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OnePlus May Launch the New Flagship in Early 2018

The “flagship killer” — OnePlus 5 launched this year by OnePlus is quite controversial and after its release, there has been few news about it. From the parameters, OnePlus 5 is not inferior to the Galaxy Note 8, LG V30, iPhone 8, iPhone X, and Pixel 2 which was on market later. But recently, there […]

Landlord Leased Wedding House in Mayi.com but All Was Stolen by Habitual Theif

On the theft case a Hangzhou landlord encountered which was reported by media, Mayi.com said in a statement that, in July, after receiving the landlord feedback, it set up a working group on track. At present, the case is still under investigation and Mayi.com will continue to cooperate with public security for investigation. Some media […]

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. […]

Shared Phone Charger Startups Closed Down One after Another

Shared phone chargers have attracted attention from the market, especially after Leo Chen, CEO of Jvyoumei（聚美优品）, invested 300 million yuan into AnkerBox (Anker街电), an enterprise that produces shared phone chargers. Also, “National Husband”—billionaire investor Wang Sicong’s bold statement that he would eat shit if shared phone chargers can succeed made this industry known to more […]

Mobike Reached Strategic Partnership with Shouqi Limousine & Chauffeur

One account can be used in both Mobike and Shouqi Limousine &Chauffeur and which do you prefer, this combination or Didi +ofo? Today, Mobike announced its cooperation with Shouqi（首汽约车）. They will cooperate in APP docking, service connectivity, user synergizing, brand marketing and technology R&D. If users upgrade to latest version of Mobike APP, they can […]

ofo Investor Says it is Profitable Only When Mobike Merges with ofo

On the Third Fudan Chief Economist Forum in Shanghai, when talking about sharing bicycle development, Allen Zhu, the managing director of GSR Venture and investor of ofo, said that Mobike and ofo accounted for 95% of the total market share, but they still would spend more fund in operation. Profitability is possible only when the […]

China removes the ban on portable electronic devices onboard

Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) will allow using specified PEDs (portable electronic devices) onboard. On September 18, in the routine press conference of CAAC, Zhu Tao, the vice leader of the Flight Standards Department, said that the Ministry of Transport recently passed the fifth amendment of the Approval Rules on Operation Qualification of Large […]

Miss Fresh Completed $230 Million Financing, focusing on the “Cloud Refrigerator” Strategy

Introduction: From IYIOU.com on September 20. Miss Fresh(每日优鲜), an e-commerce fresh product company, announced that it had completed $230 million dollars C+ round financing in March this year, with Tiger Global and Genesis Capital as leading investors and Time Capital as joint investor. This round of financing is mainly used for the expansion of storehouses […]

“Shared Girlfriends” are now Available in China

With the buzzword “Sharing Economy” spreading like wildfire recently, some folks online started joking about having sharable girlfriends next. Taqu (Touch), a popular Chinese adult product m-commerce and socializing app that just went listed on NEEQ (National Equities Exchange and Quotations), recently launched a service for delivering “shared girlfriends”. However, the service isn’t delivering actual […]

Beijing’s First Unstaffed Coffee Shop Open for Business But Faces Several Challenges

An unstaffed coffee shop named Youhuan Bar (lit. Friends Bar) opened at the University of International Business and Economics. A reporter from Beijing Business Today (BBT) happened upon the coffee shop on the first floor of a building not far from the fields. The shop is about 10 square meters in area, and is equipped […]

MIX 2 with Edge-to-Edge Screen and Possibly Facial Recognition will be Released on September 11

After a round of preheating, MI release posted a microblog today that it will host a conference on September 11 to promote its all-new edge-to-edge MIX 2. MI Mobile: edge-to-edge screen 2.0 is coming! Evolution, a perfect evolution. 309 days ago, the MIX edge-to-edge screen mobile came out. Today, we move further to the future. […]

Mobvoi Launched New Smart Speaker Tichome

Tichome, Mobvoi’s new smart speaker is going to get crowdfunded and be released soon. Mobvoi held a press conference on August 24th, announcing the official release of its brand new smart speakers Tichome at a price of 999 yuan. Members who were in on the crowdfund can purchase the speaker at a price of just […]

Honeymoon between sharing-bicycle companies and traditional bike makers comes to an end

A year-long “honeymoon” between sharing-bicycle companies and traditional bike makers is likely to come to an end. In past one year, the three major bicycle factories have reached cooperation with the sharing cycles. In 2016, Tianjin Pigeon Bicycle factory was the first to cooperate with ofo in July of that year, U-Bicycle company reached a […]

ofo will upgrade its locks which “snap open with single touch”

On August 22, ofo announced it has completed the R&D of the brand new smart lock supporting NFC payment and began mass production. The new locks will be released in October. Users can use their electronic devices with NFC function to open immediately ofo bike’s lock, the first smart lock supporting NFC payment in the […]

Will the short Music Video be a flash in the pan?

In 2016, the most powerful social platform in China was undoubtedly the live broadcasting platform, but in 2017, it is short MV which has more trills and is thus more magical that plays the key role. In march of this year, Tik Tok, an UGC short video platform subordinated to Headline Today, suddenly became quite […]

Keep becomes China’s largest social sports platform

On August 13, Keep, China’s sports APP, announced that the number of registered users broke 100 million, which marked that Keep had become a member of mobile Internet club with more than 100 million users. It also marked the birth of China’s first sports App that had more than 100 million subscribers, and became China’s […]

Entrepreneur Bashed by Industry for Receiving Financing by Hacking

On August 15th, an article titled, “Receive Financing from Angel Investor Charles Xue after Hacking into his Accounts, Creating Fair Trade for 1.5 Million Gamers Online” was published on Pencilnews.cn, sparking extensive discussions across the industry. Pencilnews disclosed in the article how Zhu Pan, the founder of the online trading platform for gamers—4931.com, was able […]

Sharing Gym Appeared in Beijing

Recently, sharing gym have appeared in one neighborhood in Beijing, which occupies as small area as the newsstand. Its external wall impressively has words “Mipao — self-help fitness”. So, what do these mini gyms have inside? Self-service gym covers an area of about 4 square meters. It only has a treadmill inside, equipped with TV, […]

Will unstaffed convenience stores bring about the revival of offline retail stores?

The new business of opening up unstaffed convenience stores was suddenly a hot topic recently. Startup companies flocked to the idea; industrial big names and business giants are also gearing up, eager to take a shot at the business. In December of 2016, following Amazon’s opening of its first self-driving grocery store in Seattle—Amazon Go, […]

The Class Divide of Video Streaming in China: Village Cowboys VS. Urban Celebrities

In China, the tech world is rife with rivals. For bike sharing, there’s Mobike and ofo. For ride-hailing, there’s Didi and Uber (and we know how that turned out). And for vlogging and short videos, there’s Miaopai and Kwai. Much like Vine and Twitter, Miaopai shares a close relationship with Sina Weibo and can be […]

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