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Round-up: Singapore elections & social media stories

By Jon Russell Mon, May 09, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments

This weekend saw the long awaited results of the watershed 2011 Singapore general elections which will go down in history for the role that the internet, and social networks in particular, played during the electoral campaign. The dominant PAP party win once again, but some of the figures are very interesting: a record 93% of...

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Asia’s technology blogging scene shows massive potential

By Jon Russell Tue, May 03, 2011 12:30PM UTC View Comments

Asia is one of the fastest growing and exciting digital markets on the planet right now. The region is fast becoming a key focus for established internet firms – like Facebook, Twitter, Google, FourSquare – who seek to grow their user base amongst Asia’s increasingly tech-savvy audiences. The market itself has ignited with mobile (and smartphone...

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Why did China censor and then unblock LinkedIn?

By Jon Russell Tue, Mar 01, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments

China’s great firewall (GFW), the commonly reference to the country’s internet censorship policy, is never far from the news but it made new headlines last week when it blocked and the subsequently unblocked business social network LinkedIn two days later. I caught the news Thursday evening and it passed me by without so much as...

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No surprise as China tops list of markets not dominated by Facebook

By Jon Russell Sat, Feb 19, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments

Web monitoring agency Pingdom has an interesting look at the markets not dominated by Facebook in its latest blog post. Of course, there is no surprise to see China at the top of the list while Russia, Japan and Brazil are regularly spoken of targets for the social network as it looks to expand its...

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Apple’s rumoured $200 iPhone and its potential for Asia

By Jon Russell Mon, Feb 14, 2011 11:30AM UTC View Comments

The technology industry moves quickly, as they say, so much so that less than a week after explaining Why Apple won’t be primary driver of mobile connectivity in Asia, I’m reconsidering my position in light of new evidence. Rumours of an iPhone Nano stretch back to the release of Apple’s first ever iPhone, but possibly even...

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