Three-quarters of Japanese social network users access the sites only from their mobile phones. This observation comes from a survey conducted last year with almost 4,000 social network users in Japan by Mobile Marketing Data Labo. of respondents only accessed social networking sites from their mobile phone (and not from their PC). This is a reflection on the mobile nature of the internet in Japan where 3G penetration stands at 95% of the market and 85% of customers have a data plan added to their contract. Image via Wikipedia. MORE >>

Tweet Using social media to bring business value is an obvious choice for many companies. But the benefits of using social media inside an organization still remains somewhat unexplored. Altimeter Group just released a report Making The Business Case For Enterprise Social Networks that include extensive research where results show that enterprise social networking can provide value to the organization, especially around collaboration between departments, finding experts or share expertise from around the company as well as sharing best practices. MORE >>

Facebook is a “one size fits all social network” for much of the world. It does not matter what age or social background you have, you are on Facebook. The networks in China are much more fragmented. The users of the top social networks that I will present here, are more divided. This This blog post is the second part of two , on the state of social media in China. Web-based social networks. Qzone , with its 560 million users, is by far the largest web-based social network in China. Specialized networks. Qzone. MORE >>

While, the diary still scored over cellphone in some of the features the socially conscious consumer just wanted to have a single device. Fast forward to 20 September 2010 i.e. today where I just finished reading Kapil Ohri’s latest write-up on afaqs.com which talks about Poken – a USB enabled pen drive type social business card device. The device allows users to exchange their contact details and social networking profile within a few seconds. Cultural Differences: India as a market is fundamentally different when compared with the Western world. MORE >>

Earlier this year we reported on how Russia is the fourth largest social networking market in Europe. Data from TNS showed that use of social media and social networking in Russia is widespread, making it the fourth largest market in Europe for social networking behind the UK, Germany and France. In part this position is driven by strong local social networking sites, principally Odnoklassniki ( ????????????? ), which reports some 30 million registered users, and VKontakte ( ? ???????? Image by khrawlings via Flickr. MORE >>