Illinois Senator Dick Durbin has written an open letter to Robin Li, CEO of Chinese search giant Baidu.com, urging the company to take “immediate and tangible steps to protect human rights.” In the letter Durbin tells of his recent trip to China, and how when he searched certain keywords on Baidu he was disappointed to find they were censored. He goes on to ask Baidu to lay out its current and future human rights-related policies. Just before he closes he adds: Do you plan to enter into a partnership with Facebook to ...
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Renren’s Impressive IPO Isn’t That Impressive
Chinese social network Renren started off the first day of its initial public offering (IPO) in spectacular fashion. Its share price went up as high as $21.78 and eventually ended at $18.01, about 22 percent higher than its initial trading price at $14. While the IPO is a success, it remains to be seen if Renren could match up to Facebook’s revenue per user ratio. The Financial Times reported that Facebook earns about $4 per user while Renren makes only $0.80. That’s a huge difference in monetization efficiency, but as many ...
May 4 2011
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Social Media Win or Epic Fail? Singapore PM Lee Tries Facebook Chat
The Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, just finished up an hour-long Facebook chat with the public over on the Facebook page of the People’s Action Party. We thought we’d try to capture a little of of the action, as well as some of the public feedback:
May 4 2011
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Facebook Chat With Singapore Prime Minister Lee Set For Tonight
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will participate in an interactive online chat via the People’s Action Party's (PAP) Facebook Page this evening from 8 to 9pm, local time. The aim of the chat, as explained by PM Lee himself, is to discuss various issues related to the general election and to give voters a direct communication channel. He also said that the Young PAP and cyber enthusiasts have encouraged him to set up this live chat to engage with Singaporean netizens. Thus far the Singapore general election has been marked by an unusual ...
May 4 2011
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Influential Blogger Promotes MM Lee’s Facebook Page, Beats Nicole Seah’s
We last reported that young politician Nicole Seah overtook Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew to become Singapore's most popular politician on Facebook. However, within 24 hours that has already become history, at least for now. Influential Singaporean blogger, Wendy Cheng, better known as Xiaxue got annoyed that Singaporeans are giving Seah more support than MM Lee on Facebook. In response, Xiaxue wrote a blog post to help boost the 'like counts' on MM Lee's Facebook page. In her blog post, she took time to explain why MM Lee deserves more respect ...
May 2 2011
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Nicole Seah is Singapore’s Most Popular Politician on Facebook
It's official. National Solidarity Party's (NSP), Nicole Seah, has overtaken Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew to claim top spot as Singapore's most popular politician on Facebook. While the number of 'likes' on each politician's Facebook page isn't exactly the most important matter to talk about, Seah's soaring social media profile is certainly something to learn from. Despite entering the election just 2 weeks ago, Seah currently has about 57,000 likes on her Facebook page at the point of writing. Her confidence in front of pressing media and reliable new media team are ...
Apr 30 2011
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Singapore General Election: 44,000 Social Media Updates in April
As voting day draws closer, the buzz has also gotten louder. Social analytics firm Brandtology and digital agency Tribal DDB revealed that there were 44,000 blog posts, tweets and Facebook updates in the first 26 days of April. It was a 60 percent jump in the number of social media updates as compared to March's statistics at 27,000. Out of the 44,000 social media updates, 66 percent belong to the People's Action Party (PAP) while 14 percent belong to the Worker's Party (WP). The statistics also revealed that almost half of the PAP ...
Apr 29 2011
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9 out of 10 Dislike “The Best” GE Singapore Facebook Trick
Remember "The Best Facebook Trick in Singapore General Election" post we wrote about? To find how people think about Mr. Lim Biow Chuan's Facebook gimmick, we inserted a simple Google Doc poll to let readers do a vote. The response was great with over 500 votes in the last five days. Turned out, most readers hated the Facebook Trick: 69% voted 'I hate it' and 19.9% voted 'I don't like it.' In other words, almost 9 out of 10 dislike the Facebook trick. It is yet another sign of social media ...
May 3 2011
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Singapore General Election: The Next Popular Politician on Facebook
Just one day after creating his Facebook page, Singapore’s Workers’ Party’s (WP) star catch, Chen Show Mao, received more than 5,800 'likes'. If the pace of 'likes' increases with momentum like how Nicole Seah did within a week, Chen’s Facebook page may just hit the high of 10,000 – 20,000 'likes' and he could possibly be Singapore's next most popular politician on Facebook. For the benefit of the non-Singaporean readers, Chen is a Beijing-based Singaporean who is a recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship. He came to Singapore from Taiwan at the age ...
Apr 26 2011
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Misspelling Gone Viral: Indonesia Loves Fecebook
Before you even ask, no, 'Fecebook' is not a new social network for people to talk about their toilet experiences. Let me explain... Facebook, as it is in most countries, is very popular in Indonesia. Among the most commonly searched keywords on Google, ‘Facebook’ is one of the most popular in this country. But strangely, it’s not only the term ‘Facebook’ that Indonesians are putting in the search box, but they’re typing in ‘Fecebook’ as well. Googling for “Fecebook’ is not a mere coincidence, nor is it a typing error. It’s ...
Apr 24 2011
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Top 3 Facebook Nations in Asia [INFOGRAPHIC]
The biggest Facebook nations in Asia are Indonesia, Philippines and India and they account for more than 52 percent of all Facebook users in the continent. There are a total of 150 million Facebook users in Asia, according to SocialBakers. In other words, about 1 out of every 5 Internet user owns a Facebook account. Indonesia is also the second largest Facebook nation in the world, surpassing U.K a couple of months ago. As the number of Internet users in Asia continues to grow, Facebook will also rise with the trend. However, ...
Apr 23 2011
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The Best Facebook Trick in Singapore General Election
Thanks to Nicole Seah, I'm slowly getting into this whole Singapore Election thing. Now, more information from Online Citizen which shared about a "Facebook trick" by Mr. Lim Biow Chuan and his new media team. As seen in the picture above, it says 23172 people like this. But turned out, Mr. Lim's Facebook page only has about 250 likes at the point of writing. Some Facebook users felt cheated while some thought that it was pretty creative. Here's an interesting dialogue I saw on Facebook to help you understand how 23172 was ...
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