Renren

Renren, China’s largest Facebook-ish social network (as opposed to the Twitter-ish weibos), has a long and complex history which probably not more than a handful of people have heard about in detail. I was lucky enough to have the chance to meet Zany Zeng, the co-founder of NYSE-listed Renren.com and ...

It looks like Chinese social networking giant Renren is about to shift its business model in a big way. The Facebook clone is now looking to take on the mobile and ecommerce spaces. It might seem like an odd move, but it could well make a lot of sense.According ...

Chinese Facebook clone Renren and Japanese mobile gaming company DeNa have signed a deal in what seems to be a bid by the latter to increase its presence on Chinese mobile devices.Under the terms of the deal Renen will feature a number DeNa titles on its mobile app for ...

China’s has the largest online population on the planet, over 500-million people by most estimates. Add in 300-million people with accounts on its various microblogging sites (called weibos) and you can see why advertisers might be clamouring to go online.That drive for online advertising is only being fuelled by ...

One of China's largest online video companies has seen its shares fall sharply in the wake of its Wall Street debut.Shares in the Shanghai-based Todou, which raised US$174-million with its US initial public offering, were priced at US$29.00 on the Nasdaq Stock Market and closed at US$25.56, a loss ...

Emerging market startups are coming into their own and increasingly appearing on the radar of mainstream venture capitalists in established markets. Skype recently announced its interest in investing in Chinese startups. The VoIP service is not the only player seeking a slice of the emerging markets pie - the list ...

China's biggest social network, Renren, made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The company's shares soared raising $743.4 million through the sale of 53.1 million American Depositary Shares. Renren is trading on Wall Street under the symbol "RENN".The Beijing-based company seen as China's answer to Facebook ...

China's most popular social network Renren filed for an initial public offering in the United States on Friday in the hopes of raising as much as US$583-million.Renren, in papers filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said it plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under ...

Social networking has been the "in thing" since 2006 when the rest of the world discovered Facebook. The social networking giant is without a doubt king of the social networking royal court with more than 600-million users. This royal court also consists of other social networks some you might not ...

Facebook holds sway as the default social network in many parts of the world across all internet demographics. In China, where Facebook is blocked, a handful of homegrown social networks attract segmented audiences, ranging from upmarket urban youth to university students and migrant workers.While the world’s big focus these days ...