technology has launched its own ad network which at the moment is more an affiliate network for its own products as it pays when a conversion is counted.
Xiaomi Smartphones Sold Over 26M Units in H1 2014; Mi4 and Xiaomi Bracelet Released
Xiaomi held annual products conference today in Beijing; Xiaomi co-founder and CEO Lei Jun shared its mobile device sales results and released new products including new smartphone Mi4, and smart bracelet tracking movement and sleep.
Baidu Turning Baidu Tieba into Another Social Marketing Platform
Baidu announced its new plan for Baidu Tieba last Friday that it’s going to help enterprises connect with fans through Tieba online community on both PC and mobile. Baidu Tieba will invites enterprises, organizations and media to open official Baidu Tieba account, with support such as Tieba management access, data, search marketing and mobile technology […]
Tmall FUN: Photo Tags Based Social Networking
Tmall just launched FUN after a month’s testing, a social network inside its mobile client promoting tagged photo sharing. FUN has three features: recommendations, tags, and followed users.
Taobao‘s Xianyu for the second-hand Market
Taobao updated and re-named Taobao Secondhand mobile apps to Xianyu in July 2014,targeting the secondhand products marketplace.
Weibo Started News Feeds Filtering to Improve Quality
Weibo news feeds optimization program has officially launched and the official Weibo announced that with data analysis and users’ reporting, it will block the display of the low quality content to improve user experience.
Top 10 Chinese Fashion Websites
Chinese fashion websites average daily reach is 12.418 million from 23 Jun 2014 to 29 Jun 2014, according to iResearch data, dominated by China’s local fashion sites.
China’s Travel Market to Reach USD 530B in 2014; Oversea Chinese Travelers to Spend USD 155B
China Tourism Academy estimates total revenue generated from China’s travel industry is going to reach RMB 3.3 trillion (USD 530 billion) this year with 3.76 billion person trips.
Alipay Offering Fingerprint Payment Partnering with Samsung
Alipay announced its cooperation with Samsung Galaxy S5 to offer Alipay users payment by fingerprint.
The First China Social Media Television Index Released
Weibo Television Index beta version, jointly created by CCTV – Sofres Media and Weibo, has been released recently, providing insights of audiences’ reviews on television programs. Following international standards, this index makes standardized statistical analysis on the amount of discussions on TV programs and user scale on Weibo, providing a more effective, systematic and standardized […]
Chinese Buyers Purchased $22 Billion U.S. Properties in One Year
Over the 12 months ended March 2014, buyers from China purchased U.S. properties estimated at $22 billion in total value, approximately a quarter of total international sales according to Realtor.
CHART: China Smartphone Mobile Gaming Users
Total number of mobile gaming users on smartphones reached 190 million in 2013 according to iResearch.
China’s Tmall Selling Over 4,000 Global Brands
Tmall is re-positioning as a platform for premium brands and it has over 4,000 global brands having set up stores from over 45 countries according to Tmall official Weibo.
Alipay Offering $3+ Insurance for Mobile Phone Screens
Alipay is actively expanding its business into insurance businesses with new version 8.2 offering four types of insurance packages.