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Toutiao claims it has sued Baidu for unfair competition.

Plus, Singapore’s homegrown mobile payment app SpherePay has raised over US$10 million. Ola expands to Australia.

BingoBox, China’s answer to Amazon Go, is billed as the first 24-hour cashier-free convenience store across the globe that could be cloned at an exponential scale.

Xiaomi’s live streaming app was grappling with how to attract users. Will live trivia game be a remedy?

“The deal represents one of the world’s largest single strategic investments between internet companies and brick-and-mortar commercial giants.”

Plus, Google confirmed investment in Go-Jek. Facebook will show more local news stories in news feed.

Go-Jek is reportedly fundraising USD 1.2 billion in the latest round. Apart from Google, Temasek and China’s Meituan-Dianping are also reportedly participating the round.

Through the licensing deal, Toutiao is to introduce BuzzFeed content to its hundreds of millions of users.