Back in 2003 when most players were flocking to the PC-based online video market, Liu Shuyao chose the smaller screen, mobile phone. Liu is the founder of 100tv, a mobile video service who claims it enjoys RMB billions of revenue from content distribution and was profitable early on. 100tv has been consistent with what it’s been doing, […]
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Announcing ChinaBang 2013 Annual Conference, 11-12nd, April 2013, Beijing
ChinaBang, the annual conference organised by TechNode, is the leading startup-focus event and biggest party designed for the startup ecosystem in China. The conference comes with three parts: main conference (keynote, fireside chat and panels), ChinaBang Awards and Startup Battlefield. Last year, we managed to make it a 2-day events for the first time (if […]
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(Update) PATH Is Pissing Off (Some Of?) Chinese Users: Too Many Spam SMSs!!
I am a fan of Path, and it is probably my 3rd favourite mobile social apps (WeChat is the one I am using most and Linkedin seconds). I even visited Path’s San Francesco office and had a good time there. ” I have some friends who love this beautiful app too and they were excited […]
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Sogou Bundles Search Service with Input Software, bypassing Browser
Sogou released a major update of Sogou Pinyin, the dominant Chinese Input software in China, adding a new feature called something like “mind-reading” to the “intelligent edition” that echoes what Wang Xiaochuan, CEO of Sogou and former CTO of Sohu, referred to as this year’s “big move”. When a user types out the Pinyin (currently used […]
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WeChat Lead Says They’d Monetize the Official Accounts Platform First
Allen Zhang, lead of WeChat (Weixin in Chinese) and vice president of Tencent, gives some ideas in an interview on what were widely speculated by the public and media about the cannot-be-hotter mobile app, such as why there hasn’t been a version for iPad. Of course, monetization is an unavoidable topic. But he didn’t say social games or micro-payments […]
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Japanese Don Quijote Chain Store Adopted PanoPlaza Technology to Build Panorama Virtual Shops
PanoPlaza, one of the winners of 2012 OpenWebAsia Awards, is a Japanese startup providing the technology that transforms online store to 3D panorama virtual shop to resembles the shopping experience in physic stores. The company just announced its partnership with discount chain store Don Quijote Co.,Ltd. that adopted PanoPlaza to share panorama virtual shops on their intranet. […]
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[Updated]Alibaba to Offer Online Shopping Credit Line for Mobile Purchases
Alibaba confirmed the rumor that it would roll out online shopping credit service, called “Credit Payment”, to users on Taobao and Tmall as soon as in the upcoming April. The service will be provided by Alipay, the payments service under Alibaba Group. Credit limit, up to 5,000 yuan ($ 800), will be decided with algorithms based on user data, […]
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60% of Chinese Users Don’t Know How “Smart” Their Smart TVs Are
A survey by Horizon, an independent market research firm, shows that about 60% of consumers are not clear about the smartness of their smart TVs. The survey is based on interviews with smart TV buyers aged from 25 to 40 in more than twenty first-tier cities. 77.9% respondents, ignoring the smart features, simply want their smart devices to […]
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Will Sina DNA stand in the way of its new Weibo ad system?
Wang Gaofei, the newly assigned lead of Sina Weibo, revealed the self-serve bid-based ad system under test with a screenshot (below) of the dashboard for advertisers. The picture shows it is CPM-based. It is estimated offerings will include display ads shown next to the content of paid posts. As early as the beginning of 2012 […]
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Digital books cost way cheaper than the print in China but are not cheap to create at all
Dangdang, one of the leading online book retailers in China, made 3 million Yuan in digital book sales in 2012 but spent approaching 5 million Yuan in formatting text files received from conventional publishers, according to Wang Xi, vice president of the company. He complained that what they got were half-products is frustrating. Chinese publishers […]