No Xiaonei Anymore, Here Comes RenRen

If I ask who are the popular social networking sites in China? I think most of you will talk about Kaixin001.com, QQ, 51.com and Xiaonei.com. However, since yesterday, there is no Xiaonei.com anymore, Joe Chen, CEO of Oak Pacific changed its name from Xiaonei.com to RenRen.com.

But why changing the already well-known Xiaonei.com brand to [...]

What Are Top Apps on China’s Open SNS Platforms?

Last year, many China’s social networking sites have embraced open platform ideas, including leading player such as Xiaonei and 51.com. After several months operation, you may want to know the development of the apps on these platform.
Appleap.com, launched in last October, is a website which monitors apps on four main SNS platform in China. [...]

Kaixin001 Has Ads on Apps

Kaixin001.com, the hottest name in China’s SNS sector, has started to monetize its traffic by adding ads into its extremely popular social game apps.
Parking war is one of the most popular social games in Kaixin001, now you can buy a brand-new Buick Regal car in the game. Unlike other cars, it is a “sponsored [...]

Xiaonei Integrates Payment System Into App Platform

Xiaonei, the leading Facebook-copycat in China, announced today that it has started to allow third-party apps to integrate Xiaonei’s online payment system, i.e. Xiaonei Dou, to monetize the traffics.
What is Xiaonei Dou? It is the virtual coin of Xiaonei.com, you can use Alipay, Yeepay, mobile phone or pre-paid card to pay for Xiaonei Dou, [...]

Xiaonei Launched Developer Platform, But Not Really Open

After announcing developer platform in May, Xiaonei finally launched its developer platform yesterday. Quite similar to Facebook, you need to add a Developer App to manage your apps on Xiaonei. Currently, Xiaonei allows developers to use iframe or XNML(Xiaonei Markup Language, what Facebook is using is called Facebook Markup Language) to develop apps.
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