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Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.  It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

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India

India's new restrictions designed to control public discourse on social platforms, including WhatsApp and Twitter, have sparked a backlash as concerns grow about the government scrutiny of online speech.

India's attempt to police WhatsApp and Twitter sparks pushback | KrASIA

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China Tech

Investment

Indebted property developer China Evergrande Group is set to raise USD 2.1 billion from the sale of a 10% stake in its online home and car sales unit to a group of longtime backers and other investors ahead of a planned listing of the unit.

Evergrande to pocket USD 2 billion from sale of stake in online platform | KrASIA

Evergrande to pocket USD 2 billion from sale of stake in online platform

Bilibili

Creative

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

Video

Bilibili, an online streaming site best known as "China's Youtube," charges RMB 168 (USD 26) for an annual subscription to its premium content. For Cindy Sun -- who spent almost a quarter of last year watching videos on Bilibili -- that is a small price to pay.In a country where people do not have direct access to Netflix, Hulu, and Disney, and the so-called Great Firewall blocks many foreign websites, Bilibili was how the 28-year-old English teacher got her fill of content, from old detective movies to cartoons and video game livestreaming.

Bilibili fights for China's online audience with USD 2.6 billion listing | KrASIA

Bilibili fights for China&#8217;s online audience with USD 2.6 billion listing

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

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

Chinese internet group Tencent Holdings has vowed to make its platform of a billion-plus users open to industry players -- including competitors -- as Beijing steps up an anti-monopoly crackdown aimed at big tech companies.Tencent President Martin Lau told investors Wednesday that its platform is open to industry players and that collaboration with any big companies needs to be "mutually constructive," responding to media reports that Tencent will allow rival Alibaba Group Holding's Taobao marketplace to sell through its mini-program

Tencent vows to embrace open platform amid antitrust crackdown | KrASIA

Tencent vows to embrace open platform amid antitrust crackdown

WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

Wechat

Europe

Malaysia

The launch of China's International Travel Health Certificate on March 8 was music to the ears of frequent travelers like Victor, a 30-year-old financier based in Hong Kong. "I'm healthy, I'm protected and I'm also safe to be around," he said. "I want to be able to travel freely around the world like before."Easily downloadable on the ubiquitous WeChat social media app, the certificate shows the user's current COVID-19 status, results of recent tests, and vaccinations received. One of the first "vaccine passports" of its kind in the world, it may revolutionize travel.

Vaccine passports: Can they save travel? Should they? | KrASIA

Vaccine passports: Can they save travel? Should they?

Baidu

With investor excitement cooling toward Chinese technology stocks, search engine operator Baidu edged just slightly higher on its market debut in Hong Kong on Tuesday, while streaming service Bilibili priced its stock sale well below the maximum it had set earlier.

Baidu fails to make splash with Hong Kong debut | KrASIA

Baidu fails to make splash with Hong Kong debut

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Vietnam

Vietnam's Vingroup said it is in talks with Taiwanese iPhone assembler Foxconn to produce batteries and other parts for electric vehicles, an industry that both companies are trying to crack.

Vingroup and Foxconn in talks over electric cars | KrASIA

Vingroup and Foxconn in talks over electric cars

Samsung

Semiconductors

Smartphones

The chip shortage that had slowed automobile manufacturing has now spread to the production of smartphones and personal computers, threatening to derail a post-pandemic economic recovery.The shortage spurred by strong chip demand during the pandemic has been exacerbated by the shutdown of a Samsung plant in Texas following a winter storm. The chip fabrication plant responsible for 5% of global supply has been idled since Feb. 16, causing widespread repercussions through the supply chain.

Samsung chip fallout threatens smartphone and PC supplies | KrASIA

Samsung chip fallout threatens smartphone and PC supplies

SEA to offer $400m convertible notes after losses tripled in Q1

Gojek is a transportation network company and logistics startup company based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Gojek

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 