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WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

Wechat

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated China’s collection of big data, especially for contact tracing.

WeChat, Alipay deny helping government identify 350,000 users who visited Beijing food market | KrASIA

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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

Experts predict that some startups will still fall by the wayside as the fallout from the pandemic becomes clearer.

Is the party over in Southeast Asia’s tech scene? | KrASIA

Is the party over in Southeast Asia’s tech scene?

Internet companies listed in China and abroad are increasingly asking auditors and consultants to validate data like number of daily active users.

Luckin Coffee scandal sparks demand from Chinese tech firms for auditors to check online metrics data | KrASIA

Luckin Coffee scandal sparks demand from Chinese tech firms for auditors to check online metrics data

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

China’s rural e-commerce market, projected to reach about USD 240 billion this year, faces a "huge talent gap," according to the China Agricultural University.

China’s talent gap in rural e-commerce will hit 3.5 million by 2025, report projects | KrASIA

China’s talent gap in rural e-commerce will hit 3.5 million by 2025, report projects

Hologram of Hatsune Miku performs live on stage in Japan. Photo via South China Morning Post.

Live Streaming

Livestreaming e-commerce is becoming big business in China, with celebrities, tech founders, and news anchors all trying it out.

Japanese virtual idol Hatsune Miku joins Taobao as a livestreaming ambassador for upcoming 618 festival | KrASIA

Japanese virtual idol Hatsune Miku joins Taobao as a livestreaming ambassador for upcoming 618 festival

NetEase, Inc. is a Chinese Internet technology company providing online services centered on content, community, communications and commerce. The company was founded in 1997 by Lebunto. NetEase develops and operates online PC and mobile games, advertising services, email services and e-commerce platforms in China.

NetEase

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

Sakura Studio is NetEase’s second, high-profile overseas studio after opening a centre in Montreal last November.

NetEase launches its first console-dedicated gaming studio in Tokyo as it steps up global expansion | KrASIA

NetEase launches its first console-dedicated gaming studio in Tokyo as it steps up global expansion

5G is a commonly used term for certain advanced wireless systems. Industry association 3GPP defines any system using "5G NR" software as "5G", a definition that came into general use by late 2018. 

Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

Autonomous Vehicles

Hong Kong has sharpened its focus on adapting 5G’s advanced capabilities in so-called cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communications.

How Hong Kong’s smart mobility ambitions will be boosted by 5G roll-out | KrASIA

How Hong Kong’s smart mobility ambitions will be boosted by 5G roll-out

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

In March, Huawei announced it would work with Tencent on cloud gaming, AI, VR, and AR.

Huawei pact with NetEase the latest in series of partnerships to develop 5G cloud gaming | KrASIA

Huawei pact with NetEase the latest in series of partnerships to develop 5G cloud gaming

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

As Metro Manila has endured nearly 80 days of "community quarantine," a digital transformation is allowing more employees to work from home.