From August 11th to August 12th, TechCrunch China and TechNode will hold the annual conference in Beijing, with the theme of “Red Hardware”. Popular topics to be discussed at the event include crowd funding, online education, design, among others. We have invited many founders whose products have distinguished themselves domestically or abroad in the tech industry to take to […]
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LessonsGoWhere Platform Lets Singaporeans Book Lessons Online
Singaporeans who are keen to take up cooking, experience indoor skydiving or learn martial arts can now find out exactly where they can attend lessons and book them on the spot, thanks to a new startup called LessonsGoWhere. Launched in June, LessonsGoWhere is an online marketplace that allows users in Singapore to discover, list and […]
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WeChat Has Had 396M Monthly Active Users and 5.8M Public Accounts
WeChat monthly active users reached 396 million in more than 200 countries and regions as of this month (July 2014), WeChat disclosed yesterday at an event. Public accounts, service accounts and subscription accounts, have reached 5.8 million since the public account system was launched in August 2012, with 15,000 added daily. Sogou, the search service developer […]
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Launch a Coin Like a Boss with Koinify
I have to confess that as a tech reporter I know too little about the Bitcoin. I found myself skipping any news or articles about it and kind of defined this topic as “out of my league stuff”. So when I first met Tom and his bitcoin startup, my brain was still shut off until […]
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Korean Online Travel Site Zaiseoul Taps Already-crowded Chinese Outbound Tourism Industry with Localized Services
Chinese online travelling sites focused on overseas tourism services are going to face fiercer competition in an already-crowded market, as their foreign counterparts are poised to take a bite of the cake. Started as a travel magazine offering monthly insights to Chinese backpackers to South Korea, Zaiseoul is an online travelling site providing tourism services to Chinese […]
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Tencent, New Oriental Have Established an Online Education JV
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, the Chinese behemoth in private education, announced last night that it had established a joint venture with Chinese Internet giant Tencent on online education. The company is named Weixue Mingri which means micro-learning for tomorrows. Pan Xin, vice president at New Oriental’s online business will be the JV’s CEO […]
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Jiecao Collection, A Naughty App For Post-90 Chinese, Is Explosive
Jiecao Collection is a Chinese app that features trending jokes and memes. Since it launched at the end of last year, Jiecao Collection has netted several million users among whom 80% were born post-1990. With a simple goal to be a source of happiness for young people, the app did not intend to target specially the post-90s when it started out, according to […]
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Smartphone Maker OnePlus to Develop a Custom Android System for Mainland China Market
OnePlus, a Chinese Android phone brand announced in early this year that has drawn much attention in China and overseas, is building a team to develop a customized Android system, just like many other Chinese Android phone makers such as Xiaomi do. The in-house developed system will be loaded in the future models by the company […]
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China Mobile Gaming Eclipses Web Gaming to Hit 12.5B Yuan Revenue in 2014H1
China’s total revenue from gaming industry, including online game, mobile game and stand-alone game markets, rocketed 46.4% YOY to 49.62 billion yuan (around US$8.03 billion) in the first half of this year, according to report released by research institutes of GPC and CNG. Of the total amount, client gaming still takes the No.1 spot in terms of revenue […]
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Techcrunch China 2014 Speaker Lineup: Great VCs
With less than two weeks left, 2014 TechCrunch China Summit is just around the corner. We’re honored to have great VCs from both China and the U.S. to share their insights in tech. Xu Xiaoping, aka Bob Xu, Founder of ZhenFund Xu is the Founder of ZhenFund. He is also known as one of the China’s pioneering […]