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Chinese LBS Duijiao Lets you Check-in, Follow, and Discuss Locations
The Chinese start-up Douban.com has launched its own location-based service (LBS) and social network called DuiJiao. It comes with some surprising microblog-like twists. DuiJiao launched this week with...
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Baidu Browser Launches, with Web Apps and a Change of Clothes [REVIEW]
Baidu has launched a web browser for Windows computers that’s focused on web apps and easy customization. Running on XP, Vista, or Windows 7, the brand new browser sees Baidu being inspired by Google...
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China Digest: Douban series C funding rumor, Wei Search and more
Here are some interesting startup news from China, not only in its capital, Beijing, but also other startup hubs such as Shanghai, Hong Kong, Hangzhou, and many more. (1) Douban, China’s homegrown...
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Report: Pandora Prepping a Move Into China, Looking for Local CEO
The streaming subscription music service Pandora (NYSE:P) is reportedly head-hunting a capable China-area CEO ahead of a Pandora service launch in China. Breaking the news, the Sina Tech portal...
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Alphatown, China’s Hippest Virtual City and Social Game
Alphatown is a social network and virtual community created in real-time by its users. It was developed by Douban – now China’s fifth largest SNS – and launched on September 1. It’s now in public...
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Doucr: A Fan-made Douban Search Engine
When speaking about innovation and pleasing design on the Chinese web, the hobbies-based social network Douban is probably the company that most Chinese web folks look up to. While Douban isn’t as...
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Funky Photo-Filter App Vida Brings the Photo-Grunging to Android As Well As...
The Chinese startup Vida has launched an Android version of its photo-sharing app, giving it a cross-platform cousin to its iPhone variant. Vida is perhaps the funkiest of all the locally-made...
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Douban Launches Ebook Store, Reading is the New Rock ‘n’ Roll
Douban.com, the Chinese social media site that’s focused around hobbies such as music, movies and reading, has today launched an ebook store and an accompanying set of apps for iPad (pictured above),...
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Apple Seems to Have Tweaked App Store Ranking Algorithm, Many Chinese Apps...
A report from a Chinese news site suggests that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has adjusted its ranking rules and algorithm for the iTunes App Store in an apparent bid to punish developers who use third-party...
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The Rise of Social Media in China, With All-New User Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC]
The Infographic of the Day series visually expresses important stories from Asia and the world of technology. Here’s a useful infographic showing where the Chinese web is at in mid-2012, with all the...
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Rumor: Douban Losing High Level Employees to Startups [UPDATED]
TechWeb is reporting that according to its internal sources, Chinese artsy social networking site Douban has been experiencing an unusually high rate of employee turnover these past three months among...
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This is How Luxury Brands Do Awesome Social Media Marketing in China in 2012
China’s online market is vast and growing at an insane rate – Chinese e-commerce sales are projected to triple from now to 2015 – which makes it a draw for all luxury brands. But it’s also so very...
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Chinese Social Network Douban Rolls Out Paid Music Streaming Subscriptions
The Douban.fm app for iPad. We recently wrote about how 2013 was likely to be the year that China faced up to paid music subscriptions. And, lo and behold, yesterday Douban.com, China’s top...
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9 Likely Chinese Tech IPOs in 2013
2011 saw economic turmoil and financial scandals that led to only two Chinese tech companies venturing to IPO in 2012. But 2013 is looking up. This year there’s the distinct possibility of there being...
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Check Out the Numbers on China’s Top 10 Social Media Sites (Infographic)
With an estimated 597 million people active on social media in China, the country’s top 10 sites actually have a staggering 3.2 billion individual accounts. Armed with the newest user numbers for these...
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Douban User Accounts Hacked, Used to Inflate the Rating of a Crappy Movie
When Douban user “jenny_junyi” woke up last Sunday, she found a surprise waiting for her in her Douban account. Overnight, she had apparently watched a movie called Runaway Woman, and rated it five...
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WeChat and Line Are Now Asia’s Fastest-Growing Platforms For Social Marketing
Facebook is not, of course, the only destination for brands looking to engage with consumers. While Facebook has 339 million monthly active users across Asia, companies – especially luxury brands –...
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