SubscribeXiaonei Integrates Payment System Into App Platform
Xiaonei, the leading Facebook-copycat in China, announced today that it has started to allow third-party apps to integrate Xiaonei’s online payment system, i.e. Xiaonei Dou, to monetize the traffics.
What is Xiaonei Dou? It is the virtual coin of Xiaonei.com, you can use Alipay, Yeepay, mobile phone or pre-paid card to pay for Xiaonei Dou, [...]
Xiaonei Launched Developer Platform, But Not Really Open
After announcing developer platform in May, Xiaonei finally launched its developer platform yesterday. Quite similar to Facebook, you need to add a Developer App to manage your apps on Xiaonei. Currently, Xiaonei allows developers to use iframe or XNML(Xiaonei Markup Language, what Facebook is using is called Facebook Markup Language) to develop apps.
When we [...]
QQ To Compete With Xiaonei.com
Today, QQ soft launches a new service called QQ Xiaoyou, which is a social networking service targeted at students in universities and high schools. Actually, Xiaoyou is the Chinese Pinyin for alumni. Currently, only invited QQ users are allowed to test the service.
Obviously QQ want to make Xiaoyou another China’s Facebook, it also has the [...]
Xiaonei.com Announced its Open Developer Platform
We’ve heard Xiaonei.com is working on open platform for a long time. Possibly because of 51.com’s announcement of open developer platform plan in last week, Xiaonei.com, the so-called China’s Facebook, can not wait to announced its open developer platform before it is fully ready. It even is not announced in Xiaonei’s official blog, but in [...]
What’s The Meaning of SoftBank’s Investment in Oak Pacific?
Lots of discussion on the news that Masayoshi Son’s Softbank will lead an investment totaling $430 million for approximately 35% stake of Oak Pacific Interactive (OPI), whose main asset currently is Xiaonei.com, a Facebook clone, can be found on the blogosphere already, such as on Techcrunch, VentureBeat and DigitalWatch.
Honestly, I was surprised by the [...]