English tech media, sometimes including us, always love to report this type of news: XXX site(s) is/are blocked in China. I found it’s really boring, as the majority of Chinese Internet users actually dose NOT care about the existence of any of them, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook whatever. So services are not accessible from China, fine, […]
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Why WeChat is a Chinese Mobile Game Changer for Tencent
Imagine a mobile application that combines the best features of Skype, Whatsapp, iMessage, Instagram and even Google’s social Circles. Well, it’s here in China and it’s called Weixin. This mobile app for smartphones was recently re-dubbed WeChat as Tencent prepares to launch it into global markets.
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New NUS International Research Centre to Boost Social Media Applications, Bridging the Cyber and Real World
A tripartite collaboration between the National University of Singapore (NUS), Zhejiang University (ZJU) and Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) has resulted in the setting up of a new International Research Centre (IRC). Called the Sensor-enhanced Social Media Centre (SeSaMe), this will create design techniques for social cyber-physical systems, which bridge the cyber-world of computing […]
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Jiepang Celebrates 2nd Anniversary of Partnership with Starbucks
We wrote about the “Jiepang X Starbucks” cooperation in promoting NFC (Near-field communication) technology last year, the two just announced the 2nd anniversary of their partnership, by giving customers unprecedented beneficial packages activated through checking-in at any Starbucks retail stores in eastern China (including Shanghai, Jiangsu province and Zhejiang province). People who check into any […]
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Rovio Releases Amazing Alex, Can it Beat Angry Birds?
Rovio, the makers of the phenomenally successful game Angry Birds, has now released ‘Amazing Alex’. The game is a new physics-based puzzle game. The game centers around whiz kid Alex and his incredible creations, inviting fans to step into Alex’s world of creative chain reactions: solving puzzles, designing their own levels, and sharing their creativity […]
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Renren is Becoming a Gaming Company?
Logging into the homepage of Renren, you will see a line claiming “the Chinese leading real-name SNS site”. Sounds nice, but is that really what the company is heading to now? Latest earnings reports of the Beijing-based company showed that gaming revenues kept rising since its IPO, meanwhile the ads business showed a downturn. In […]
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Chinese Classified Sites Need a Change
The fever of Chinese classified sites started in 2005 when numerous Craigslist imitators flocked in. By 2007 there had been over 3000 classified sites. Not surprisingly, just in a year most players died of the fever and only 200 survived. Ganji, 58.com and Baixing weathered the ups and downs and now became the leading ones, […]
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The Penguin is ready for the Dive
Pony Ma, the man at the helm of Tencent, the biggest Internet company in China, admitted in a recent interview that his company has plans to expand its overseas presence through mergers and acquisitions. If reports are to be believed, Tencent’s first target would be Activision Blizzard, the gaming giant. While nothing substantial has resulted […]
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91 Assistant Gold Mining Kids Apps
Guess many people should’ve seen a video featuring an infant playing around with an iPhone without any difficulty, intuitive touch screen devices like iPhone and iPad are not just for adults but also could be used – especially iPads – for child’s education. As you might’ve noticed, under the Education categories of Apple’s App Store, […]
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Ctrip Liang Jianzhang：We’re not Giving Up Commission Model
After taking Ctrip to the NASDAQ in 2006, Liang Jianzhang, co-founder of the leading Chinese OTA chose to take a break and study Economics at Stanford. Now six years have gone, coming back as a PhD. in Economics with specialties in population studies, Liang took the reins of Ctrip once again, in a time when […]