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China Tech

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SMIC co-CEO Zhao Haijun says all chipmakers will benefit from massive AI adoption.

China chipmaker SMIC says consumer electronics to recover in 2025 | KrASIA

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

Alibaba

Taobao

Tmall

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

E-Commerce

High GMV and 88VIP engagement drove Alibaba’s Q3 growth, but profit pressures highlight a fiercely contested market.

88VIP shines amid Alibaba’s Q3 growth and profitability struggles | KrASIA

88VIP shines amid Alibaba’s Q3 growth and profitability struggles

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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JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

Logistics

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

Improved margins and a rebound in sales lifted JD.com’s Q3 profits, but market skepticism lingered over future growth.

JD.com’s Q3: Strong profits and growth fail to buoy investor confidence | KrASIA

JD.com’s Q3: Strong profits and growth fail to buoy investor confidence

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The app allows users to transform their credit card and member card points into "ChomCHOB points" to buy other products.

Thai reward points app ChomCHOB bags USD 1.6 million in Series A | KrASIA

Thai reward points app ChomCHOB bags USD 1.6 million in Series A

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Stephanie Li

Total revenue of China's mobile game market, Q3 2020: USD 7.6 billion

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

Creative

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

Tencent's blockbuster title Honor of Kings remains the top-grossing mobile game.

KEY STAT | China's mobile gaming market observes strong revenue growth despite COVID-19 | KrASIA

KEY STAT | China&#8217;s mobile gaming market observes strong revenue growth despite COVID-19

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Julianna Wu

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.

Facial Recognition

The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of hardware, these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

The warehouse robots are meant to reduce labor costs and improve workers' efficiency.

AI giant Megvii leverages logistics as new growth engine, rolling out seven warehouse robots | KrASIA

AI giant Megvii leverages logistics as new growth engine, rolling out seven warehouse robots

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Song Jingli

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Ion Mobility plans to launch its first electric motorbike in Indonesia in 2021.

Electric motorbike startup Ion Mobility bags seed funding from Monk's Hill Ventures, others | KrASIA

Electric motorbike startup Ion Mobility bags seed funding from Monk&#8217;s Hill Ventures, others

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Ursula Florene

Gojek is a transportation network company and logistics startup company based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Gojek

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 

Grab

Food Delivery

Grocery Delivery

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

The two Southeast Asian super apps are reportedly engaged in regular calls to discuss a possible combination of their businesses.

SoftBank's Son wants Grab and Gojek to merge, but that raises questions over competition | KrASIA

SoftBank&#8217;s Son wants Grab and Gojek to merge, but that raises questions over competition

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Khamila Mulia

E-sports startup EVOS bags USD 12 million

Southeast Asia's e-sports industry generated game revenues of USD 4.4 billion in 2019, with year-on-year growth of 16%.

E-sports startup EVOS bags USD 12 million in a Series B round | KrASIA

E-sports startup EVOS bags USD 12 million in a Series B round

Amazon India

Flipkart

Flipkart isn’t alone in ramping up its services in preparation for the upcoming festive sales season as e-commerce companies expect to see strong consumption rebound from pent-up demand.

Flipkart ties up with banks ahead of Indian festive season to bolster sales | KrASIA

Flipkart ties up with banks ahead of Indian festive season to bolster sales

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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

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

New features and price points expected to spur sales, while "stingy" boxes cause some controversy.

Chinese consumers react to iPhone 12 lineup launch: Where are the headphones? | KrASIA

Chinese consumers react to iPhone 12 lineup launch: Where are the headphones?

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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News

Thai reward points app ChomCHOB bags USD 1.6 million in Series A

KEY STAT | China’s mobile gaming market observes strong revenue growth despite COVID-19

AI giant Megvii leverages logistics as new growth engine, rolling out seven warehouse robots

Electric motorbike startup Ion Mobility bags seed funding from Monk’s Hill Ventures, others

SoftBank’s Son wants Grab and Gojek to merge, but that raises questions over competition