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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.

Bytedance

Three upgrades to highlight its mini-app platforms

News aggregator Jinri Toutiao tweaks its interface to prioritize mini programs | KrASIA

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News aggregator Jinri Toutiao tweaks its interface to prioritize mini programs

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JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

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

E-Commerce

JD.com sold Toplife to its partner Farfetch in February

JD.com's luxury portal Toplife to shut down | KrASIA

JD.com&#8217;s luxury portal Toplife to shut down

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

The feature opens a new world of possibility for WeChat mini programs

WeChat mini programs now support augmented reality | KrASIA

WeChat mini programs now support augmented reality

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

It could be in trouble for how it handles underage users.

TikTok under investigation by UK regulators over child data use | KrASIA

TikTok under investigation by UK regulators over child data use

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

Entertainment

Douyin leaps into long-form with new support for 15-minute videos | KrASIA

Douyin leaps into long-form with new support for 15-minute videos

Tencent Bets on Its Revived Weishi App to Take on Toutiao's Tik Tok in Short Video Streaming

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

Tencent Weishi

WeChat makes 30-second Weishi video-sharing integration official | KrASIA

WeChat makes 30-second Weishi video-sharing integration official

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

Chinese forecast predicts the market will demand 2 million e-sports players by 2023.

China is expecting a five-year boom in e-sports players | KrASIA

China is expecting a five-year boom in e-sports players

Three features set Dailuobo apart from the competition

Fresh groceries platform Dailuobo secures USD 92 million Series A | KrASIA

Fresh groceries platform Dailuobo secures USD 92 million Series A

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

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. 