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Half of all the internet users in the world who are clinging grimly to the decade-old Internet Explorer 6 browser are in China. Mozilla China is doing its best to spread the word, and usage, of its own Firefox browser across China - on the web, on social media, and even on university campuses. Firefox is known as "huo hu" in China, where it faces up against the behemoth IE as well as home-grown browsers such as those from 360 or Sogou. In its early days, Firefox was held back by ...
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Jul 10 2011
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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 a stylish iPhone app already in tow, and an Android version promised to be in the works. Similarly with rival Jiepang.com - which we reviewed in detail last month - the new DuiJiao allows users to check-in to venues across China, and share their activity amongst anyone they choose to follow. The new service joins a growing flock of Douban.com features which now range ...
Jul 10 2011
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For Brands on Twitter, Quizzes Win New Followers
Indonesians are very talkative on Twitter. According to SalingSaling, a social media metrics company, their tweets reach 15% of the world’s population, ranking just below Brazil (27%) and America (25%). And with 19% of its 240 million population using Twitter, many brand owners have started to join in this virtual conversation in order to build their online reputations or promote their products or services. How exactly they do that? From my observations, quizzes can be key. Once you pop a gift-rewarded-question, new followers swarm to your account. A Look at Soyjoy One of ...
Jul 8 2011
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Jiang Zemin, Social Media, and How Rumors Threaten the CCP
Readers of this site should already be aware of the wave of rumors that hit Sina Weibo and other Chinese social networking sites suggesting that Jiang Zemin, the country's former top leader, had died. Several foreign media outlets also reported his death as fact before Xinhua denied it this afternoon. But regardless of whether Jiang is alive or dead, this incident is only the latest in a line of wild rumors that illustrate how the Chinese government's insistence on having total control over the media gives way to wild rumors that ...
Jul 7 2011
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Indonesia Airline Director is Victim of Facebook Hack, Friends Defrauded
Hackers are not just a problem for the Indonesian government and its websites (as we reported here recently), but they are also proving troublesome for Facebook and its users. The financial director of Indonesia’s Garuda Airlines, Elisa Lumbantoruan, had his Facebook account hacked. It wouldn’t have been such a big deal if only the hacker hadn’t used Lumbantoruan’s account to prey upon his friends! Through the account, the hacker contacted ‘his friends’ via Facebook chat and asked for his mobile phone’s credits. Many people fell for the scam and sent phone ...
Jul 7 2011
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How KFC Malaysia Handled a Social Media Disaster
We’ve been tipped off by @Askaaronlee on a recent social media disaster at KFC Malaysia that was caused by two scandalous videos of several KFC employees. But many might not have realized that such a big problem was brewing at KFC Malaysia since the fast food chain’s PR folks, in my opinion, did a pretty good job in handling the case. The social media disaster started last October when someone sent a video clip to KFC Malaysia that shows a staff member tampering with the food while preparing it. We did a ...
Jul 29 2011
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BlackBerry and Justin Bieber: Bringing Canada and Indonesia Together
There are two things that strengthen relations between Indonesia and Canada: BlackBerry and Justin Bieber. Not a surprise, considering these are the two most popular Canadian exports in the country. This was disclosed by the Canadian Ambassador, Mackenzie Clugston, when highlighting bilateral relations between the two nations. Indonesia is the biggest trading partner for Canada in Southeast Asia. Canada supplies some of the electronic gadgets that now have become a trend and a lifestyle in the country. Also, many Canadian companies are now operating in Indonesia and employed thousands of Indonesian ...
Jul 7 2011
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Tech, Digital Media, and Start-ups in Indonesia [INTERVIEW]
When we talk about tech, digital media, and start-ups in Southeast Asia, we cannot pass over Indonesia, the country with a population of 240 million as well as 35 million Facebook users. This year’s IDBYTE, coined as the largest tech conference in the country, will showcase Indonesia’s tech prowess. One of the brains behind this conference is the media-shy, Yansen Kamto. Kamto first started his career at advertising agency McCann Erickson where he handled brands like Coca Cola, Unilever, Nestle, HSBC, Telkomsel, and XL Axiata. In June of last year, he resigned ...
Jul 5 2011
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A Blog Post to Datuk Seri Najib on Social Media Marketing
This guest story is by Kent, who has been an online marketing consultant at Human Website Malaysia for the past seven years. You can connect with him on LinkedIn. I wrote this blog post because I care about the future of Malaysia. I would like to share some ideas on how to use social media more effectively to communicate and engage your people (Malaysians) and why there are problems in spending $1.8 million to build Tourism Malaysia’s Facebook pages. Prime Minister, Your Facebook Page Doesn’t Cut It I hope that you, Datuk, can understand ...
Jul 4 2011
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Apparently, China is Trying to Buy Facebook
Maybe it's decided that Facebook is the lesser of two evils when it comes to Western social networks. Maybe it's just Beijing buying itself a birthday present. Whatever the reason, it appears that China -- or more specifically, one of China's sovereign wealth funds -- is trying to buy a significant stake in Facebook. A Business Insider report cites "a source at a fund that buys stock from former Facebook employees" who was approached directly about helping to put together a stake big enough "to matter" and "a second source tells ...
Jul 3 2011
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Tata Docomo, The First Brand in India To Run Twitter Ads
There are ways for brands to acquire fans legally and quickly on Facebook. And while Twitter has been a different story up until now, things may be changing.. We hear from the folks at Interface Business Solutions, a digital advertising firm in India, that the microblog is working to make follower acquisition possible. Google, for example, is one of the brands which has embraced ads on the microblog. A senior Twitter representative told Interface, “Currently my group is focused on working with the largest Fortune 1,000 brands globally. We also have a team ...
Jun 30 2011
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MTV India: The First Indian Brand on Google+
We’ve received a note from the folks at MTV India today saying that they are now officially on Google+. That's pretty quick. MTV India, to the best of our knowledge, is probably the first brand in India to get on Google+. The channel’s wildly popular reality television show, MTV Roadies, is already on Google+ as well. The MTV India brand is pretty tech savvy with a strong presence on Facebook and Twitter. Similarly, the digital marketers behind the brand also hope to replicate those successes on the search engine's latest social ...
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Beepmo: A New LBS Social Network for Professionals in Asia
Feb 7, 2012
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Feb 7, 2012
James Tong: How IDA and Gobi Ventures Help Startups Expand Into China
Feb 7, 2012
Beijing School Begins Using iPads in the Classroom
Feb 7, 2012