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Cristiano Ronaldo Becomes China’s Latest Microblogging Import (EN)
Football star Cristiano Ronaldo has become the latest high profile western figure to begin microblogging in China after he began using Tencent weibo yesterday. To redress the balance, Tencent is known for paying high profile Chinese celebrities to join its version. Could money be the motivating factor for Ronaldo? Given that the English version of the Tencent weibo was launched last week, there is little doubt that Ronaldo’s involvement is a marketing move with benefit for both parties.
China Now Has Over 500 Million Net Users! (EN)
China’s massive population means that even with more net users than any other country in the world, internet penetration is still below 40 percent, which means there’s still tons of room to grow. Many developed countries have rates above 75 percent, and much of northern Europe enjoys penetration rates of over 90 percent.
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22.14m Android Downloads Vs. 78.29m iPhone Downloads In China In August 2011 (EN)
In general, in August 2011, there are 22.14m Android App downloads, 78.29m iPhone app downloads and 31.7m iPad app downloads. But we should note that Xyologic’s report only counts Google official app market. Giving the fact its official app market is not available in China (it only offers free apps), there are several other popular independent Android market such as AppChina, gFan, hiApk, eoeMarket etc. but still it can give us the ideas of who are the top players right now.
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