JiePang Meets Foursquare and Instagram

JiePang has just recently upgraded their mobile apps, I felt its more like JiePang meets Foursquare with their latest photo taking capability, plus Instagram effects on applying different filters. I noted the capability of searching a deal base on your closest location, as well as groupon type of offers. You can also see the weekly and overall leaderboard scores. The also provides HTML5 version for other mobile platforms, its interesting to see how far JiePang has come considering the company was founded just last year.

According to JiePang official statement "Jiepang is pleased to announce that we have now pushed out the ability for users to take pictures while checking in. Furthermore, our English application is far more in depth. If you are using an iPhone, please take a moment to update the application on the app store."

About JiePang
Founded early 2010, Jiepang (http://jiepang.com) is the leading location-based social network in greater China region, headquartered in Beijing with branch offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taipei. Users use Jiepang on their mobile Internet phones to "check in" at venues, allowing them to share their location with friends. Jiepang users can also collect virtual "badges" for checking in at special locations. Some of these “badges” are redeemable for real-world rewards such as special offers and discounts. Today, Jiepang continues to develop the service for its users, and has already partnered with brands, including Starbucks, Nike, McDonald's, Budweiser, and others, to promote location-based social lifestyles.

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Apple app: Hong Kong leading newspaper reached 17,000 iPad users

Within four weeks of South China Morning Post launch of their app, it has been downloaded by over 17,000 users.
I was not surprised, iPhone is already leading the market in Hong Kong as the number 1 preferred mobile phone.
When iPad finally enters Hong Kong market, people were jumping all over the place to try and get hold of the piece of tech. It was amazing when I was in several tech store in Hong Kong listening to people going around asking if the store have stock iPad, but most of the answer are "you'll have to get on the waiting list".

Second factor to consider is, in 2008 the media research already shows that people are spending more time on Internet versus print media - newspaper, magazine and TV. The reach is a lot faster, the city is perfect with the telecommunications infrastructure, with PCCW dominance on WIFI hotspot all around the city just helps technology like iPad.

Media will definitely need to have online and offline presence, the tech is working and people love it. Interested to know how this will shift the landscape of journalism. I mean news are on your hand, you don't have to wait anymore for morning paper, no more piling up papers and throwing them off or cluttering your desk. Some tech are able to make the news read it for you.

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