How are mobile apps distributions in China? China smartphone users go to Apple’s Appstore is for iOS device apps download; but, for Android phone users, Google Play is not in play. Instead, there are quite a number of app stores for Android phone apps download. I’m sharing a few top ones in the race based […]
Tencent Aiming Smart Hardware Market with Wechat Integration Strategy
Recently, one of China’s famous Wemedia Newhard learned from various channels that Wechat has been officially involved in the smart hardware market.
China Mobile Internet Users Reached 857 Million
Recently, MIIT released a report on the telecommunications industry in China from January to May 2014. It shows that the total number of mobile internet users have reached 857 million which accounts for 68.2% of total mobile phone users (1.256 billion). Influenced by smartphone adoptions, the monthly average SMS sent has dropped to 40 per […]
Chinese University of Hong Kong DeepID Face Recognition Tech Beats Facebook Deepface
A research team at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, led by Professor Xiaoou Tang, announced 99.15% face recognition accuracy achieved in Labeled Faces in the Wild (LFW) database (a database of face photographs designed for studying the problem of unconstrained face recognition).
Wechat Launching Advertising Platform for Public Accounts
Tencent’s Wechat team is internal testing Wechat Advertising Platform, connecting Wechat Official Accounts with advertisers.
Tmall Sold Over One Million Smartphones in One Day
According to Tmall’s official data released on Weibo, there are 1,039.9 thousand smartphones sold on 18 Jun online shopping promotion day, more than all offline smartphone retail channels’ combined one day sales.
Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends in China
A new report from research and advisory firm Gartner identifies the top 10 strategic technology trends that CIOs in China should consider in order to pursue business growth and remain competitive throughout the digital era. The top 10 technology trends highlight the current state of technology adoption in China, as well as the maturity and […]
China Mobile Search Performance in 2013
China mobile search advertising only represented 13.1% of total search advertising click share, according to Marin Software’s latest annual report.
Ctrip Mobile Client Exceeded 160 Million Downloads
According to Ctrip official data, as of early June, Ctrip mobile application has been downloaded more than 160 million, with more than 80 million subscribers activated.
China Mobile Maps Market Overview
The top three mobile maps in China are Baidu Maps, Baidu Navigation and Google Maps, according to a survey conducted by Chinese research company iResearch.
Sina Weibo to Launch Smartphone Apps for Sellers
Weibo.com announced last week they are opening up its Weibo Payment for third parties including both businesses and individuals. This week, some images are leaked on China internet showing the to-be-launched smartphone app called “Weimai” (or Micro-sell) for sellers to manage product inventories and provide online customer service.
Sogou Launched Wechat Search
Sogou has just launched a search feature for Wechat official accounts and articles published via Wechat official accounts.
Windows Store: China Generating 2nd Highest Number of Downloads on Windows Phone
According to a Microsoft recent blog post, China is generating the second highest number of downloads on Windows Phone from Windows Store.
PwC Recommending Video and Coupon for China Mobile Advertising
Video is ranked as the most popular with 36% of respondents placing it as their most preferred format for mobile advertising, according to a PwC report released this month.
Wechat Restricting Total Number of Friends to 5,000
Besides setting up a Wechat official account, many businesses in China set up personal Wechat account for business purpose. Tencent closed personal accounts who had more than 20,000 friends some time ago and just decreased the limit to 5,000 this week, discouraging the use of personal account for business purposes.