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ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

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Tiktok

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Content

Creative

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

Video

The automatic labeling of AI-generated content on TikTok is a small step in an uphill battle against the misuse of AI.

Will TikTok’s new content labels really combat AI misinformation? | KrASIA

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Will TikTok’s new content labels really combat AI misinformation?

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Jeff Chay

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Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Private Equity

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

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India

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Vietnam

Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Osome extends Series B round, Kasagi Labo lands pre-Series A funding, Husk bags USD 5 million from Mekong Capital, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Osome extends Series B round, Kasagi Labo lands pre-Series A funding, Husk bags USD 5 million from Mekong Capital, and more

Deals in brief: Stupa scores INR 280 million in funding, Chainstack secures strategic investment, six China deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Stupa scores INR 280 million in funding, Chainstack secures strategic investment, six China deals, and more

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Marvin Goh

Oppo is a Chinese consumer electronics and mobile communications company headquartered in Dongguan, China, known for its smartphones, Blu-ray players and other electronic devices.

OPPO

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China Tech

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics manufacturer, headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The company was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former People's Liberation Army engineer.

Huawei

Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

Xiaomi

5G is a commonly used term for certain advanced wireless systems. Industry association 3GPP defines any system using "5G NR" software as "5G", a definition that came into general use by late 2018. 

China's smartphone makers are betting on large-scale adoption of 5G for a rebound.

Chinese cellphone shipments slump nearly 40% in January | KrASIA

Chinese cellphone shipments slump nearly 40% in January

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Wency Chen

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

Apple

Samsung

Oppo might join Apple, Samsung, and Huawei as the only smartphone makers with their own system on a chip technology.

Exclusive | Oppo reveals plans to develop proprietary mobile chipset | KrASIA

Exclusive | Oppo reveals plans to develop proprietary mobile chipset

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

Hardware

The cancellation has cost these vendors the best opportunity to meet their overseas clients, says analyst.

Oppo and Xiaomi to postpone global launch events after MWC cancellation (updated) | KrASIA

Oppo and Xiaomi to postpone global launch events after MWC cancellation (updated)

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Song Jingli

Other companies, such as Vivo, ZTE, Amazon, and Sony, have confirmed their withdrawal.

Huawei, Oppo, and Xiaomi to attend Mobile World Congress despite coronavirus threat | KrASIA

Huawei, Oppo, and Xiaomi to attend Mobile World Congress despite coronavirus threat

Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo are teaming up on a new platform for international app developers, but Huawei’s involvement is a mystery.

A unified app store from China to challenge Google? Not so fast | KrASIA

A unified app store from China to challenge Google? Not so fast

Amazon.com, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Amazon is the largest e-commerce marketplace and cloud computing platform in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization. 

Amazon

Flipkart

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Online marketplaces have emerged as a prominent channel for smartphone players.

Global smartphone players to level the playing field for Indian offline retailers | KrASIA

Global smartphone players to level the playing field for Indian offline retailers

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

An Indian policy think tank is making plans to build a USD 110-billion mobile phone export business in the country.

India may offer new incentives to woo smartphone manufactures in 2020 | KrASIA

India may offer new incentives to woo smartphone manufactures in 2020

Xiaomi, Vivo, and Oppo forced abroad to offset weaker domestic sales.

Huawei's overseas retreat squeezes Chinese rivals | KrASIA

Huawei&#8217;s overseas retreat squeezes Chinese rivals

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The company will release its first 5G model in China soon.