Oct 31, 2013 | China, Facebook marketing, Russia, Social media, Twitter marketing, WhatsApp
Facebook and YouTube are the most popular social networks in the world, followed by China’s Qzone and Sina Weibo, according to a new report. View larger image here The report, from web monitoring firm BI Intelligence, indicates that Facebopok Facebook still has the...
Oct 17, 2013 | China
London mayor Boris Johnson has launched the first London Tourist site for Chinese visitors, as the UK looks to appeal to the lucrative tourism market. The London & Partners Chinese website forms part of Johnson’s trade mission to China, and was produced by Anglo...
Oct 9, 2013 | China, India, Latin America, Mobile
Forty percent of the world’s population will be online by the end of the year, still leaving 4.4 billion people unconnected, according to a UN report. Least connected countries (LCCs), end 2012 The annual report of the International Telecommunication Union...
Sep 25, 2013 | China, Facebook marketing, Social media, Twitter marketing
China is to lift the ban on Facebook, Twitter and other sites in a new ‘free trade zone’ part of the country, following years of censoring websites deemed politically sensitive to the government. Under the new agreement, people with the 17-square-mile area of...
Sep 20, 2013 | China, Online advertising
This chart shows the average hours a month unique users spend online. North American users user spend the most time online, exceeding European users by more than 10 hours a month. Asia Pacific users spend the least amount of time online but are a big area for growth...
Sep 17, 2013 | China, Marketing through gaming, Mobile
Angry Birds maker Rovio has got into the education market with a new educational product aimed at teaching kids physics based on the popular mobile game. To launch the ‘Angry Birds Playground’ project, Rovio teamed up with CERN, the particle-physics lab behind the...
Sep 11, 2013 | China, Mobile
Apple has revealed its much-anticipated iPhone 5S and 5C devices, marking the first time the company has launched two smartphones simultaneously, as it responds to an increasingly competitive global handset market. Watch this video from the Daily Telegraph showing...
Sep 3, 2013 | China
Yahoo has shut down its portal, news sites and community services in China, handing over to partner Alibaba to run internet services in the country. The move follows the closure of its email service last month, and the Yahoo China home page now redirects users to a...
Aug 27, 2013 | China, Mobile
Baidu is letting users preview mobile apps without needing to download them, as the Chinese search giant looks to expand into mobile. Baidu’s free ‘Light App’ platform will run other apps, giving users a chance to access them without having to install them...
Aug 21, 2013 | China, Mobile, WhatsApp
China-based mobile chat app WeChat has reached 100 million registered international users, after doubling its user base in last three months, as the firm looks to rival WhatsApp on the global stage. The messaging service app cited its aggressive global marketing...
Aug 21, 2013 | Brazil, China, Online advertising
Worldwide consumers are buying, researching and engaging with brands on their mobile devices. But their priorities and levels of satisfaction vary wildly from country to country – so brands need to make sure their content is adapted and attuned to local needs. This...
Aug 20, 2013 | Argentina, Australia and New Zealand, Brazil, Chile, China, India, Latin America, Online advertising, Russia
Singapore is the nation most motivated to go online by entertainment; The Portuguese the most motivated by information and the Chinese by self-expression and transaction, according to new research by global media agency network Mindshare. These are just some of the...
Aug 15, 2013 | China, Social media, Twitter marketing
Sina Weibo claims that it now has 54 million active users a day, as the firm continues its battle with WeChat and Tencent for dominance in the Chinese social networking sector. Weibo now has more than $1bn in cash in its coffers and American investment firm Piper...
Aug 6, 2013 | Argentina, Australia and New Zealand, Brazil, China, E-commerce and E-retailing, France, Germany, India, Latin America, Russia, UK, USA
This chart shows the percentage of each country’s internet population who have bought something online. 40.4% of the worldwide internet population will make a purchase through a digital channel this year. Western Europe’s online population is very engaged...
Jul 29, 2013 | China, Mobile
Samsung has overtaken Apple as the most profitable mobile phone maker in the world, according to a new report. Table: Global mobile handset shipments (April to June 2013) Strategy Analytics The findings, from Strategy Analytics, indicate Samsung’s handset...
Jul 24, 2013 | China, Mobile
Over two thirds (71%) of China’s web users access the mobile internet everyday, up from just 35%£ in 2008, according to new research. The percentage of mobile internet users in China who accessed the web from a mobile device at least once a day reached 71% in 2012,...
Jul 23, 2013 | China, Mobile
China now has 591 million internet users, added that 464 million citizens accessed the net via smartphones or other wireless devices, according to new data. The research, from the China Internet Network Information Centre, indicates that total web user rose 10% on...
Jul 16, 2013 | China, Search engine marketing
Baidu has bought Chinese app store 91 Wireless for $1.9bn (£1.25bn) as the search giant looks to expand in to the lucrative mobile market. 91 Wireless is owned by NetDragon Websoft, a Hong Kong-list company. The proposed deal marks Baidu’s latest attempt to go beyond...
Jul 10, 2013 | China, Latin America, Mobile, Online advertising, Search engine marketing
Asia Pacific remains the highest earning region for mobile ad revenues, but North America is catching fast, boosted by a rise in smartphone search ads, according to a new report. The study, conducted by IAB US and IHS indicate that global figures for mobile...
Jul 2, 2013 | Australia and New Zealand, China, France, Germany, Mobile, UK, USA
Android continues to dominate the global smartphone market, with Windows Phone slowly catching Apple’s iOS in second place, according to new data. The study, carried out in May 2013 by market research analyst Kantar found that Android has the strongest presence in...
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