Back in November we told you about eBay’s partnership with Japan Post to assist Japanese customer who wanted to sell items using the popular auction service. And today we’re hearing that eBay has launched a service in collaboration with SingPost and the United States Postal Service to help sellers in Singapore reach US buyers. It’s called ePAC, eBay’s APAC shipping tool, and it helps sellers take orders, print labels and track shipments using their eBay account. Oliver Hua, eBay Marketplaces’ COO for Greater China, Southeast Asia, and Japan, explained further: Singapore sellers ...
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Jan 12 2012
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Tencent’s Pony Ma Challenges Real-Name Advocates By Talking About Prostitutes
Real-name registration systems are all the rage in China these days. And by "all the rage," what I mean is "increasingly mandated via government intervention." Just within the past few months, we've seen microblogging services, online payment systems, and even public transportation implement regulations that will require users to have their state ID numbers on file. So it's no surprise government regulators are now looking at Tencent's (HKG:0700) QQ chat software, which is by far China's most popular IM service. Indeed, at a recent meeting of industry leaders and government regulators, ...
Jan 15 2012
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AdStars Appointed As UberSocial Advertising Partner in Indonesia
Adstars is an ad network company which has shown very fast growth. And now it has been chosen as the exclusive in-country advertising partner for Twitter app UberSocial in Indonesia by UberMedia. It is indeed a big step forward for them to build on their mobile advertising momentum thus far. UberMedia’s VP of advertising, David B. Palan, noted: We had been working with AdStars throughout 2011 and have been impressed with their performance and professionalism. In October we decided to make them our exclusive in-country advertising partner and ...
Jan 11 2012
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Tmall Sells 100 Billion RMB Worth of Stuff, Decides to Change Its Name
Alibaba’s B2C e-commerce site, Tmall.com, which stands for Taobao Mall, is changing its Chinese name in a bid to give itself more distinctive branding. Starting next month, it’ll be called ‘Tian Mao’ in Chinese, which roughly means Sky Cat, and will have a new logo and mascot to match. But the URL - and its English moniker - will remain the same. Tmall was launched on its own domain in November 2010, and last summer was spun off as a separate company. It grew from the wildly popular Taobao C2C shopping ...
Jan 11 2012
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Chinese Video Site Youku Makes Movie Deal with Twentieth Century Fox
Chinese online video giant Youku (NYSE:YOKU) today announced that it has inked a deal with none other than Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment to license 250 films. The movies will be shown on Youku’s Premium on-demand platform which launched last year. The company’s vice president of movie operations and corporate development, Huilong Zhu, explained: We have been working closely with Hollywood studios in providing quality content to millions of Chinese Internet users while effectively protecting intellectual properties… We are encouraged by the growth of the Youku Premium platform, ...
Jan 19 2012
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Upstart Chinese Smartphone Maker Eyes US Market in 2012
). And today Bloomberg is reporting ZTE claims it will double its smartphone sales over the next year, with the US becoming its primary market, overtaking its home market of China where it holds about 35 percent market share. Back in September, ZTE launched its first phone in the US market on mobile carrier Cricket, the ZTE Score (pictured). Note that according to third quarter numbers, ZTE still has much ground to make up in the smartphone wars, although the future is a little shaky for RIM and Nokia, who still occupy ...
Jan 11 2012
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Baidu Launches “Share” Beta in Search Results
Earlier today, the folks at China Internet Watch spotted an interesting thing in some of Baidu's (NASDAQ:BIDU) search results -- they had a thumbs-up logo and a number next to them. It actually looks very similar to Facebook's "Like" feature, although it is also being compared with Google's implementation of the Google Plus +1 button in its search results for obvious reasons. It turns out that Baidu is beta testing integration of its Baidu Share social bookmarking service with its search results. The number listed next to the thumbs-up indicates the ...
Jan 11 2012
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Microsoft Sues Chinese Retailers for Selling PCs with Pirated Software
The Financial Times is reporting today that Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is bringing a lawsuit against electronics and appliance retailers Gome (HKG:0493) and Buynow, claiming that computers sold in their stores have pirated copies of Windows and Office pre-installed. Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer claimed last year that even though PC sales are about the same in the US and China, the company makes about only five percent of its US revenue in China as a result of piracy. We’re not sure exactly how much Microsoft is seeking in damages from these two retailers, ...
Jan 10 2012
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Tudou Partners With Digital Element To Bring you Location Targeted Ads
Chinese online video giant, Tudou (NASDAQ:TUDO), announced that it will employ Digital Element’s NetAcuity Edge hyperlocal geolocation technology to bring location-targeted ads to users. Tudou has huge amounts of traffic and one of its ways to generate revenue is, obviously, through ads. So by making its ads more location-aware, it will be able to serve more relevant and effective ads and thereby help advertisers reach the right group of people. While many of the online video streaming sites in China are burning money to create original/licensed content to boost traffic and ...
Jan 10 2012
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With an Eye on Japanese Products, China’s 360Buy Makes an Acquisition
360Buy.com, China’s second-largest B2C e-commerce site, has acquired Minitiao.com, a specialist online mall for imported Japanese products. It gives 360Buy - also known as Jingdong Mall - a whole new range of supply channels from Japan for items such as clothing and cutesy toys. The acquisition of the small Chinese company reportedly took place earlier this month but is only now being made public. The financial details have not been revealed, or whether the site will continue at its own domain or be absorbed into the 360Buy domain. Minitiao gives 360Buy a ...
Jan 10 2012
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Rekoo Acquires HappySNS, Now Biggest Online Gaming Developer in China
Rekoo, the Chinese social game developer, has acquired its rival HappySNS in a deal that makes it the leading single game developer in both China and Japan. Rekoo, which claims to have 20 million daily active users (DAUs) across numerous social media platforms, can now add HappySNS’ tally of 30 million gamers to make an even grander total. Rekoo’s CEO, Liu Yong, explained that the main reason behind the deal was talent. He told Sina Tech that now was the time “to seize the market opportunity” as there’ll be a great ...
Jan 10 2012
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The Average Beijinger Spent $1446 Online in 2011
Now that 2011 is over, we're starting to see some numbers that indicate with hard data what everyone already knew: this was a big year for e-commerce in China. The Beijing News is reporting today that the average Beijing internet user spent 9230 RMB ($1446) online in 2011, making Beijingers the second biggest-spending city in China for online shopping (per capita). Guangdong was number one, coming in first in overall spending and the per capita measurement. Beijingers made up more than 7 percent of China's total online payments over the past ...
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Feb 8, 2012
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Feb 9, 2012
Agate Studio Wants to Make the World Happier With Games
Feb 8, 2012
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Feb 7, 2012