Archive for July, 2008

Taobao Open Platform Is Coming

In this February, we reported that Taobao will launch open platform within this year. Today Taobao Open Platform(TOP)’s webpage has been online already, which provides information on Taobao API for developers. (tip by Sina)
To be a developer for TOP, at first you need to sign up as an ISV in Alisoft, the software business under [...]

Kaixin001: A New SNS with High Growth

Kaixin001.com is a Facebook-like SNS established in late April by ex-Sina people. Yes, it is a new-comer in China’s already crowded SNS market, but in last three month, Kaixin001.com gained quite good growth curve.
If we check the Alexa data of Kaixin001.com and Hainei.com, which is a SNS launched in late 2007 and targeted similar [...]

BCG on China’s Digital Generation

Two weeks ago, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released a report on China’s digital generation, which has some finding on China’s Internet and users.
If you are regular reader of this blog, you might be familiar with many of the findings already.
According to the report, online chatting is a very important Internet service in China, [...]

Is SNS+Game the Next Big Thing?

We all know that Chinese young Internet users are crazy about online games, which makes five Chinese online gaming company to successfully go IPO in the US. With recent SNS hype, many people are thinking about opportunities of monetizing SNS by offering online games, esp. web-based games.
Two weeks ago, Giant Interactive, a major online [...]

MYOP: Comsenz’s Answer to Open Platform

Comsenz, the developer of the most used BBS software Discuz!, launched a product called UCenter Home(UCH) in late April which can enable you to build your own SNS. When UCenter Home was launched, we were expecting some kind of open platform solutions from Comsenz. On July 7, Comsenz announced ManYou Open Platform(MYOP), a UCH-based open [...]

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