Ep. 30: The Greatest Trainwreck of China Internet -- Renren, China’s Facebook
In episode 30 of TechBuzz China, co-hosts Ying-Ying Lu and Rui Ma talk about Renren Inc., the closest Chinese analogue to Facebook. The former near-monopoly on ...
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Twitter Asia-Pacific to Help Chinese Business Expand Abroad, Invest in Live Video
It has been 11 years since Twitter established itself as a new platform for social communication. In that time, it has become one of the world's most important ...
TikTok Becomes the World’s Second Most Downloaded App
TikTok, a video-sharing social network owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, achieved an all-time high in mobile application downloads in the last quarter of 2019.
Huawei Offers Full Refund to Users Who Can’t Access Google or Facebook
Following the US government ban, tech giants like Google and Facebook continue to block Huawei's technology. To tackle this, Huawei has opted to make a pro-consumer move by launching a full refund program for Huawei's smartphones and tablets.
ByteDance To Build India Data Center To Avert TikTok Trouble
ByteDance announced it is setting up a data center in India, where its app TikTok has been under scrutiny for privacy violations and possibly facing a ban.
Chinese Facebook Engineer Commits Suicide: Is a Job Worth Dying For?
When Chinese internet workers are complaining about the 996 working schedule in the tech giants in China, horrible things are also happening to tech workers across the Pacific Ocean.
Pony Ma and Jack Ma Not Business Gods, Bolstered by an Era of Big Enterprises
2017 will be a milestone in the history of Chinese companies. In April, Tencent ranked among the Top 10 companies in the world by market value. In June, Alibaba...
Tencent’s Daily Revenue Nears 200 Million Yuan, Draws Near Other Global Giants
Seven of the Top 10 are Internet technology companies – namely, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba – have a combined market value o...
Debates Over ZAO and FaceApp Usher in the Era of Surveillance Capitalism
The internet chart-busters initiated not only a deluge of jubilant social media posts, but also a serious debate about the future of privacy, security and truth at a time when data sells better than oil.
Does Tencent Have A Better Revenue Model Than Facebook?
Facebook's dependency on ad revenue is worrying. Recently, it has been tough to be Mark Zuckerberg. After going to Washington DC and Europe on apology tours,...
Robin Li: Day for Baidu Comes, Negotiations Begin with Facebook
How does Robin Li view the past year? Baidu's founder, chairman and CEO gave a detailed answer at the Geek Park Innovation Conference 2018. SEE ALSO: Robin Li...
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...