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Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud

Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

Vietnam

The Chinese tech group is renting server space from state-owned partners in the meantime.

Alibaba to build Vietnam data center to follow local storage law | KrASIA

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Alibaba to build Vietnam data center to follow local storage law

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

Douyin

Tiktok

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Content

Creative

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

Video

The automatic labeling of AI-generated content on TikTok is a small step in an uphill battle against the misuse of AI.

Will TikTok’s new content labels really combat AI misinformation? | KrASIA

Will TikTok’s new content labels really combat AI misinformation?

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Jeff Chay

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Angel Investing

Investment

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Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Cambodia

India

Singapore

Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Osome extends Series B round, Kasagi Labo lands pre-Series A funding, Husk bags USD 5 million from Mekong Capital, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Osome extends Series B round, Kasagi Labo lands pre-Series A funding, Husk bags USD 5 million from Mekong Capital, and more

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

Apple

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Japan, Korea, and the West

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics manufacturer, headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The company was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former People's Liberation Army engineer.

Huawei

Oppo is a Chinese consumer electronics and mobile communications company headquartered in Dongguan, China, known for its smartphones, Blu-ray players and other electronic devices.

OPPO

Samsung

The number of smartphones shipped globally continues to decline.

Chinese phone brands stand out amidst dwindling global shipments | KrASIA

Chinese phone brands stand out amidst dwindling global shipments

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Viktoria Fricova

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

Hardware

Tech giant asks suppliers to support factory trials for wireless earphone

Apple tests AirPods production in Vietnam as it cuts China reliance | KrASIA

Apple tests AirPods production in Vietnam as it cuts China reliance

The US-China trade tiff is having an impact even in countries not known for their electronics manufacturing capabilities.

Pegatron opened its first Southeast Asia factory line in Indonesia, but it's not for Apple products | KrASIA

Pegatron opened its first Southeast Asia factory line in Indonesia, but it&#8217;s not for Apple products

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Nadine Freischlad

Most app removal requests came from Beijing. Apple rejected only one.

Apple removed 517 apps from its Chinese App Store in the second half of last year | KrASIA

Apple removed 517 apps from its Chinese App Store in the second half of last year

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Luna Lin

But trade war might hurt more than Cook is willing to admit

Apple is no trade target yet, says Tim Cook | KrASIA

Apple is no trade target yet, says Tim Cook

smart wearables

Huawei and Samsung saw the biggest quarterly growth.

Global smart wearables shipments book 55.2% y-o-y growth in Q1 2019 | KrASIA

Global smart wearables shipments book 55.2% y-o-y growth in Q1 2019

Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

Xiaomi

And more than 92% of China's smartphones are made in Dongguan.

About 80% of smart wearables are made in Shenzhen: report | KrASIA

About 80% of smart wearables are made in Shenzhen: report

A new lawsuit emerges after Apple's settlement with Qualcomm.