Editor’s note: This was contributed by Alvin Wang Graylin, China Regional President of HTC Vive, a leading virtual reality system. Virtual reality (VR) has been a hot topic in the media and the tech sector for the last couple of years, but it is about to hit a new level of buzz thanks to an […]
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Alibaba to turn world’s largest gambling center into smart city
Alibaba is going to turn the historic city of Macau, and world’s largest gambling center, into a smart city of the future via the services of Alibaba Cloud, it has announced today. Healthcare, transport, city governance, tourism, and talent development will be the focuses of the project that will begin this year, according to a […]
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Analyse Asia 198: Samsung Electronics in 2017 with Jan Dawson
Editor’s note: This originally appeared on Analyse Asia, a weekly podcast hosted by Bernard Leong, dedicated to dissecting the pulse of business, technology, and media in Asia. The podcast features guests from Asia’s vibrant tech community. Jan Dawson from Jackdaw Research, host of Beyond Devices and Tech Narratives podcast joined us in a two-part conversation discussing […]
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Baidu Waimai said to merge with Ele.me
Baidu is currently in negotiations to sell its delivery service Waimai to its competitor Ele.me backed by Alibaba and Ant Financial, according to financial magazine Caijing (in Chinese). Neither Baidu or Ele.me has confirmed the news so far, but Weibo users have already renamed the new company “eduzi”(饿度子), a pun on the two company’s names. The […]
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Developing games from China: Q&A with Michael Chen of iDreamSky Games
Editor’s note: This contribution was made by Atishay Sinha, marketing manager for Delta Bridges/San Jiao Ling, a Southern China-based media company & PR Agency specializing in advertising and events management for both Chinese and foreign enterprises. This interview was conducted with Michael Chen, CEO and co-founder of iDreamSky Games, a Shenzhen based mobile game developer notably […]
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Meituan-Dianping rumored to raise up to $5 billion in funding
Meituan-Dianping may soon raise its value to $25-30 billion with a new round of fund raising worth between $3 and 5 billion, according to unknown sources cited by Bloomberg. Meituan’s long-time backer Tencent is said to be participating in the round, the report says. The new funding means that Meituan-Dianping could be upping its game […]
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China releases first national guidelines for bike rental industry
After several tragic deaths and countless headaches for municipal authorities caused by the bike rental boom, the first guidelines for regulating bike rental for the whole of China have officially been published (in Chinese). The “guiding opinions on encouraging and regulating the development of bicycle rental” were signed by 20 state departments after the draft was […]
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Topplus wants to turn your phone’s camera into a Kinect for VR/AR
Cameras, a crucial factor to assess how good a smartphone is, have improved dramatically over the past decade. Facial recognition, filter effects, QR code scanning for payment: Tons of features rely on camera capabilities to support proper operation. Driven by the success of Pokemon Go, the rising VR/AR technology is now shaping future innovations for smartphone […]
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How WeChat search is going to affect how you do business in China
Editor’s note: This was contributed by Steve Yang, co-founder and Marketing Director for Grizzly Panda Media, a digital marketing agency helping foreign companies establish themselves in China. This year, Facebook has launched its new Facebook Messenger ads, Instagram added a Stories, Snapchat went public for $22 billion, and a bunch of top level China social […]
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Dianrong snags $220m Series D to further tap China’s $16t internet finance market
Chinese P2P lending platform Dianrong today announced their Series D worth $220 million. This latest funding was led by GIC Private Limited, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, along with CMIG Leasing, Simone Investment Managers, and other institutional and individual investors. The new proceeds will be used for improving risk management, R&D and automation, M&A opportunities and international […]