Wechat released a Wechat Contacts app as an enhancement to smartphones’ existing contacts. The most appealing feature is offering users to make free VoIP calls. It also offers auto backup of contacts, Wechat profile photo imports, group SMS and bulk deleting contacts.
60% of Dangdang’s Traffic from Mobile in Q3 2014
By the end of Q3 2014, Dangdang’s traffic on mobile device had already surpassed traffic via desktop computers, accounting for over 60% of total traffic with an increase of 25% QoQ. At the same time, orders on mobile device accounted for over 40% of Dangdang’s total orders. It is estimated that by the end of 2014, […]
Top 2 Weibo Mobile Apps in September 2014
Sina Weibo’s mobile app exceeded 72.709 million MAUs in September 2014 in China according to EnfoDesk, remaining the most popular Weibo mobile app, followed by that of Tencnet Weibo.
Introduction to China’s mobile social app Momo
Momo, one of China’s top mobile social IM app, applied to list their American depositary shares on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “MOMO.” According to Analysys International, Weixin, Mobile QQ and Momo ranked as the top three mobile social IM applications in China in terms of average MAUs, average DAUs and daily average length of […]
Guest Satisfaction Research of China Hotels
With the rapid development of mobile Internet, there are various ways for China hotel guests to make comments on their experience. In 2013, hotel guests’ comments on Ctrip mobile app accounted for one fourth of total comments on Ctrip according to a research from Ctrip. In the future, mobile app would be an important channel for […]
Sohu’s Sogou Search Mobile Traffic Up 20% in Q3 2014
Sogou, Sohu’s search arm, made progress in both search and input method in the third quarter of 2014. In search, aggressive marketing initiatives helped enhance the brand recognition of Sogou. Sogou mobile search traffic grew by nearly 20% quarter-over-quarter.
China Smartphones Market Share Surpassed Samsung, Apple Combined
From the beginning of 2014, China smartphone manufacturers’ shipment volume are dramatically increasing, including Xiaomi, Lenovo and Huawei. Strategy Analytics’ latest data shows the total shipment of China’s smartphone manufacturers account for 38% of global total, surpassing combined total of Samsung and Apple.
Chinese Female Internet Users Insight
75% of Chinese families’ consumption is decided by women and their influence is extended to internet and mobile internet. In 2012, purchase by female Internet users accounted for 50% of total online shopping transaction value ($1,324.28 billion). They accounted for over 60% of total users on comprehensive goods e-commerce platform, and 80%-90% on cosmetics e-commerce platform, […]
China Local Mobile Advertising to Exceed RMB10 Bln
China local mobile advertising market is expected to exceed RMB10.142 billion (US$1.65 billion) in 2014 with an increase of 93.6% from 2013 according to EnfoDesk.
Top 100 Mobile Apps in China
Wechat was the most popular mobile app in China in September 2014 with 377.92 million monthly active users, followed by QQ (308.742 million) and Baidu (145.047 million) according to data from EnfoDesk.
China Smartphone Offline Market Overview in August 2014
In China smartphone offline market by sales volume, China Mobile market share rose to 47% in 2014 while China Unicom dropped to 24%. China Telecom’s market share had little change from 2013 according to a research from GfK. Besides, 2G is becoming less popular in China as its market share decreased to 8% in 2014.
China Top 5 Online Payment Mobile Apps in Sep 2014
Alipay Wallet, Alipay’s mobile app brand renamed from “Alipay” and the largest mobile payment platform in the world, exceeded 62.818 million MAUs in September 2014 in China according to EnfoDesk; Alipay Wallet is the most popular mobile payment app by MAUs, followed by Tenpay, Bestpay, Alipay and Lakala.
Alipay’s Mobile Strategy with 190M Active Users
Till 16 October in China, total number of Alipay Wallet’s active users exceeded 190 million and the daily mobile payment transaction volume exceeded 45 million, accounting for more than 50% of total Alipay transactions.
China Mobile Customers Reached 799Mln in Q3 2014
China Mobile continued to experience a decline in its voice and SMS and MMS businesses, with a 0.3% decrease in the total voice usage and a 20.2% decrease in the SMS usage compared to the same period of last year. However, China Mobile substantially leveraged its first-mover advantages in 4G services and accelerated the migration […]
China Top Online Video Providers by Monthly Browsing Time
In July 2014, iQiYi, owned by Baidu, ranked top among China online video providers with monthly browsing time of 786.45 million hours, followed by Youku and Letv according to data from iResearch.