Fliggy, Alibaba‘s travel subsidiary, announced a strategic cooperation with American Airlines, which includes the establishment of franchise stores on Fliggy and membership plans for both sides.
Chairman and CEO of Tencent Pony Ma said at the 2018 Guardian Plan Conference that China’s criminal gangs lead the world, and AI technology has accelerated their ability to steal user data from corporate databases. New types of cybercrime are developing features of industrialization, intelligence and internationalization.
Facebook has just taken a big step forward in VR. Oculus, its VR company, announced on Monday it would launch a VR device in China through a partnership with Xiaomi.
French President Macron is on a state visit to China. Under his witness, JD.com group signed memorandums of understanding with Business France and the French industrial engineering group Fives.
Didi released its 2017 data on the afternoon of January 8. In 2017, Didi provided more than 7.43 billion trips to 450 million users in more than 400 Chinese cities, excluding trips for bikes and driver services. That is roughly equal to everyone in China using Didi five times in the past year.
Xiaomi Chairman Lei Jun reportedly contacted an investment bank in November 2017 about a potential public listing of the company in the second half of 2018. Lei is said to have set a valuation goal of $200 billion. The company would not comment on the rumors.
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next week will attract about 4,500 companies and organizations, including major players such as Samsung, LG and SONY, as well as smaller companies, Consumer Technology Association reported. Every year, CES exhibitors sell and promote products the hottest consumer electronics trends.
The OnePlus 5T sandstone white limited edition launched today. The OnePlus 5T sandstone white edition combines the smooth tactile feel of the Baby Skin white and the ground texture of sandstone black. It uses a white metal color, which is rare in the handset market.
Honda is working with Alibaba to develop services for Internet-connected cars. More and more carmakers are starting to work with Chinese Internet giants to further deepen China’s car market, which is the largest in the world.
MoneyGram International and Ant Financial announced they had formally terminated their planned merger on January 3. Ant Financial will pay MoneyGram $30 million as a cancellation fee.
36 Kr reported that Didi will complete the acquisition of Bluegogo in the near future, and that it has already signed the purchase agreement. In addition, Didi, which invested Ofo, is trying to create its own shared bicycle system.
Mobile payments accounted for 82 percent of all payments on the Alipay platform in 2017, according to an Alipay report published on January 2. Many people in China are going wallet free and using digital payment for their transactions.
Pegatron, an Apple’s original equipment manufacturer, announced today that its mainland subsidiary spent NT $1.14 billion (250 million yuan) to buy a factory in Chongqing.
Idlefish is teaming with 50 organizations, including CACE (China Association of Circular Economy), Igooma, Youdemai, Aihuishou, Huishoubao, Yxianypin, Yueren, Souche, Zhima Credit and Ant Forest, in a movement toward an “idle-free society.”
Fei-fei Li, chief scientist of Google Cloud’s artificial intelligence and machine learning team, announced the Google AI China Center was established in Beijing at a Google Developer Day event in Shanghai. Li and her student Jia Li, head of research and development at Google Cloud, will lead the center and be responsible for its research, […]
