Tencent Holdings – Expanding user base and product range

Chinese Tencent continues to enhance its platform strength. Active QQ accounts, now 800m, still managed to edge up at a similar pace as the PC Internet accounts in China. Weixin continued to grow fast and gained high-end users as well as international users. Co has seen strong usage in wireless IM, Weixin (100m daily users), … Read more

91Mobile releases 4Q mobile app report

Chinese mobile internet firm 91Mobile recently launched a report on 4Q mobile app development trends in China. 91Mobile boasts two of China’s most popular distribution platforms for Android-based apps, 91 Assistant and HiMarket, which acted as the basis for the underlying data in the report. The number of apps launched per month on 91 Mobile’s … Read more

iPhone Users Play More Games than Android ?

International media and marketing research firm Arbitron analyzed the behavior of 12,000 US Android, iPhone and BlackBerry users, discovering that iPhone users were 10 percentage points more likely than Android users to be gamers. Specifically, the study found that roughly 86% of iPhone users played games vs. 76% of Android users. iPhone users who played … Read more

Samsung Galaxy S IV 4 to Support Reliance JIo 4G LTE + Airtel 4G LTE

The newly Launched Samsung Galaxy S 4 will support Reliance Jio Infocomm 4G LTE as well as Airtel 4G LTE. Galaxy S4 carries a 5” FHD OLED screen at 441 ppi and weights 130g with 7.9 mm thickness. Its cameras have 13MP on the back with 2MP for front, and both AP and mDRAM are … Read more

SinoMedia – Mobile TV / Video King in China

SinoMedia is the third-largest shareholder of 100TV, one of the largest mobile TV platforms and service providers in China. The company also holds a roughly 5% stake in Zhongtoushixun, a mobile TV operator that provides content for CNLive’s mobile TV platform and mobile TV services through the mobile communication network.

SinoMedia officially launched wugu.com.cn, an agricultural online portal that provides users with information on industrial trends and issues. According to the company, the online portal attracted an average of 320,000 visits by 86,000 unique visitors in December 2012.

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Weixin (WeChat) Vs Kakao Talk

Weixin users are young and educated. For example, 74% of the users are between 20 and 30 years old. University students and white-collar workers constitute over 90% of its user base. According to Tencent, it will begin testing various business models. Entertainment, such as mobile game and e-commerce, may become the viable monetization channels for … Read more

Tencent Pushing TenPay Via Weixin(chat)

Tencent has continued to make progress with Weixin [its chat service which has 300 mn users] membership. By scanning the QR codes, users can become members of different merchants, and enjoy various discounts and benefits. Merchants can target customers with particular promotions and will be informed of the acceptance rate of such campaigns. Budget hotel … Read more