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Alibaba Cloud ET City Brain Help Malaysia to Ease Traffic

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) announced plans to introduce Alibaba Cloud ET City Brain. Artificial intelligence will be fully applied to the Malaysia transportation management, urban planning, environmental protection and other fields. In the first phase, AI will be applied to 281 road crossings in Kuala Lumpur.

Take-out Market Breaks 300B Yuan in 2017: Meituan Revenue Exceeds 171B Yuan

Revenue in China’s catering industry exceeded 3.9 trillion yuan in 2017. The Chinese take-away market alone topped 300 billion yuan.

2017 China Patent Statistics: Huawei Ranks Second in Number, OPPO Grows Fast

The State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) released its statistics and information about China’s major fields. In 2017, the number of patent applications in China was 1.38 million, a year-on-year increase of 14.2 percent.

Baidu’s Silicon Valley Center Shows off First Self-Driving Car Test

The Baidu Research and Development Center in Sunnyvale, California opened two months ago. It is Baidu’s third research center in the US and Baidu’s second office in Silicon Valley. Unlike the first two centers, this one is focused on its most competitive area of research: autonomous driving in the AI field.

Mi 7 Concept Photo Revealed: Amazing Screen-to-Body Ratio, Fingerprint Recognition

Discount coupons valued for 100-yuan excited Xiaomi fans this week. The company released a series of Mi 7 concept photos on Weibo, which displayed a product that seemed impossible for Xiaomi to make. From the pictures, the concept of the Mi 7 is truly amazing.

NGO Denounced Apple’s Planned Obsolescence and Called on Consumers to Resist

After Apple released its rare statement on deliberately slowing down older iPhones, a Chinese non-government organization condemned Apple’s planned obsolescence behavior, calling on boycotting its products and services until it gives reasonable explanation, stops similar practice and apologize to consumers.

OnePlus Releases 5T Star Wars Edition

OnePlus and Disney released their cross-border product, a Star Wars branded version of the OnePlus 5T, in Mumbai, India on December 21. The phone, an 8 GB RAM and 128 GB ROM version, is priced 38,999 rupees (about 4,020 yuan).

The Honor Changes the Way to Motivate: Employees can Get 1 million Quarterly Bonus

Huawei staff told Netease Technology that Honor changed the way it is motivating and assessing employees. The Honor department is relatively independent, with separate financial statements and control of overseas operations.

OPPO to Invest 2.2B Yuan to Build Factory in India

Chinese mobile phone maker OPPO, which entered India four years ago, recently received a qualification for environmental assessment for its local mobile phone factory from the Indian government.

Pony Ma: Chinese Companies were Technology Followers, Now Must Become Drivers

Tencent Chairman and CEO Pony Ma spoke about the digital economy at the Fourth World Internet Conference Wuzhen Forum. Ma said innovation is key to Tencent‘s goal of becoming an Internet-based technology and culture company.

Robin Li: AI to Drive Growth as China’s Netizen Boom Hit Plateau

“The growth rate of Internet users in China exceeded more than 50 percent a decade ago, but today it’s down to 6 percent,” Robin Li, chairman and CEO of Baidu, said at the Wuzhen Summit. Over the past four years, China’s population of Internet users has grown at a slower pace than its GDP.

Impact of Internet on Real Economy to Increase 70%, Sinovation Ventures Says

Wang Hua, managing partner of Sinovation Ventures, analyzed the opportunity for future investment in China based on population structure and consumer behavior data released at the Foresee 2018 Investment Trend Conference, held by Sinovation Ventures.

Tencent Named Exclusive China Agent, Operator of Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds

Tencent announced it reached a strategic cooperation with PUBG, formally obtaining the exclusive agency of Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds in China.

OPPO Launches Full-Screen R11s at 2999 Yuan

OPPO launched its first full-screen mobile R11s on November 2, joining other major brands in providing full-screen products.

Microsoft CEO Speaks at Xiaomi, Recieves Gift of Phone

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella visited Xiaomi Corp. to speak on the morning of October 31. After Nadella’s talk, Lei gave him a Mi MIX 2 handset as a gift and accompanied Nadella in visiting the model Mi Home.

Richard Liu Speaks of Childhood Dreams, Success

Richard Liu, chairman of the board and CEO of JD.com, returned to Jiangsu Suqian Middle School to speak, revealing his childhood dream was to eat meat.

Ele.me Delivery Robot Completed Takeout Delivery for the First Time

At 10 a.m on October 9, Wanxiaoe(万小饿), China’s first intelligent take-out robot created by ele.me logistics team, appeared in the Hongqiao Vanke center in Shanghai for the first time. From today, it will accomplish the “last mile” delivery in the office building through its smart delivery service. Wanxiaoe has three layers of incubator with large […]

Apple’s Customer Service Says iPhone 8’s “Blowout” Mainly Because of Improper Transportation

On September 13 in the morning, Apple released a series of new products. The new iPhone 8 could be booked from September 15 and would be sold publicly on the 22. About half a month after the launch, though Apple hasn’t released its official sales figures, there have been reports that the new iPhones are […]

TSMC Chairman Morris Chang Announced He will Retire Next Year

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) issued a press release that Morris Chang, the chairman and founder of the company, would retire in June next year. At that time, the world’s largest chip foundry company will practice a dual-head system with Dr. Mark Liu as chairman and Dr. CC Wei as the president. Breaking tradition, Chang […]

Alibaba Increased its Holdings in Cainiao Network

Alibaba group announced today that in order to further promote the new retail strategy, it will increase holdings of Cainiao Network. Apart from tens of billions CNY it has invested, over the next five years, Alibaba will continue to invest 100 billion yuan in Cainiao, so as to accelerate the construction of logistics network and […]

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