China’s taxi on-demand war reignited: Didi rival UCAR is raising $1 billion

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Chat app Line is developing an AI assistant and Amazon Echo-style smart speaker

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Nearly one year after launch, Apple Pay finds limited traction in China

 After a slow start, Apple Pay is now dominating its home country, the United States, but…

China’s newest source of on-demand hype, rental bicycles, gets its first unicorn

 There can be no hype without a unicorn. China’s newest startup money pit — bicycle rentals on-demand…

China’s Qunar to delist from NASDAQ after completing sale to private equity firm

 Chinese travel site Qunar is all set to delist from the NASDAQ after it completed its…

Xiaomi’s new Mi5c is the first phone to be powered by its custom chipset

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Samsung’s de facto leader indicted on bribery charges

 The de facto head of Samsung, Jay Y. Lee, is facing the potential of years behind…

Ambitious Alibaba takes aim at the kings of cloud computing

 When you think of the biggest cloud players in the world, one company you might not…