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Office 365 has grown 400 percent after 4 Years in China

In 2014, Microsoft announced the opening of its Office 365 cloud service in China with the help of local partners. Office 365 became the only international cloud productivity platform in China, as well as the first cross-platform and cross-device productivity tool in China. Prior to this, Microsoft’s Azure cloud service had also entered the Chinese […]

Alibaba Sets Up Joint Research Center in Singapore to Focus on AI

On February 28, Chinese tech giant Alibaba and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) established a joint research institute in Singapore. The institute will focus on AI applications, including health care, smart home and urban transportation.

Google Acquired HTC Pixel Smartphone Team at $1.1B

Google announced it purchased the Pixel HTC intelligent mobile phone team for $1.1 billion.

Tencent Becomes Shareholder of Skydance Media, Plans Entrance to Film and VR

Tencent recently invested in the Hollywood production company Skydance Media, the producer of Terminator Genisys, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Star Trek Beyond. Skydance was founded in 2010 by David Ellison, the son of Oracle Corporation CEO Larry Ellison.

Xiaomi: Why Do We Do VR? Lei Jun Warns that Prepare for at least Five Years

The Xiaomi MiLab published an article titled “Why Do We Do VR?” on its official Weibo account on November 11. The article disclosed some stories behind Xiaomi‘s VR layout.

Bill Gates Named Foreign Academician by Chinese Academy of Engineering

The Chinese Academy of Engineering released its list of newly-elected academicians in 2017 on October 27. Among the 67 academicians on the list, 18 were foreign academicians, including Bill Gates.

The Chinese hackers made $3000 by hacking into shared bike accounts

On September 25th, the Shenzhen City Procuratorate arrested two suspects—Yang and Wu—on the suspicion of using third-party software to modify personal accounts on shared bicycles and over 20,000 RMB (around $3000) from 34 different users. It is noticed that shared bicycle companies always launched a variety of promotions and gave out red pockets to users. […]

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