Sina Weibo exceeds 400 million users, sees increasing mobile traffic

Sina Weibo exceeds 400 million users, sees increasing mobile traffic

Microblogging site Sina Weibo, China‘s answer to Twitter, reported a pretty dazzling statistic in its third quarter results: it now boasts over 400 million registered users. We can’t be sure how many are active, of course, but it’s still a vast number considering appeal is localized to the People’s Republic. It also means Sina is winning the popularity contest with social media competitor Tencent, although it humbly acknowledges their services are somewhat different. The company’s platform is still evolving, and it’s only recently seen mobile usage exceed computers, so is shifting product focus accordingly. Sina’s obviously doing something right, and that suits us just fine — keep those news bites and juicy leaks coming.

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Proview sued by its iPad court case law firm, owes at least 2.4 million dollars in legal fees

Proview sued by its iPad court case law firm, owes 24 million dollars in legal fees

Guess who hasn’t yet gotten its share of Proview’s recently acquired $60 million? Ironically, it’s the lawyers that helped it win the iPad trademark dispute in China. According to Sina Tech, Grandall Law Firm confirmed that its shady client refused to pay up the promised 4 percent of Apple’s settlement fee, which equates to $2.4 million. While acknowledging their contractual arrangement (wherein the law firm covers the legal fees in advance, and then expect the client to pay up after winning the case), Proview founder Yang Rongshan told Sina Tech that Grandall’s behavior is “nonsense,” and that his company isn’t obliged to pay back immediately as it isn’t under normal operation right now. However, Yang promises Proview won’t “pass the buck.” We shall see about that — maybe he could spend some yuans on buying Grandall a few new iPads, at least.

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