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LinkedIn edges closer to China with Hong Kong office

By Asian Correspondent Tue, May 01, 2012 6:45PM UTC View Comments

Following the establishment of eight offices in Asia Pacific, professional networking company LinkedIn announced its Hongkong office, which is its 25th office globally. Housing a dozen staffers, the Hong Kong office serves around 470,000 users in the country within the Financial Services, Banking and Information Technology and Services, which are top industries among this population....

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LinkedIn focuses on growth in Asia with launch of Singapore office

By Jon Russell Wed, Jun 01, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments

Business social network LinkedIn has signalled its intent to grow its userbase in Asia with the opening of its Asian Pacific headquarters in Singapore. The company, which IPOed at $3.3 billion and recently pass 100 million members, is the de facto business network in Western markets but has seen patchy success in Asia where fellow...

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Philippines named social networking capital of the world

By Jon Russell Sun, May 15, 2011 12:30PM UTC View Comments

Asia dominates the world’s biggest social networking markets according to research from blog 24/7 Wall Street who compiled a list of countries where Facebook penetration (usage per population) is highest. The Philippines tops the list with 93.9 percent of the nation reportedly signed up to Facebook, the full list is below with the summary from...

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Gmail issues surface in China as LinkedIn admits to Great Firewall uncertainty

By Jon Russell Tue, Mar 15, 2011 3:00PM UTC View Comments

An IDG News article published yesterday suggests that the Chinese government may be responsible for delays and disruption suffered by Gmail users in the country over the last few weeks. From the article (via PC World): Gmail users are complaining on Chinese microblogs that the service has been slow or inaccessible. Google has reported no...

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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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