I asked how he valued Sina's Weibo (its miniblog or
microblog services).
Another big shareholder of
the microblog service is Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, which invested $ 586 million for an 18 % stake in Weibo one year earlier.
Meanwhile, Flipboard, whose English app was blocked by China in May, is planning a reboot including launching a Chinese version, according to an exec from the Sina (NSDQ: SINA) portal (via Technode), which has been working with Flipboard to enable sharing of articles to its Weibo
microblog service.
Not exact matches
Services like Trackle go way beyond Google Alerts and other news alert services because they monitor microblogs such as Twitter, social networks such as Facebook, and the blogosphere,
Services like Trackle go way beyond Google Alerts and other news alert
services because they monitor microblogs such as Twitter, social networks such as Facebook, and the blogosphere,
services because they monitor
microblogs such as Twitter, social networks such as Facebook, and the blogosphere, as well.
On February 2nd, the State Internet Information Office announced new
microblog information
service management regulations which include real name registration and keeping user log information for at least 6 months.
These popular sites and
services encompass a variety of forms including social network sites, blogs, and
microblogs, referred to collectively as.
While this kind of ecosystem is still yet to take root in the US, it is already providing cause for concern for Chinese
microblog giant Sina Weibo, which recently admitted its 400 million users are spending less time on its
service due to chat apps.
It is present across all of Tencent's Web and (many) mobile
services — including its games platform,
microblog, etc — connecting Chinese Internet users in a way that goes beyond any reach that Skype and other global messaging companies enjoy.
Although its total user count has passed 400 million, users of Sina's Weibo
microblog are spending less time on the
service because of Tencent's mobile chat
service, Chao conceded.