Global mobile data traffic will increase 18-fold between 2011 and 2016. Mobile network connection speeds will increase 9-fold by 2016. Two-thirds of the world’s mobile data traffic will be video by 2016. Mobile-connected tablets will generate almost as much traffic in 2016 as the entire global mobile network in 2012. The Middle East and Africa […]
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Burcher’s data and Forrester suggest Japanese users are mostly [on social media] to watch, not create. [...] Burcher’s research is in line with a Forrester report that showed online consumers in emerging markets Brazil, China, India and Mexico used social media tools at least once-a-month, and also created more content than users in the West… More >> [...] […]
” [...] In a statement posted on its Web site on Thursday, the General Administration of Press and Publications barred reporters from directly including unverified information from the Internet or mobile telephone messages in news articles. The new rules also require journalists to produce at least two sources for any “critical” news reports and to personally […]
“Chao said Sina has been working to set up a “credibility system,” which would rate Weibo posts. This, Chao said, will “spread the real valuable information and punish those who make up rumors.” The punishment includes imposing a temporary freeze on Weibo accounts, from one week to one month. Observers of China’s new media industry […]
