China’s Online Black Market — Part IV: Digital Lottery Tickets
At the end of 2012, Chinese Ministry of Finance (MOF) issued a regulation that officially allows for selling lottery tickets online. So far no private ...
China’s Online Black Market — Part III: Underground Android App Distribution
Now everyone knows there’re dozens of Android stores in China and the biggest stores are run by Tencent, Baidu, Qihoo, Xiaomi and Wandoujia. And promoting ...
Chinese Online Video Service Baofeng Launches a 16 Dollar VR Headset
Baofeng, the Chinese video player developer and online video provider, launched today a virtual reality (VR) headset, named Magic Glasses (not official translation). The company ...
WiFi Dongle: The Best-selling Gadget in China Since The Hardware Revolution Began
The new hardware revolution has started for a while. Makers have encountered problems in industrial design or software development, and experienced electronics manufacturers, incubators, venture ...
China’s Online Black Market — Part II: Paid Search Ads on Baidu
Baidu has been the dominant search engine in China. Unlike on Google the keywords with the highest costs per click, or CPC, are about industries such as finance, ...
China’s Online Black Market — Part I: QQ IM Credentials
Like on the rest of the world, in China some users’ online credentials and data are either used without their permission by some Internet companies ...
The Most Popular Chinese Input Software Sogou Sees The Next Opportunity in Hardware
Sogou, the Chinese software developer under Sohu, turned ten earlier this month. Sogou was a search engine when it launched ten years ago, but would become ...
[TechCrunch Beijing 2014] Leap Motion CEO Announces Big Plans for China Market
Michael Buckwald, co-founder and CEO of Leap Motion, announced today partnership with Digital China which will be the exclusive distributor for the hand & figure ...
US-based Wish to Bring Chinese Online Retailers Reach More Targeted Overseas Audience on Mobile
It seems Wish can bring Chinese online retailers selling made-in-China goods overseas to the next level. Wish is a mobile shopping app that shows personalized items based ...
WeChat Has Had 396M Monthly Active Users and 5.8M Public Accounts
WeChat monthly active users reached 396 million in more than 200 countries and regions as of this month (July 2014), WeChat disclosed yesterday at an event. ...
The land-grabbing race in the newly emerged taxi app market in China finished much faster than that in group-buying. It was accelerated by the huge ...
WeChat Teams Up with Easy Taxi to Offer Taxi-calling Services in Singapore
Tencent’s IM service WeChat recently announced a partnership with taxi-hailing app Easy Taxi, allowing users to book taxis rides directly via the popular messaging app. The ...
Wandoujia, or SnapPea, the Chinese mobile app and in-app search service, launched today video search for iOS. Since 2010, the company has made available, apart ...
BETWINE: Wearable Social Game for Health, Fitness and Devotion
Wearable devices has got to be the in-thing now. Think Apple’s iWatch, Google’s Google Glass, Nike’s Fuelband, Fitbit, Jawbone’s UP, and the last goes on… Everyone ...
Productivity Apps among the Biggest Chinese Ad Spenders in Overseas Markets
AppFlood, a global mobile advertising service with roots in China, found the biggest Chinese mobile ad spenders with it in Q2 2014, AppFlood found, are ...
HotelQuickly, Bringing Last-Minute Booking to Asia-Pacific, Raised $4.5 Million in Series A Round
HotelQuickly, as its name implies, is a last-minute hotel booking mobile app. The Hong Kong-based startup just announced it has raised another $4.5 million in ...
Smart Sensor iKair Tells Your How To Improve Your Home Environment
As expected, people’s rising awareness of air pollution in China is rendering air purifiers a new favorite of Chinese households’. But with the proliferation of ...
