China's Weibo to invest $142 mn in taxi-hailing apps: SEC filing

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 17:41

Chinese microblog Weibo Corp will invest $142 million in China`s dominant taxi-hailing firms Didi Taxi and Kuaidi Taxi, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing showed.

China to punish Internet firm Sina over series of complaints

Last Updated: Friday, April 10, 2015, 22:47

China will punish web portal and social media firm Sina Corp after it was identified as operating the most complained about major website in the country, the Internet regulator said on Friday, the latest blow in an ongoing online crackdown.

Apple removes censorship bypass app on Chinese orders: Developers

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 23:43

The FreeWeibo app is intended to allow users to read sensitive postings on Sina Weibo, a Chinese equivalent of Twitter, that have been censored and deleted, one of its designers said.

Anger most powerful emotion on social media

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 18:35

Anger is viral! Anger is the most influential emotion on-line inciting more responses than other sentiments such as joy or sadness, a new study has found.

China tightens curbs on microblogs

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 23:17

Unveiling tough measures to stop the spread of online rumours, China issued new rules that could see Internet users jailed for up to three years for re-tweeting posts containing defamatory content.

Chinese man arrested for online rumour

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 14:08

A Chinese man was arrested in southwest Guizhou Province for sparking a `rumour` on his microblog, which went viral, claiming that six men broke out from a prison and were on a rampage killing and raping women.

Alibaba buys 18% stake of Weibo for $586 mn

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 23:28

Sina said in a statement on its website that its subsidiary Weibo and Alibaba China has signed an agreement for strategic cooperation to capitalize on their respective advantages in social networking and e-commerce.

E-commerce giant buys 18% stake of Weibo

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 16:46

Weibo is the most popular microblogging service in China.

China shuts online fan club for new first lady

Last Updated: Friday, March 29, 2013, 14:57

An online fan club devoted to Peng Liyuan, the increasingly popular wife of new President Xi Jinping, was shut down by authorities, the South China Morning Post said.

Here`s how world uses social networking sites

Last Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013, 16:29

A popular link-tracking service bit.ly has revealed nine fascinating facts on how people across the globe use social networking site Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc.