Alibaba’s DingTalk beat WeChat in total downloads amid coronavirus outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak is leading to the huge adoption of remote working in China. Chinese technology companies such as Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu have long
China Internet Stats, Trends, Insights
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MWC Barcelona 2020: 5G, IoT, AI, Security
Innovative breakthroughs are happening every day in the tech and mobile world, which makes it challenging to pinpoint exactly what topics we’ll be concentrating on
How is WeChat Work 3.0 valuable to businesses
Tencent launched a critical update to WeChat Work (version 3.0), an enterprise version of WeChat. The updated WeChat Work helps businesses connect deeply with consumers
Top Chinese mobile apps in 2010s dominated by video apps
ByteDance-owned TikTok and UC Browser (Alibaba) top App Annie‘s most downloaded app list in 2010s, ranking the 7th and 8th respectively.
Top mobile apps used by post-00s, middle-aged, elderly in Q3 2019
There are more than 100 million post-00 (those born in and after 2000) mobile users in China; and, the middle-aged and the elderly have more
China business mobile apps overview; top social apps Maimai and LinkedIn
China’s urban population under employment is about 425 million. Beijing, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou have the most employed post-85s and post-90s. Business mobile apps see an
Xiaomi in Q3 2019; IoT platform saw 213 million connected devices
The number of connected IoT devices on Xiaomi’s IoT platform reached approximately 213.2 million in Q3 2019, up 62.0% YoY. The number of users who
Business essentials for WeChat in Oct 2019
WeChat banned external links. Mini-programs in the travel and entertainment categories enjoyed high popularity. Tencent Cloud empowers WeChat mini programs. Increasingly refined WeChat Mini Program
Xiaomi launched new smartphones, smart watch, and smart TV for Double 11 2019
Xiaomi launched multiple smart devices this week including several smartphones (Mi CC9 Pro, Mi Note 10, Redmi Note 8T), smart watch Mi Watch, and Mi
China second largest search engine Sogou revenues up 14% in Q3 2019
China’s second-largest search engine Sogou announced total revenues of $314.9 million in the third quarter, a 14% increase year-over-year, or a 17% increase in RMB
China telecom market in Q3 2019; internet TV users exceeded 292 million
In the first three quarters of 2019, the total number of mobile phone users of the three telecommunications companies in China, including China Mobile, China
Apartment rental platform Danke filed IPO for NYSE
Danke Apartment, an apartment rental platform in China, filed its IPO with SEC in the U.S. to apply to list the ADSs on the New
Top mobile applications in China by total time spent in Jun 2019
Instant messaging mobile apps take a significant chunk of China internet users’ time spent, accounting for 14.5%, followed by online video, short video, and online
WeChat mini-programs can be accessed on Samsung phones outside WeChat
Mini programs competition is heating up with ByteDance building its own ecosystem on its leading apps short-video TikTok and news Toutiao. With Alipay and Baidu
Xiaomi in Q2 2019: smart hardware, IoT, AI, internet services
Xiaomi’s monthly active users (“MAU”) of MIUI reached 278.7 million, an increase of 34.7% YoY. AI assistant “ Xiao’ai ” had 49.9 million MAU; Xiaomi
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