corporation
Alibaba Group considering delaying Hong Kong IPO: sources
Alibaba Group is considering postponing its Hong Kong IPO, sources said, to which Alibaba responded to 36 Krypton that it would not comment on market rumors. Previously on June 13, Alibaba Group had privately filed for a Hong Kong IPO with an offering size of up to $20 billion, according to Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, though Alibaba had not yet finalized its fundraising target at the time. (New York Post)
Alibaba's $2 billion all-cash acquisition of NetEase Kaola
Alibaba's acquisition of NetEase Kaola has been finalized for a deal consideration of $2 billion, which Alibaba will pay in all-cash, and the two sides will carry out other forms of cooperation and transactions in the future, people close to the deal said. As of press time, both NetEase and Alibaba Group responded to this deal with no comment. (Caixin.com)
Baidu invests in children's English brand Jiuquan English with 4.14% stake
36 Krypton has learned that the eye of the sky information shows that on August 9, the operating company of Jiuquan English, Xiamen Qianshi Technology Co. Baidu contributed about 317,900 yuan, accounting for 4.14%. jiuqi English was founded in 2015, to provide online North American tutor courses to young people aged 4 to 12 years old, in the form of 2 people, 4 people in small classes.
WeChat's internal test of "video originality", uploading video footage can choose to "declare originality"
According to the self media "micro jam" news, WeChat team released the "WeChat public platform video original statement function trial operation instructions" shows that the originator in the "material management" upload video material can choose to "declare original "The video that is successfully labeled as original has a number of capabilities: the "original" logo will appear under the video content after group sending; it will enter the WeChat public platform video originality library, and when other public numbers group send the video, the public number of the original will be displayed below as the source; it will get a higher share of advertising revenue. The original video will be displayed as the source of other public numbers when they send the video to the public.
Apple's dual-camera iPhone sued for infringing 10 patents
According to foreign media reports, Israeli camera technology company Corephotonics recently filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging that Apple intentionally used Corephotonics' patented dual-camera technology on its latest iPhone and tried to cover it up with roughly similar intellectual property documents.In 2012 Corephotonics began trying to establish a relationship with Apple to establish a partnership and demonstrate the technology to Apple's hardware and software teams, but the two sides were never able to agree on a licensing deal. (Netflix)
Microsoft releases general-purpose AI framework Avatar Framework
36 Krypton has learned that Li Di, vice president of the Microsoft (Asia) Internet Engineering Institute and head of Xiaobing, announced the launch of Avatar Framework, which is a set of AI framework toolkit containing dialog tools, emotion building and other functions that can be used for voice robots, game character building and other scenarios.
NetEase to offer shares in its microfinance company, license transferee may be Lianlian Payments, sources say
According to the self media "Yi An said" news, from NetEase insiders were informed that NetEase will let its small loan company shares, license transferee or LianLian payment. A NetEase insider said, the payment license business is mainly used for NetEase internal system, only cross-border business external, NetEase game for user experience also to WeChat Alipay as the main payment method: "If the koala sold, the existence of the value of the payment license is not great."
Airbnb Audemars Piguet surpasses 4 million single-night stays worldwide
36 Krypton has learned that, according to Airbnb's official introduction, on August 10, Airbnb's global single-night occupancy exceeded 4 million, which is the highest single-night occupancy record since Airbnb's establishment. At present, Airbnb has more than 6 million listings worldwide, covering more than 100,000 cities around the world.
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Storm Group adds more information on executors, subject to more than $24.73 million
36 Krypton was informed that Tianyecha data showed that on August 12, Storm Group's operating body, Storm Group Co, Ltd, was listed as an executor by the Beijing Shijingshan District People's Court, with a total of seven pieces of relevant execution information and an execution subject matter of more than 24.73 million. This is the 53rd time that Storm Group has been listed as an executor by the court since 2019. Among them, on June 5 and June 24, it was listed as a faithless executor by the People's Court of Haidian District, Beijing, and the People's Court of Jing'an District, Shanghai, respectively, and the reason for this was that it had the ability to fulfill its obligations but refused to fulfill the obligations determined by the effective legal instruments.
Byte Jump responds to the wholly-owned acquisition of Interactive Encyclopedia: no comment on market rumors
There is news that, according to insiders, following the fast Baidu investment in Zhihu, byte jumping is suspected to be close to completing the negotiation of the wholly-owned acquisition of interactive encyclopedia. In response to this matter, byte jumping responded that the market rumors do not comment. (Caijing.com)
Beijing Qihoo 360 Technology Co., Ltd. undergoes industrial and commercial changes, Shi Xiaohong steps down as legal representative
36 Krypton was informed that the eye of the sky data show that on August 9, Beijing Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. has undergone industrial and commercial changes, Shi Xiaohong stepped down as legal representative, executive director and manager, and was succeeded by Chen Hao. Beijing Qihoo 360 Technology Co., Ltd. was established in May 2014, with a registered capital of 6.5 million, the scope of business includes basic software technology services, network technology services, etc., wholly owned by Three Six Zero Technology Group Co.
DDT publicized to the public "DDT network car civilized ride guide" draft for comments
36 Krypton was informed that the drop trip today publicized the "drop net car civilized ride guide" draft for comments to the public for comments and suggestions, said the drop, the draft applies to the drop travel platform within the express, special car and luxury car services, the publicity will last for 7 days, after the end of the publicity, the drop will be combined with the views of all parties to make revisions after the official announcement.
Cat's Eye Entertainment's first-half revenue of 1.98 billion yuan up 4.7%
36 Krypton has learned that the interim results announcement released by Cat's Eye Entertainment shows that as of June 30, the revenue of 1.98 billion yuan in the first half of 2019, an increase of 4.7% year-on-year; the first half of the adjusted net profit of 380 million yuan, compared with an adjusted net loss of 20.6 million yuan in the same period of the previous year.
