Creating a social media campaign in Russia

Nov 2, 2012 | Russia, Social media

In some countries, social media isn’t just about Facebook. With so many brands focusing on the BRIC markets, Patrick Eve, MD of international translation agency, TranslateMedia, gives the lowdown on social media use in Russia. There are now more than two billion...

China: Mobile users Vs laptop and PC users

Nov 1, 2012 | China

This chart shows the rise of smartphone owners compared with previous PC and laptop owners. The growth in PC has slowed considerably since June 2011. The adoption of smartphones over this period has increased dramatically, with smartphone ownership exceeding PC...

Smartphone owners: China

Nov 1, 2012 | China

Chinese smartphone owners are one of the key drivers for rising web use. This chart shows that in less than 5 years the number of smartphone users has grown by over 33 million, accounting for 72.2% of total web users. One of the main reasons for this growth is...

Mail.Ru rebrands as my.com for international markets

Oct 31, 2012 | Russia

Russia’s Mail.Ru Group has rebranded its international email service as my.com, as the first looks to expand. Mail.Ru Group’s portfolio includes several dozen cross-the-world popular browser and client games like Allods Online, Perfect World, Lord of the Rings Online,...

China ad spend ‘to increase 13.4% in 2012’

Oct 30, 2012 | China

China’s online ad spend is forecast to increase 13.4% to reach 394 yuan ($63bn/ £39bn) during 2012, despite uncertain outlooks in both the Eurozone and the U.S. economy, according to a report. The forecast was made in GroupM’s “This Year, Next Year: China Media...

The rise of social media in China

Oct 30, 2012 | China

Chinese social networks are growing at a brisk pace though, with 95% of Chinese residents in the major cities use social networking sites. The infographic, provided by BestFreeOnline, shows that the number of Chinese Internet users is increasing at a dramatic pace —...

ASOS planning China and Russia launch

Oct 29, 2012 | China, Russia

ASOS has set its sights on launching in China and Russia within a year, as the online fashion group targets two of the biggest retail markets in the world. The internet retailer currently sells to China and Russia, but will develop local language websites in the next...

Facebook offers free talktime in India

Oct 22, 2012 | India

Facebook is offering mobile users the Indian rupee equivalent of nearly US$1 in free talk time to sign up to the social networking service, in a bid to increase its subscribers in the country. This offer is only for new sign ups and is not available to existing users....

Online video usage in Asia Pacific countries

Sep 24, 2012 | India

This chart shows the total number of unique online video viewers and the percentage of that countries web population that they represent. Vietnam and Hong Kong have the highest percentage of their web population engaging with online video with 89.8% and 88.7%...

Google axes music service in China

Sep 24, 2012 | China

Google has pulled the plug on its music search and download services in China from next month after a ‘disappointing’ response from users. More than two years ago, Google effectively shut down its Chinese search engine, providing mainland users with a...

Top online categories in India

Sep 20, 2012 | India

Social networking is the leading category in India with over a 25% share of total time spent online. Social networking exceeds the entertainment category by 15%. Social networking also has three times the engagement levels of email, which is the forth most popular...

Top 10 online destinations in India

Sep 20, 2012 | India

Google sites draw the highest volume of the Indian online population with almost 58 million hits for June 2012, however, Facebook leads the group in engagement levels. Facebook users spent an average of 224.9 minutes of their online time on the site, exceeding the...

Yahoo sheds half of Alibaba stake for $7.6bn

Sep 20, 2012 | China

Yahoo has sold back half of its stake in Chinese internet giant Alibaba for $7.6bn (£4.7bn), in a move that has fuelled speculation that the firm could use the cash to bid for a hot web property, such as Pinterest or Foursquare. Yahoo originally bought into Alibaba...

Unique internet users in Europe

Sep 13, 2012 | Russia

This chart shows each country’s total number of unique internet users between June 2011 and June 2012. The Russian Federation has the highest total of unique users out of all the countries measured, exceeding the second highest, Germany, by almost 7 million...

Microsoft hires 1,000 staff for China expansion

Sep 11, 2012 | China

Microsoft is recruiting over 1,000 additional employees in China this year and boost research and development spending by 15% as the software giant looks to boost its mobile reach in the highly lucrative region. Microsoft is promoting its Windows 8 mobile operating...

Google Maps adds navigation and live traffic updates in India

Sep 10, 2012 | India

Google has updated its mapping service in India, with two new features to boost navigation and traffic updates. The service now includes ‘turn-by-turn’ voice navigation through Google Maps Navigation (Beta). Google maps also now features live traffic information for...