Archive for April, 2007
mInfo: Revolutionizing Mobile Search
0 Comments Published by BV China April 18th, 2007 in Mobile Applications, Search, Shanghai, China
Location: Shanghai
Company Description: Dressing accurately for the weather has never been easier in China if you have a mobile phone, and if you are a young, city dweller the chances are quite high that you do. All users have to do is text or IM questions like, “what is the weather like today in […]
51.com: Social Networking in Style
0 Comments Published by BV China April 11th, 2007 in Mobile Applications, Online Community, Blog Service Provider, User Generated Content, Shanghai, China
Location: Shanghai
Company Description: 51.com, created by Mr. Cheng Dong Pang, has reached mass appeal in China’s social networking space. With an overall Alexa ranking of 142 and an Alexa China rating of 12, 51.com has proved it’s not just a MySpace carbon copy but a viable leader in China’s user generated content space. It […]
DianPing: Incentivizing User Reviews
0 Comments Published by BV China April 3rd, 2007 in Mobile Applications, Online Community, Blog Service Provider, User Generated Content, Shanghai, ChinaLocation: Shanghai
Company Description:
DianPing, a Chinese site similar to San Francisco based Yelp, began 4 years ago in Shanghai with the idea to allow users to create reviews on restaurants they frequent often. DianPing’s CEO Tao Zhang, a Wharton MBA graduate, was inspired by print guides such as Zagat and Michelin and user generated sites such […]