Growing with its Baby Boomer Users, Kaixin Launches a Baby Photo Diary App
Kaixin, one of China’s earliest Facebook-style social networks, might be struggling to stay relevant, but at least it’s growing with its users. Now figuring that its late-teens/early-20s user-base is all matured and turned into baby boomers, Kaixin yesterday launched a parent-oriented photo diary app called Kaixin Baby.
Kaixin Baby (correctly predicted by recent rumors) comes with an iPhone app as well as a dedicated site at kaixin001.com/kxbb. The central motif of the app is a tree that grows in height as the baby does likewise, and on that tree hangs photos, videos, or voice notes posted by the parents. Other friends and family members can also be invited in to post within an account, which sounds like a nice touch.
The Kaixin Baby app integrates with the regular Kaixin site, and also features a parenting portal with a selection of baby-care tips and general parenting news.
We’ve been seeing quite a few parenting diary apps this year, such as Japan’s Daiby (which offers paid printing services), or Chinese rival Miidooo, which looks great but lacks any smartphone apps.
Last time we looked at Kaixin, the company said it had 130 million registered users, and was seeing rising revenue – all despite being dwarfed by rival Renren (NYSE:RENN) and the emergence of the Twitter-esque Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo in recent years.
Kaixin Baby is free in the iTunes App Store.
今年は日本のDaiby（有料印刷サービスを提供）や中国のライバルサイトMiidooo（すばらしいサイトだがスマートフォン用アプリがない）等、多くの子育て日記アプリが登場した。
先日Kaixinを見た時、同社は1億3000万人の登録ユーザーを持ち、ライバルのRenren (NYSE:RENN) や最近ではTwitter風のSina WeiboやTencent Weiboなどに比べて影をひそめているが、それでも収益は増加してきた。
Kaixin BabyはiTunes アプリストアで無料だ。
我々は今年、多くの育児日記アプリを見てきた。たとえば（有料プリントサービスを提供）日本のDaibyや、あるいは中国のライバルのMiidoooはすばらしいサービスだと思われるが、スマートフォンアプリが用意されていない。
我々が最後にKaixinをチェックした時、同社の登録ユーザ数は1億3000万とされ、収益も上昇していた。しかし近年では、ライバルRenren（NYSE:RENN）やTwitterタイプのSina WeiboやTencent Weiboの出現によって影をひそめていた。
Kaixin BabyはiTunes App Storeで無料となっている。
