China has made great strides in the tech world over the last decade, particularly in the technology sector. Internet companies like Baidu, Sina, and Alibaba are recognizable names on the global stage, as are China Mobile and Huawei in the mobile space. But for those of you who subscribe to the narrative that China is taking over the technology world, a new report suggests that notion might be wrong. Or at the very least premature. The study was conducted by the Martin Prosperity Institute, and it identifies technology, talent, and ...
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Google Survey Reveals Smartphone Usage Trends in Hong Kong
Google has completed its first-ever user survey of smartphone usage around the globe, and we have a glimpse into some of the Hong Kong-focused stats and trends. For this project, Google partnered with Ipsos Research to analyze 30 markets around the globe, 11 of which are in the Asia-Pacific region. We’re focusing on HK because we have some snippets of the report from StartupsHK. This research is the largest ever that has been conducted using the same methodology across so many countries. Some of its findings will affect how the mobile ...
Aug 30 2011
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China’s Top 10 Online Ad Styles – Which Get More Clicks?
We’ve probably all cursed banner ads or pop-up messages. So I have good news and bad news for you. Good news is that those two ad delivery methods are falling out of favour with users, and will likely be used less online. Bad news: pre-roll adverts - those things that delay your online video viewing - are the new kings of online ad clicks, and will probably get implemented more often due to their effectiveness. Chinese research firm DCCI has found, in its Social Network Marketing Report for the first half ...
Aug 23 2011
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96% of All Page Views in China are Local – Just 4% Away From North Korea
A researcher at Harvard University has calculated that “96 percent of all page views in China are to web sites hosted within China.” This points to both a thriving web scene in China - where you can shop on Taobao whilst watching videos on Youku - but also to the extent of web controls in the country. Harvard fellow Hal Roberts - who specializes in internet filtering circumvention, web surveillance, and hack attacks - came up with the number by combining Google AdPlanner’s list of page views on China’s top 250 ...
Jun 2 2011
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Asia to Lead the World in Internet traffic in 2015 [INFOGRAPHIC]
Cisco has just published its annual Visual Networking Index, and the company forecasts that internet traffic is likely to reach over 80 exabytes per month in the year 2015. That's four times as much as the traffic levels we have now. The Asian region is the one that is expected to experience the most traffic at about 24.1 exabytes each month, just a little more than North America. Note that this doesn't even factor in Japan, which is projected to account for nearly five exabytes on its own. The graph below shows ...
Sep 16 2009
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Survey: Best Brands On Mobile Web
BuzzCity recently released its findings of brands that are likely to meet the needs of mobile Internet users. The survey, which was conducted in ten countries on 1500 users, tests which brands under different categories are favored by the mobile Internet audience, why they are preferred, and how probable they would be recommended by users. It is found that users base their brand preferences on brand performance first, style and then price. The top 10 international brands with the most appeal in the mobile Internet were put together by measuring their scores across ...
Aug 27 2009
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Study: 80% of People Use Twitter for Business
According to a new research from Kamaron Research Institute, about 80% of the people use Twitter for business purposes. More than 8 in 10 listed "business" as the reason why they tweet. This holds true for younger twitter-ers as well. Nearly half of those aged 25 and under gave "business" as the primary reason they tweet. This Study, "Why Do You Tweet" was conducted online with a respondent group size of 280 Twitter Users. It is common to see businesses on Twitter. Now that we have statistics to back our intuition, it reaffirms ...
Aug 28 2009
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Apple maintains Top Spot for Customer Satisfaction Index Rating
The University of Michigan’s American Customer Satisfaction Index report is out. Apple scored a 84 index rating, maintaining at the top spot under the personal computers category. The second place was claimed by Dell with a 75 index rating (what a huge gap!). The other brands all shared the same score of 74. Other Takeaways • Google tops the Internet Portals & Search Engines category with a 86 index rating • Lexus scored a record high 89 index rating under the Automobiles & Light Vehicles • USAtoday.com came from the bottom to top the Internet News ...
Aug 28 2009
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Research Says Most Tweets are POINTLESS [Video]
How are people using and consuming Twitter? If you caught our previous post on "Top 5 Twitter Videos", you'd probably guess it. Is Twitter about talking to no one and everyone? Peeranalytics goes hardcore and did a scientific research on this. The results are pretty interesting. Peeranalytics took 2,000 tweets from the public timeline (in English and in the US) over a 2-week period from 11:00am to 5:00pm (CST) and captured tweets in half-hour increments. Each tweet is classified into 6 different categories, namely: 1. News 2. Spam 3, Self-Promotion 4. Pointless Babble 5. Conversational 6. Pass-Along Value The Winners 1. Pointless ...
Aug 28 2009
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Research Says “Facebook Can Cause Jealousy”
Jealous over a Facebook status update? Don't worry, you're not alone. According to a study from the University of Guelph, Canada, the more time you spend on Facebook, the more likely you are to feel jealous. Amy Muise, leader of the study, said the jealousy is caused by overexposing partners to triggers. "You check your partner's Facebook page and you see a post from someone you don't know that says, `It was great seeing you last night,'' Muise said. "Even though it could be something very innocent, it can easily be interpreted another ...
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