This July Xiaomi launched a connected wristband, which was manufactured by Huami Technology (our translation). Being sold on Xiaomi’s online store and their official store on Alibaba’s Tmall, the wristband achieved a million shipments four months after launch, and claims it has the largest market share in its category. Its functions and features are similar to most activity […]
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Xiaomi To Invest Millions USD in Video Site Youku Tudou
Chinese smart hardware and internet service provider Xiaomi revealed further details for its ambitious US$1 billion digital content plan released last week. The burgeoning startup announced a strategic partnership with Youku Todou, one of China’s largest internet companies. It plans to acquire the latter’s circulating shares with eight-digit US dollar investment for the development of a multi-screen media and entertainment […]
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Xiaomi’s US$1B for Digital Content, Poaches Online Media Guru Chen Tong [Updated]
“Content is king”, as they say, and even hardware manufacturers want in on it. Xiaomi, the Chinese smart hardware and internet service provider, announced this afternoon that it is allocating US$1 billion to digital content, especially online videos for the Xiaomi Smart TV and set-top box. The company has hired Chen Tong, editor-in-chief of Sina since […]
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Xiaomi Launches Tablet and the Second-gen Smart TV
Chinese smart device maker Xiaomi finally launches a tablet today. We heard of the existence of it last year and thought it would come out soon as the company began testing a custom Android system earlier this year. Specs: Processor: TEGRA K1 (192-core GPU) Screen：7.9‑inch retina display (by Sharp/AUO) Cameras: 5MP front-facing camera (OmniVision) & 8MP […]
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Xiaomi Revamped Its Android Launcher, Rebrands It “Xiaomi System”
Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone maker and mobile service provider, released “Xiaomi System” today. It’s an updated version of Xiaomi Desktop, an Android launcher that was launched almost two years ago — btw, in China Android launcher is named “desktop” in Chinese by almost all launcher developers. Xiaomi System, apart from the features with the old […]
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Qihoo 360 Forms JV with Chinese Smartphone Maker Coolpad
Qihoo 360 (NYSE:QIHU) today announced a joint venture with Chinese phone maker Coolpad (HK:02369). Qihoo has invested US$409.05 million for a 45% stake in the mobile manufacturer. Smartphones shipped by the JV will be under brand Dazen, a sub-brand of Coolpad. Qihoo 360’s mobile services, including security, app store and mobile search, will become the default options onthe full […]
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Riding the Internet-of-Things Trends, Solution Providers Emerge in China
We’ve previously written about smart hardware platforms in China, most of which come from the big Chinese internet companies. They all want the newly emerging smart gadgets and home appliances to be compatible with their platform – for instance, WeChat, the leading Chinese mobile messaging app, has released an API for connected hardware that enables users to […]
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Chinese Smartphone Maker Meizu to Raise Funding and Set up R&D Center in the US to Take on Xiaomi
Meizu as a smartphone maker isn’t so well-known to the world outside mainland China as Huawei, ZTE and, more recently, Xiaomi. However, Huang Zhang — aka J.W. (Jhon Wong), founder of Meizu is a legendary figure in China’s consumer electronics market. For a long time he was the chairman of the board but now is back to […]
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Chinese Tech Companies are Flocking into Public WiFi Solution Sector to Seize the High Ground in Online-to-Offline
Alipay, the Internet payments service provider of Alibaba Group, announced today it has reached partnership with WiTown, a Chinese business-facing WiFi hotspot solution provider, to offer free products and services to bricks-and-mortar stores to enable Chinese consumers to enjoy free Internet connection over WiFi anywhere. WiTown provides, by partnering with Chinese carriers such as China […]
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Facebook Mark Zuckerberg on Why He Learns Chinese
Mark Zuckerberg showed up in Beijing this week. As one of the new members of the advisory board of Tsinghua University business school, he attended a meetup with Tsinghua students yesterday evening. Speaking Chinese through the whole event, Zuckerberg explained why he has learned the language: His wife is Chinese. Her family speak Chinese and […]
