4YFN will introduce 150 startups at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2017
After the huge and recent success of 4YFN’s original and main startup event: 4YFN Barcelona, which in just over 4 years, has grown from 2,500
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WeChat just made mini-programs discoverable by keywords
WeChat team announced a new feature over the weekend that makes WeChat Mini-Program discoverable by keywords searching.
Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2017 (28 Jun-1 Jul) highlights
The GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai, will be held 28 June – 1 July 2017 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC).
Top 10 smartphone brands in China in April 2017
The total sales of smartphones in China reached 35.52 million units in April 2017, led by Huawei with 8.08 million units and 22.8% market share.
Tencent’s new image patent challenging Google’s WebP
Tencent submitted a patent application to the State Intellectual Property Office on an image coding technology called Tiny Portable Graphics, or TPG. TPG image file
WeChat Mini-Program saw faster growth of daily active users
Launched in January 2017, WeChat Mini-Program (WMP) has definitely attracted a lot of attentions. The highest penetrations come from mobile payment and online video categories.
Top 10 mobile news apps in China in March 2017
Tencent News, Toutiao, and Yidianzixun are the top 3 mobile news apps by MAU in China in March 2017, all exceeding 100 million active users.
Alipay integrates 6 bike-sharing apps, offering install-free experience
Starting on 29 April 2017, users can easily rent a bicycle from one of the six leading bike-sharing companies in China via Alipay without installing
China Mobile 4G customers reached 535M in 2016
China Mobile’s operating revenue reached 708.4 billion yuan in 2016, representing an increase of 6.0% from the previous year according to its official financial results.
Mobile apps usage overview in Q1 2017
More mobile apps in China have more than 10 million monthly active users in Q1 2017. The number of installed apps and app usage hours
Top App Stores & mobile apps in China for Q1 2017
Apple App Store is the top mobile app store by total downloads in China in March 2017 while BAT lead the Android App Store market.
China smartphone market insights for Q1 2017
iPhone has the highest retention rate (18.6%) in Q1 2017, followed by Huawei (13.4%). However, Huawei is the top smartphone brand in China by sales
China’s spending on robotics will more than double to $59.4 bn in 2020
China’s spending on robotics will more than double to $59.4 billion in 2020 from $24.6 billion in 2016 (over half from manufacturing) according to IDC.
China smartphone market overview in Feb 2017
iOS market share dropped to 26.3% in China’s smartphone market from 29.1% in January 2017 according to a research company Newzoo.
Top 7 Mobile News Apps in China in Feb 2017
Tencent News is the top mobile news app by the total number of monthly active users (150.6 million), followed by Toutiao, Tiantian (also owned by
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