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Tesla is desperate to turn things around in China

Feb 21, 2015

China is one of the most important markets out there which is why its bad news for Tesla that it's...

Xiaomi’s Mi Note is the best phablet you can never buy

Feb 20, 2015

Xiaomi mixed things up a bit with the Mi Note. The Chinese company has become insanely successful by packing as much...

WeChat users sent a billion digital cash envelopes to each other last night

Feb 19, 2015

For those of you who aren't aware, Asia was awash with celebration last night as hundreds of millions of people...

China’s homemade Android console is getting its own Kinect

Feb 18, 2015

The Warchief is an Android-powered video game console developed by Qihoo 360 and Xiaocong specifically for the Chinese market. The device is...

Wooplr raises $5 million to blend e-commerce and social networking

Feb 18, 2015

E-commerce and social networking are quickly becoming two peas in a pod. One of the companies helping to blur the...

Google continues its Android One expansion in the developing world

Feb 17, 2015

Android One, for those of you who don't know, is a standard that Google created in order to ensure that...

Hackers run off with $1.75 million in Bitcoin in China

Feb 16, 2015

Bitcoin exchanges being hacked seems like a regular occurrence these days. The latest such incident comes from China where a cryptocurrency...

China’s biggest taxi apps are joining forces to fight Uber

Feb 14, 2015

Alibaba and Tencent are probably the last company's you'd expect to join forces but that's exactly what the two Chinese...

Alibaba is taking on WeChat with a new app called Ding Ding

Feb 12, 2015

WeChat is currently the king of China's messaging app market with virtual no real competition. However, the Tencent-owned app may...

WeChat is entering the fitness tracking market

Feb 10, 2015

WeChat might not be very popular in the West where competitors like WhatsApp are the dominant instant messaging service but...

From an Indian fast food joint to a multi-million food delivery pioneer

Feb 9, 2015

What started as a alcohol-induced idea for a restaurant and then evolved into a wildly successful chain of Indian fast...

Forget Amazon, Alibaba is already running trials for drone deliveries

Feb 4, 2015

Amazon's Jeff Bezos may have dreamed up a world where drones deliver packages to your door but Alibaba seems to be...