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Robotics

Beatbot is charging a premium for its pool-cleaning robots, and the hefty price tag isn't deterring buyers.

Can a USD 2,199 pool cleaning robot succeed in the US market? Beatbot is betting on it | KrASIA

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Can a USD 2,199 pool cleaning robot succeed in the US market? Beatbot is betting on it

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

KrASIA

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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Energy

In the wake of Typhoon Yagi’s impact on southern China’s power grid, attention is turning to the critical role of mobile energy storage solutions.

From disaster relief to household power: EcoFlow’s mobile energy storage gains momentum | KrASIA

From disaster relief to household power: EcoFlow’s mobile energy storage gains momentum

Space industry refers to economic activities related to manufacturing components that go into Earth's orbit or beyond, delivering them to those regions, and related services. 

Space Tech

Beijing eyes reusable rockets as concerns rise over a possible "Great Firewall" in orbit.

China races to outflank Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service | KrASIA

China races to outflank Elon Musk&#8217;s Starlink satellite internet service

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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WeChat and AliPay Expanding their Businesses into Canadian Universities

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

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

Enterprise Services

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

With Alipay and WeChat Pay dominating China's mobile payments sector, PayPal's GoPay searches for other market niches.

PayPal's GoPay scrounges for opportunities in China's payments market | KrASIA

PayPal&#8217;s GoPay scrounges for opportunities in China&#8217;s payments market

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AJ Cortese

Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

India Tech

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

India

YAP shortens the distance between conventional banks and a segment of customers they have overlooked.

YAP takes fintech products from idea to implementation | Startup Stories | KrASIA

YAP takes fintech products from idea to implementation | Startup Stories

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Avanish Tiwary

Medical technology, or "medtech", encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to treat diseases and medical conditions affecting humans. 

MedTech

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

COVID-19

Healthcare

Healthtech

Medical

pharmaceutical

Top venture capital and private equity firms had placed their bets on the Chinese medical industry.

28 IPOs in 180 days, a trillion dollar market has exploded in China | KrASIA

28 IPOs in 180 days, a trillion dollar market has exploded in China

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Lin Lingyi

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

Alibaba

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

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

Google

Microsoft

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. 

Read the stories about Augmented reality (AR), Virtual reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR), know about the trendings and the future of VR/AR/MR industry. 

AR/VR

Nreal brings VR, AR, and XR technologies to the mass market.

Augmented reality glasses, not a sci-fi thing anymore: Inside China's Startups | KrASIA

Augmented reality glasses, not a sci-fi thing anymore: Inside China&#8217;s Startups

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Wency Chen

JaGaApp is a mobile app designed to enhance communications between residents, management offices, and security guards.

This app for safer neighborhoods is now used in 400 communities across Malaysia | KrASIA

This app for safer neighborhoods is now used in 400 communities across Malaysia

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Vulcan Post

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

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

Social Impact

Alipay and WeChat Pay have almost turned China into a cashless society. The digital yuan might carry it even further.

Will China’s digital yuan pose a threat to the country’s fintech giants? | KrASIA

Will China’s digital yuan pose a threat to the country’s fintech giants?

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Gozde Celik

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

Video

Whether or not you've cut the cord, it's likely that you have a few films or shows queued up online.

The tough competition of media streaming platforms in Southeast Asia | KrASIA

The tough competition of media streaming platforms in Southeast Asia

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Cindy Silviana

Airbnb

Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

home-sharing

online travel

Sharing economy

The home-sharing market in China has transitioned from growth to stabilization as the impact of COVID-19 persists.

Airbnb's battle against local unicorns resumes as China's home-sharing market recovers | KrASIA

Airbnb&#8217;s battle against local unicorns resumes as China&#8217;s home-sharing market recovers

A blockchain, originally block chain, is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data.

Blockchain

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

E-Commerce

Fashion

The food industry is booming! Both traditional companies and startups are using technology to transform the dynamics of the food sector.

Insights

PayPal’s GoPay scrounges for opportunities in China’s payments market

YAP takes fintech products from idea to implementation | Startup Stories

28 IPOs in 180 days, a trillion dollar market has exploded in China

Augmented reality glasses, not a sci-fi thing anymore: Inside China’s Startups

This app for safer neighborhoods is now used in 400 communities across Malaysia

Will China’s digital yuan pose a threat to the country’s fintech giants?

The tough competition of media streaming platforms in Southeast Asia

Airbnb’s battle against local unicorns resumes as China’s home-sharing market recovers

10 Halal-focused startups to watch in 2020

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