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Alibaba, Angela Merkel, artificial intelligence, Asia, Automotive, Baidu, Beijing, Bmw, Cao Xudong, China, Cloud computing, Germany, Momenta, NavInfo, saic, Search Engine, Tencent, Transportation, WeChat

After Baidu tie-up, BMW taps Tencent for autonomous driving in China – TechCrunch

China is BMW’s largest market, and the German automaker knows in order to capture the country’s demanding consumers, its future…

Alibaba, artificial intelligence, China, China technology, Facial Recognition, News, SCMP, Tencent, WeChat

China’s war on trash goes high-tech with AI-driven apps, facial recognition integration

Alipay’s mini-program has indexed more than 4,000 different types of waste and has assisted more than 3 million people since…

Alibaba, alibaba group, alipay, Asia, Baidu, China, Environment, Government, GreenTech, Recycling, Shanghai, Waste, WeChat

how China uses tech to sort its waste – TechCrunch

China’s war on garbage is as digitally savvy as the country itself. Think QR codes attached to trash bags that…

abacus, China, China technology, Microsoft, Mobile, News, Social Media, WeChat

WeChat bans Microsoft’s Chinese chatbot as China tightens censorship of online speech

This marks the third time that Tencent, operator of WeChat, has pulled Microsoft’s Xiaobing. Source link

Alibaba, alibaba group, alipay, Asia, China, ecommerce, Facial Recognition, Facial Recognition Software, Meitu, mobile payments, online payments, payments, Retail Stores, Selfie, WeChat

China’s Alipay adds sought-after beauty filters to face-scan payments – TechCrunch

In China, striving for accuracy in a piece of facial recognition software isn’t enough. As Alibaba’s e-wallet affiliate Alipay has…

abacus, China, China technology, Chinese Social Media, Mobile, News, Social Media, WeChat

Is WeChat too big to escape from even amid privacy concerns?

Many people have already deleted the messaging app, but several others can’t live without it. Source link

Alibaba, alipay, apps, Asia, ByteDance, China, Instant messenger, Social, Tencent, tiktok, WeChat

TikTok owner ByteDance’s long-awaited chat app is here – TechCrunch

In WeChat -dominated China, there’s no shortage of challengers out there claiming to create an alternative social experience. The latest…

Allen Zhang, Analysis, Mobile, News, SCMP, Tencent, WeChat

WeChat execs raise strategy concerns on potential exit of Allen Zhang

Zhang’s strong personal stamp on WeChat, ironically, raises the question what would happen to the product should he step back…

apps, China technology, Gaming, News, Snapchat, Social Media, Tencent, video games, WeChat

Snapchat’s new in-app gaming platform is just like WeChat’s

Snapchat will monetize the games through six-second ads that players won’t be able to skip. Source link

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Snap is channeling Asia’s messaging giants with its move into gaming – TechCrunch

Snap is taking a leaf out of the Asian messaging app playbook as its social messaging service enters a new…