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Jul 27 2011

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Indonesians Prefer Internet to Radio or Newspapers

byJoshua KevininBusiness

Yahoo and TNS worked together on a new study which revealed that Indonesian internet users are now spending more time on the Internet than they do reading newspapers or listening to the radio -- a strong indication that they are starting to abandon traditional media. The smartphone boom (such as what we see with the Blackberry in the country) and availability of low-cost Internet access on mobiles has definitely contributed to this shift. The now-pervasive use of social media and people's quick adoptation to new ways of buying things through e-commerce have ...

Jul 11 2011

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Yahoo India Partners With Dinamalar, Launches Tamil News Site

byWillis WeeinAsia, Web

Yahoo India announced on Thursday a partnership with Dinamalar to launch a co-branded Tamil news site in India. The content site will be co-branded as seen in the screen capture on the right. The announcement claims that the Yahoo! India network reaches over 80 percent of all Indian internet users, citing a Comscore report from May. This partnership effort with Dinamalar will help Yahoo maintain its lead as one of the largest content providers in India. Yahoo has had a lot of partnerships with content providers but a co-branded news site is ...

Jul 8 2011

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[UPDATE] Tough-Talking Jack Ma Admits Acting Unilaterally in Alipay Controversy

bySteven MillwardinAsia, Business, Web

Jack Ma, the Alibaba founder and CEO, has finally spoken up and revealed the thought-processes behind his controversial and cavalier transference of Alipay away from the Alibaba Group - a move that left Yahoo (which owns 39% of the Group) embarrassed, and exposed just how in the dark the American firm is about Alibaba's inner workings. In a tough-talking, exclusive interview today with the Chinese-language China Entrepreneur Magazine, Ma admits to unilaterally shifting its online payment platform Alipay away from the Group, with full consent from neither the board of directors ...

Jul 4 2011

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Baidu Japan Posts Losses Totaling RMB 700 million since 2008

bySteven MillwardinAsia, Business

Baidu Search dominates its Chinese homeland, but it's struggling elsewhere - its biggest overseas venture in Japan, Baidu.jp, has filed losses of RMB 700 million (US$108.3 million) since 2008. Baidu Japan actually opened in 2007, but required a relaunch in '08 after a shaky start. Those accumulated losses seem to have been sunk into general running and admin costs. The Japanese search engine market is dominated by Yahoo, although Yahoo search is now powered by Google in Japan. This graphic, from SearchEngineWatch.com, reveals that Yahoo Japan holds 56.2% of the marketshare ...

Jun 22 2011

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The History & Milestones of Alibaba Group [INFOGRAPHIC]

byWillis WeeinAsia, Business

The Infographic of the day series visually expresses important stories from Asia and the world of technology. It can be difficult to understand the history and milestones of giant corporations. The same applies to Alibaba Group, which runs Alibaba.com, Alipay.com, Alibaba Cloud Computing, Taobao, Tmall.com, and eTao. (Wow, that's quite a long list of services huh?) In the past decade, a lot has happened within the Alibaba Group. We decided that the best way to tell the story of the Alibaba would be to create this timeline infographic that boils down the progression ...

Jun 16 2011

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After Suggesting Yahoo Split Up, Jack Ma Divides Taobao in Three

byRick MartininWeb

After suggesting at the recent All Things D conference that Yahoo might solve some of its problems by splitting into smaller pieces, Jack Ma has applied this same strategy to his own company. We received a note from Alibaba today alerting us of the move, one that will see e-commerce giant Taobao form three separate companies. The (Three) Tao of Jack We’re told that as of today, these three Alibaba subsidiaries will begin operations as follows: Taobao Marketplace - “China’s leading consumer-to-consumer (C2C) platform” Taobao Mall - “China’s leading business-to-consumer (B2C) shopping site” etao - ...

Aug 2 2011

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Twitter Partners with Yahoo Japan for Tweet Integration

byRick MartininBusiness, Web

Continuing its push to reach more people in the Japanese market, Twitter announced today that it has partnered with Yahoo Japan in a deal that would see its messages cross over to Yahoo users: Today, we are excited to announce that Tweets will be integrated into various services on Yahoo! Japan, beginning with real-time search results (see: realtime.search.yahoo.co.jp). This partnership will allow Twitter content to reach even more users in Japan, one of our biggest international markets. This comes hot on the heels of last month’s announcement that Twitter had struck ...

Mar 2 2011

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Yahoo to quit Japan?

byWillis WeeinAsia, Business

Yahoo Inc is in advanced talks to exit its joint venture in Japan with Softbank corp, Japan’s number three mobile operator, the Reuters reported. The deal is believed to be a transfer of Yahoo’s 35 percent stake in Yahoo Japan to Softbank. Softbank currently holds 42 percent and if the transfer were to materialize, it would give Softbank major control over Yahoo Japan. A spokesman for Softbank declined the claim but refused to comment whether a talk is currently ongoing. So, why quit Japan? The reason is believed to be China. Yahoo ...

Mar 1 2011

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P&G and Yahoo launch Brand Style Website in Indonesia

byWillis WeeinAsia, Business

Inspired by Yahoo’s Shine in the U.S, P&G and Yahoo Indonesia launch, Style Factor, a celebrity style guide dedicated to Indonesian women. The site, which is written in Indonesian, contains content on the latest Indonesian and international celebrity news and information on fashion, skincare, haircare and makeup. The site helps build thought leadership for Yahoo and especially P&G. It’s another “connection first, sales later tactic” employed by the brand agency. Last year, we shared how P&G marketed tampons through a site that was catered for teenage girls. There wasn’t any hard ...

Jan 24 2011

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Yahoo! Innovates Digital Advertising

byAmos YeoinCreative

In the city of San Fransisco, Yahoo! has come up with an innovative way to advertise. Realising that commuters waiting at bus stops are usually bored waiting for buses that never seem to arrive, they installed 20 interactive screens at Yahoo! themed bus stops around the neighbourhoods in San Fran. Hit the jump for the next advance in advertising. Isn't that the coolest idea ever? If only we had something like that at our own bus stop. Dubbed the Bus Stop Derby, it pits the 20 neighbourhoods against each other in 4 different games, ...

Dec 5 2010

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Yahoo 2010 Year In Review [INFOGRAPHIC]

byWillis WeeinUncategorized

Yahoo has compiled its 2010 data and visualized them nicely into an infographic. Remember Abby’s Lemonade? 8-year-old Abby Enck runs lemonade stands during the summer and turn it into a charitable franchises that help sick kids. Her 6-year-old brother, Cameron, who was born with Cerebral Palsy has inspired her to go the extra mile. Under Sports, The FIFA World Cup has been a total sensation. ‘World Cup’ is ranked second in Yahoo’s 2010 most searched terms, only falling behind ‘BP Oil Spill’. The World Cup theme song by Shakira is also currently ...