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China’s App Stores: The Battle for Mobile Share

October 16, 2013 By Iris Mir

As app stores gain traction in China, companies vie to get a piece of the pie. When China’s independent app store Wandoujia  was launched in 2010, there were less than a million Android smartphones in China. In contrast, today Android devices account for 86% of the country’s total 200 million smartphones. Back in 2010, Wandoujia’s […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China, Innovation, Technology Tagged With: Baidu, Mobile Apps, Mobile Internet, Qihoo 360, Slider, Wandoujia

Digital Marketing and China’s Expanding Internet: Location-Based Services and the Mobile Internet

June 6, 2013 By CKGSB Knowledge

In January 2013, China’s internet user base reached 564 million users. China’s smartphone users have also surpassed the 300 million mark, signaling a tectonic shift towards mobile internet usage. Despite strict censorship controls on internet content in China, social media has caught on with unprecedented momentum. Established Twitter-like platforms such as Sina Weibo and Tencent […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, Digital Marketing Series, eCommerce, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Marketing, Supply Chain, Technology, Videos Tagged With: Alibaba, Apps, Digital Marketing, E-Commerce, eBay, Internet, Mobile Advertising, Mobile App, Mobile Internet, Sina Weibo, Slider, Taobao, WeChat, Weibo, Weixin

Digital Marketing and China’s Expanding Internet: China’s Exploding Mobile Internet

June 5, 2013 By CKGSB Knowledge

In January 2013, China’s internet user base reached 564 million users. China’s smartphone users have also surpassed the 300 million mark, signaling a tectonic shift towards mobile internet usage. Despite strict censorship controls on internet content in China, social media has caught on with unprecedented momentum. Established Twitter-like platforms such as Sina Weibo and Tencent […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, Digital Marketing Series, eCommerce, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Marketing, Technology, Videos Tagged With: Alibaba, Apps, Baidu, Mobile Apps, Mobile Internet, Search Advertising, Search Engines, Sina, Sina Weibo, Slider, Social Media, Tencent, WeChat, Weixin

Mobile Advertising: Tailor-Made in China

April 10, 2013 By Liz Mahoney

China is the world’s largest smartphone user market and, according to Techweb, by December 2012 the percentage of users in China accessing the internet from mobile platforms reached 74.9%. At 420 million users this is a huge opportunity for advertisers to access their customers constantly and more directly than ever before via mobile advertising. But […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Consumers, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Innovation, Marketing, Technology Tagged With: App, Apple, Apps, Made in China, Mobile Ad, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Apps, Mobile Internet, Mobile Web, Slider, Taobao

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