Overseas:
1. Changing consumer behavior is the key to unlocking billion-dollar businesses
2. Fortnite developer Epic Games to release SDK for cross-platform profiles
3. Android users can now donate to charities through the Google Play Store
4. Facebook settles Oculus VR lawsuit with ZeniMax
5. Apple’s news and magazine subscription service to launch in early 2019
6. Uber launches a bus service in Egypt
7. Accenture( Global management consulting firm ) will acquire digital ad company Adaptly
8. After losing half its value, Nvidia faces reckoning (Artificial Intelligence Computing Leadership)
9. Scoot unveils new lock to prevent scooter theft (shared electric scooters )
11. Farfetch bets on sneakers with $250M Stadium Goods acquisition
12. YayPay raises $8.4 million for its accounts receivable service
13. Tigera raises $30M Series B for its Kubernetes security and compliance platform
14. AI-powered knowledge-sharing platform Guru raises $25 million Series B
15. Line acquires Korean cybersecurity firm GrayHash(cybersecurity firm)
China:
1. HK home improvement site gets funding for China, Southeast Asia growth
2. Redpoint China Ventures Invests In China’s Internet Business Security Start-Up Ao Graph
3. China’s second-largest gaming company(BiliBili) to sell comics assets to rival
4. Hong Kong’s Mills Fabrica opens tech innovation centre, invests in 2 startups
5. Baidu found falsifying corporate information in China
6. webQQ goes to the end: stop service from January 1, 2019
7. Taobao double 12 second-yuan sales increased by 90% 50% of consumers are post-Millennials
8. