More than 50,000 Chinese citizens entered a lottery conducted by group-buying site Meituan, over the weekend, for a trip to the Scarborough Shoal; also known in Chinese as Huangyan Island. The area has been the subject of growing quarrel between China and the Phillipines, as to who has rights to the island and can claim [...]

From humble beginnings to a silver spoon Eduardo Luiz Saverin was born on March 13th, 1982 in São Paulo, Brazil. Eduardo’s father was a Brazilian industrialist working in export, clothing, shipping, and real estate. By 1993, Saverin’s father had become wealthy, and in 1993 it was discovered that his son Eduardo´s name had been placed [...]

Social Media is on the rise and businesses need to assess their marketing strategy to improve their online presence. So says a recent infographic by Moore Consulting Group, a Tallahassee, Florida-based company that offers public relations, advertising and marketing services. But these insights go beyond just their relationship to marketing PR. Earlier this year, Facebook [...]

UK based Gloople, a B2B social sharing e-commerce platform, has created an infographic titled, The Future of the Social Customer. The new visual aid says that right now only 9 percent of commerce is being handled online but that the number of companies generating sales through online social sites and mobile is projected to reach [...]

Social networking is growing exponentially more dangerous with each passing day. That’s according to AVG Technologies’ newest report, which highlights the emerging trends of mobile device attacks through the spread of malware, viruses, and other hacking efforts undertaken through social network connections. Recently, AVG Technologies – the provider of Internet and mobile security to more [...]

According to Marbridge Daily, it looks like Gaopeng, Groupon’s Chinese arm, is going to be acquired by Chinese group buying site FTuan. Gaopeng is run as a joint venture between Groupon and Tencent, and looks like it’s being used as a piece of Tencent’s play in the group-buying game. Rumors say that an internal email [...]

Getting set to launch this June, Singapore based Stilomo is a mobile app that rewards users with a discount once they share the promo with their circle of friends on Twitter and Facebook. Creators of the app, Stanley Octavian, Rebecca Agiestha, and Nick Yudha, say they aren’t trying to emulate traditional daily deal sites like [...]

There’s a new player in the Chinese ecommerce world, and it’s already creating a little bit of buzz. Buykee is a luxury brand promoting social commerce site that looks to be taking a page from the Pinterest catalog, by adding social elements to its online shopping platform. (Side note: I’m defining “Pinterest” as the social media [...]

If imitation is the best form of flattery, then China must be a BIG fan of Pinterest! As we all know, Pinterest is the fastest growing social media outlet, amassing over 10 million users in a short amount, and giving (mainly) women a chance to explore, organize and share ideas for fashion, arts, crafts, recipes [...]

Mobile web users average 6.6 hours per day According to a survey commissioned by InMobi (the world’s largest independent mobile ad network) social media and entertainment are the major driving factors for mobile growth in Thailand. In fact, mobility has exploded to the point where usage time has now surpassed ‘traditional internet usage (desktops and [...]