Daily video sharing on Weibo exceeded one million times in August and the peak value of daily plays reached 150 million, according to Weibo press release on 2 Sep 2014.
Baidu World 2014: Search Trend, Mobile Solution and BaiduEye
In this year’s Baidu World conference, Baidu shared some insights on its search trend and latest development related to artificial intelligence, and released a new mobile product called Baidu Zhida.
Alipay and Huawei Launched Finger Payment Standard in China
Alipay partnered with Huawei and launched finger payment standard in China, which will be first available on Huawei’s smartphone Mate 7.
33% of People in China Watching Online Video Every Day
In TNS Connected Lif study, it found that one third (33%) in mainland China, 32% in Hong Kong, watch online video every day, on either PC or mobile devices:
Nearly Half E-Banking Users Use Mobile Banking Service in China
In 2013, 77.1% of e-banking users in China used online banking with a slight increase from last year in China; 44.6% used mobile banking. with an obvious increase by 15.7% from the previous year, according to data from iResearch.
Chinese 4G Subscribers Exceeded 13.97 Million in June 2014
In July 2014, total number of subscribers has exceeded 296 million in China Unicom’s mobile services business, with a monthly increase of 888 thousand new subscribers according to the released data from China Unicom for July. In terms of fixed-line broadband, the number of subscribers reached 67.798 million with 378 thousand new subscribers while the number of local telephone […]
Tencent News Mobile App Now Top News App in China
Sohu News mobile app achieved 100 million users this May; but now, Tencent News surpassed Sohu News becoming the best mobile news app by the number of unique visitors and MAU.
Qihoo 360 Revenue Doubled with 641M Mobile Users in Q2 2014
Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. revenues were $317.9 million in the second quarter of 2014, a 109.6% increase from $151.7 million in the second quarter of 2013 according to Qihoo 360 unaudited financial results.
Baidu Ice Bucket Update: Algorithm Change for Mobile Search
Baidu Ice Bucket is a change to Baidu’s mobile search results ranking algorithm that is first released on 25 August 2014. Baidu announced a new algorithm last week for Baidu mobile search results called Ice Bucket Algorithm, aiming to hit low quality sites and pages for mobile search.
3G Smartphone Accounted for 72% of Total Phones Sold in H1 2014
In the first half of 2014, sales of smartphone in China have exceeded 185.563 million units according to data of iiMedia Research.
Ctrip Mobile App Downloads Reached 200M in Q2 2014
During the second quarter of 2014, approximately 80% of Ctrip’s total transactions were booked online or through mobile channels according to its official announced unaudited financial results.
Qunar Revenue More Than Doubled in Q2 2014; Mobile Revenue Up 511.8%
Qunar.com total revenues for the second quarter of 2014 were RMB400.4 million (US$64.5 million), an increase of 127.3% year-on-year, the highest revenue growth rate in ten quarters.
China’s Top Mobile Video Player Apps in July 2014
Among China’s mobile video player apps in July 2014, Mobile QQ Video Player ranked first by total number of active users, with 867 thousand users, followed by MoboPlayer with 774 thousand according to EnfoDesk.
eLong: 8.3 Million Hotel Room Nights Stayed in Q2 2014; 45% Mobile Bookings
Hotel room nights stayed in the second quarter, booked via eLong, increased 44% to 8.3 million room nights compared to 5.8 million in the prior year period according to eLong announced unaudited financial results.
Top Mobile Map Apps in China in Q2 2014
Baidu Map, Gaode Map and Google Map are the top 3 mobile map apps by total number of reached users, according to EnfoDesk.