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This app wants to bridge the gap between online and offline shopping

It doesn't matter how fun and easy shopping online is, when it comes to clothes and accessories, it's almost always better to be at a physical retail store so you can...

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Alibaba will use Singapore to expand its cloud business overseas

As the "Amazon of China," it's only natural that Alibaba wants to expand its cloud division to better compete with the likes of Amazon Web Services. Ethan Yu, the vice president...

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Could UPQ be the Japanese equivalent of Xiaomi?

There was a time when Japanese companies dominated the consumer electronics market, but do to a combination of cultural and economic factors, that time has passed. Companies like Sony simply moved too...

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We could each have hundreds of Internet-connected devices by 2040

How many Internet-connected devices do you have? Most of us only have a handful while some may have a dozen or more, but according to SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, the Internet...

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Alibaba has made its first push into Hollywood

While local film and television industries in countries like China are booming right now, Hollywood remains the undisputed leader of the market across the globe. That's why Alibaba, which has...

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Alibaba is launching its own Netflix competitor in a couple of months

With Netflix planning to expand into China in the near future, the country's own technology giants have been preparing their own Netflix competitors in advance. Xiaomi has expressed its own commitment to...

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Leak: Uber provides nearly a million rides per day in China alone

Despite the numerous regulator issues that Uber has been facing, the company has still managed to be ridiculously successful. In fact, if a recently leaked internal letter from the company's...

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Not everyone is against Mark Zuckerberg’s Internet.org project

Net neutrality is a touchy subject, just ask Mark Zuckerberg. Although his Internet.org project aims to bring a form of free Internet access to people in developing nations, this free access is...

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This dating website focuses on practicality instead of romance

Dating services are a dime a dozen, but the Chinese website known as Baihe manages to distinguish itself by taking a rather interesting approach to the whole process of finding a...

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This billion-dollar app cracks into locked Wi-Fi hotspots

In a country where Internet usage is growing much faster than Internet availability, being able to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots without needing a password is a valuable tool for Chinese...

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Fove is solving one of virtual reality’s biggest problems

It still feels strange to be able to say with certainty that, within the next decade or two, virtual reality will reach a level equal or close to that of...

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Netflix is partnering with local companies to expand into China

With more than a billion people living in China, it's essential for Netflix to expand into the country if it has any chance of fulfilling its dream to become a...

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