Apple has announced that it is planning to launch its payment service in China, possibly as early as sometime next year. The move will put Apple in competition with Chinese companies Alibaba and Tencent. Apple […]
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China’s Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent Form ‘Internet-Plus Alliance’
At the World Internet Conference in China, the country’s three largest Internet powerhouses announced that they have formed an “Internet-Plus alliance.” Li Shilin, the alliance’s vice-secretary reported that, “We will provide new momentum for economy […]
China’s Internet Companies Are About To Be Big Players In Streaming TV
U.S television shows and films are the latest hot commodity in the Chinese entertainment market with the country’s three leading internet companies announcing they had secured partnerships with major U.S filmmakers and production companies. While […]
Chinese Internet Giant Tencent Just Released A Robot Reporter And Chinese Journalists Are Freaking Out
Journalists in China, who historically have had a difficult time doing their jobs because of heavy censorship and control by the Government, have now had another worry added to their plates – fears their jobs […]
Uber Up In Arms After Rivals Ban It From China’s Most Popular Social Network
Uber is up in arms against Chinese tech giant Tencent over what it terms anticompetitive business practices by the social network. Uber executives have come out strongly to protest the repeated anticompetitive tactics being used […]
Chinese Internet Giant Tencent Invades North America With $50 Million Kik Investment
Chinese company Tencent has plunged deeper into the U.S. market with a multi-million dollar investment in Canadian online messenger Kik. Already one of the largest internet companies in the world, Tencent is aggressively looking to […]
Line, A Quirky Japanese Messaging App, Is Poised To Take Over Asia
It is no surprise that Asia, one of the world’s largest continents with roughly 4.427 billion people, has it’s own array of emerging messaging apps that are fostering communication across borders. In addition to Facebook […]
Chinese Giant WeChat Will Allow Its 650 Million Users To Trade Stocks Via Chat App
Popular Chinese internet service provider Tencent, owner of dominant chat app WeChat, is set to launch the first ever online trading portal to run through a mobile chat application. The company’s online trading system, if […]