Technology
Sina Weibo users hit 140m as of April
Updated: 2011-05-13 13:18
(Xinhua)
BEIJING -- Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like microblog service, on Thursday announced that it had about 140 million registered users at the end of April, up from 100 million at the end of February.
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The company will invest heavily in the microblog this year, about $100 million more than last year, Cao said.
The company will also focus on improving the functions of Sina Weibo to integrate online gaming and e-commerce platforms, Cao said.
Sina Weibo was launched on August 28, 2009 and had 50 million registered users by the end of October 2010.
Sina's shares dropped 0.24 percent to $119.80 per share on Nasdaq before these results were released.
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