Acer Africa has launched a refreshed portfolio of devices aimed at South African students, just in time for the new academic cycle. Designed for…
Sina Weibo hits 34 977 posts in the first second of the Chinese New Year
Yesterday saw the ushering in of the Chinese New Year — and it seems that everyone who wasn’t busy setting off fireworks at the…
While everyone was talking Twitter, Sina Weibo took gold in the social Olympics
Well now, this is interesting. It turns out the real social media platform of choice when it came to the Olympic Games was China’s…
Sina Weibo went crazy for Olympic opening ceremony: 119m messages sent
Turns out users of Chinese microblogging service Sina Weibo took to the first ever “social Olympics” with a gusto. During the opening ceremony alone,…
Sina Weibo copies Twitter, takes ‘sponsored tweets’ route
This is interesting. Chinese social network Sina Weibo, which has over 350-million registered users, is taking a leaf out of Twitter’s book when it…