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Twitter user numbers overtaken by chinas sina weibo bbc. Where can i find the english version of sina weibo. Sina weibo has also recently released a desktop version available for free download at its website. Sina produces mobile applications for various platforms to access sina weibo, including android, blackberry os, ios, symbian s60, windows mobile and windows phone. Sina weibo to launch native app for blackberry 10 crackberry. Over the past 10 months sina weibo has established itself as chinas leading microblogging service, raising the countrys microblogging population from less than 1 million to an estimated 10 million. Download weibo app apk for iphone, android, blackberry, windows phone and nokia. Available for ios, android, windows phone, symbian, blackberry, nokia, web.
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Sina produces mobile applications for various platforms to access sina weibo, including android, blackberry os, ios. Microsoft has previously confirmed it was looking to introduce sina weibo connectivity to. You can change to english by following the steps assume that you are starting with an chinese version. Sina weibo limits the amount of data that can be obtained each hour, day, and month if api is used. Weibo is a free social media app thats often called the twitter of china.
Unlike twitter, sina weibo allows users to write an entirely new 140character tweet as an additional comment. You can even download videos to your device to watch later. At the beginning, the platform was named sina weibo and used the domain tcn. We introduced the first generation of weibo mobile app in the first quarter of 2010. Holders of sina ordinary shares that are settled through dtc will receive class a ordinary. Besides twitter, domestic social media sites such as zuosa, fanfou and taotao were rapidly gaining popularity. A ccording to new chinese mobile internet data reports, sina weibos monthly active users mau reached 390 million in september 2016 source. May 17, 2017 sina weibo is the most popular of chinas microblogging services, and it is the preferred platform for most mainland chinese newspapers and tv stations, which have millions of followers. This is whats on weibos short introduction to sina weibo, chinas biggest social media network that was launched in 2009. Sina weibo, commonly known as chinas twitter, on march 14 filed for a u. Tweetings so yesterday technology news sina english. If youre traveling to or planning to live in china, this is the app for you. This app is available only on the app store for iphone, ipad, and apple watch. In december 20, weimeng acquired from sina the entire equity interest in beijing weibo interactive internet technology co.
Blackberry announces sina weibo native app for bb10. This is a practical guide for programmers and researchers who intend to use sina weibos open api as part of their work. The year that sina weibo was launched 2009 was a pivotal year for china in terms of microblogging. Upload voice messages to the online storage and post them to myspace, twitter right from the app. Insert a line in table user, the id is short id length10 of weibo. This is a web scraper for sina weibo search by keywords implemented by pure url encoding so that it simulates a real browser, navigates to the page and get access to the data. Cn corporation, in the cayman islands to hold the assets associated with the weibo business. Sina cfo herman yu divulged more aspects of how weibo makes money. Sina has also released a desktop client for microsoft windows under the product name weibo desktop.
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Feb, 2017 heres how you can remove sina weibo and tencent weibo from ios and where it came from. Share anything you want, let the whole world hear your voice. Weibo was started as a division of chinese telecom sina nasdaq. Analyzing user behavior of the microblogging website sina weibo. During blackberry jam asia, it was announced that sina weibo would be soon be available for the blackberry 10 platform in the coming days. Over the past eight years, weibo has transformed from a chinese equivalent of twitter to a comprehensive platform that incorporates the major features of social media channels like twitter, youtube, and instagram last updated april 2017. And you can also share your data to platforms such as facebook, twiter, sina weibo, email and message. Sina weibo is the chinese social media platform, a twitterfacebook hybrid. What you need to know before signing up to weibo, the chinese.
The platform has been a huge financial success, with surging stocks, lucrative advertising sales and high revenue and total earnings per quarter. Now, you can find lots of other weibo services such. Sina weibo is the chinese social media platform, a twitterfacebook hybrid, launched in august 2009. Sina weibo free ringtone download by social network sound. In fact, at the end of 2018, it already surpassed 445 million active users on the platform. In sina weibo, not only can you publish any post with the information or multimedia content you want. Maybe sina has modified the dom setting or ajax of their website, so my code may not work. Sina weibo, an informal miniblog product, is a new expression to web2. Sina weibo is the most popular of chinas microblogging services, and it is the preferred platform for most mainland chinese newspapers and tv stations, which have millions of followers. Sep 21, 2015 weibo is often explained as the chinese equivalent of twitter or facebook, two services that are blocked in mainland china.
View friends timeline, favorites, direct messages, and replies in twitter. In fact, weibo holds the nickname as the twitter of china. Weibo is one of the most popular companies for social media in china at the moment, and that popularity seems to be making its way around the globe. We allow users to upload written materials, images, pictures and other content on our platform and download, share. But almost two years later, sina corporation decided to launch, so users also shorten its name to the popular weibo. Heres how you can remove sina weibo and tencent weibo from ios and where it came from. This is a practical guide for programmers and researchers who intend to use sina weibo s open api as part of their work. Sina weibo is a social network, similar to facebook, thats become pretty popular in china recently. Pdf the spread and resonance of users opinions on sinaweibo, the most popular microblogging website in china.
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