Alipay: In the past month, there have been six second-hand recycling applets with MAUs exceeding one million
36 Krypton has learned that Alipay disclosed today that under the impetus of the garbage classification boom, in the past month, there have been six second-hand recycling type Alipay small programs with MAUs exceeding one million, and dozens of other second-hand recycling small programs with MAUs exceeding half a million. There is no lack of startup teams such as Easy Throw, White Whale Fish, and Dangdang One Old Clothes Recycling. In the first quarter of 2019, before the implementation of the garbage classification system, according to the Bida Consulting report, there are still only four domestic idle trading head apps with MAUs over 500,000, namely Idle Fish, Turning, Micro Patang and Looking for Pretty Machine.
investment financing
In-home tech fitness brand Fiture raises $6 million in first round funding
36 Krypton has learned that the family technology fitness brand "Fiture" announced the completion of the first round of financing of 6 million U.S. dollars, the investor is Sequoia Capital China Fund. Fiture co-founder Tang Yuhan said that the team has researched the fitness users, and found that the user's willingness to pay for resistance training is higher, because there is a professionalism threshold, so many people tend to seek personal trainers or find senior fitness users to bring the beginning. Fiture is not intended to replace personal trainers, so many people tend to seek personal trainers, or find senior fitness users to bring the introduction. Therefore, Fiture is not intended to replace the private tutor, but as a complementary product to the user's home fitness scene.
"Tcha-Tech Closes Pre-A Round of Financing
Recently, Shanghai Talent Search Technology Co., Ltd. announced the completion of Pre-A round of financing, led by Shanghai Pudong Venture Capital Co. This financing has three main plans, the first is to develop the market, the second is to set up an expanded team, and the third is to carry out product optimization. Founded in September 2018, Caicha to Technology focuses on the research and development of Caicha to Mobile App, an exclusive financial product identification and risk early warning tool for high net worth people, which can help users quickly query financial products and their peripheral related information through the authoritative big data system. (Investment community)
Swiss energy storage company receives $110 million investment from SoftBank Vision Fund
According to foreign media reports, on August 14, Japan's softbank group management vision fund said, has completed the Swiss startup "energy vault company" (Energy Vault) 110 million U.S. dollars in investment, the company research and development of renewable energy storage technology and products. Energy Vault's system uses recyclable concrete blocks to build a giant tower that stores and releases electricity generated by power plants. (Tencent Technology)
new products
Xiaomi: Second 5G flagship phone coming soon
36 Krypton has learned that the official microblog of Xiaomi cell phone announced today that Xiaomi's second 5G flagship phone will soon debut.
Image credit: Xiaomi Mobile official blog
realme unveils real 64-megapixel camera, new domestic release date not yet set
36 Krypton has learned that realme showed off the real camera with a 64-megapixel camera at the Summer Imaging Technology Communication. According to the introduction, realme's new machine will be equipped with a quad camera, there will be super anti-shake for video, portrait bokeh and HDR function. At present the release time of the new domestic realme camera is not yet determined. In addition realme product director Wang Wei also introduced, the current imaging team has more than a hundred people.
Today's View
Wu Hequan, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering: 5G will lead to an increase in global economic output of 4.6% by 2035
36 Krypton has learned that Wu Hequan, chairman of the Internet Society of China and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said at today's Phoenix 2019 Technology Summit that "5G will add 4.61 TP3T to global economic output in 2035, drive China's GDP growth close to a trillion dollars, and add 9.5 million new jobs to China. This figure is the net increase in new jobs after deducting job losses."
Xiaoping Chen, CEO of Yunmtech: In the future, there will be an average of seven connected devices per household
At the 2019 "5G Era - Smart Connection Gathering" Phoenix Technology Summit, Chen Xiaoping showed the "Outlook for the Global Consumer Internet White Paper" jointly published by Yunmi-Tech and IDC, pointing out that the number of smart devices owned by Chinese households was 0.9 in 2018, 2.8 in 2022, and in 2025 it will reach 6.8 units, and said, "In the future, nearly seven devices in the home will be connected devices, and 5G will allow for convenient, efficient, deep, and complex interaction experiences between smart hardware and users." (Phoenix Tech)
Other important news
A new batch of 43 game license numbers issued, NetEase's "Yin Yang Master: Hundred Winks Cards" and others get license numbers
36 Krypton was informed that the former State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television announced the approval information of domestic online games in August 2019, with a total of 43 version numbers approved, of which NetEase's "Yin-Yang Master: Hundred Winks Cards" and "Home Remodeling King" received version numbers.
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: the first half of the overall market size of the Internet industry grew 17.9% year-on-year
From the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) was informed that China's basic network capacity has been significantly strengthened, and the market scale of the Internet industry is growing at a high speed.In the first half of 2019, the overall market scale of the Internet industry increased by 17.9% year-on-year, and the industry's top 100 enterprises drove the effect significantly. Zhang Feng, chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will accelerate the promotion of the extension of the Internet from the field of consumption to the field of production, and promote the in-depth integration of cloud computing, big data, the Internet of Things and other technologies with the real economy, especially the manufacturing industry, with a focus on the promotion of the innovative development of the industrial Internet, the promotion of the 5G application, and the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry. (Xinhua News Agency)
Ne Zha - The Descent of the Demon Child to Extend Release to September 26th
Huaxia Film has released a one-month key extension notice for "The Descent of Nezha the Magic Child", which will extend its release to September 26th. The movie has grossed a total of 3.77 billion dollars since its release on July 26, and currently ranks as the top grossing movie in China's box office history.
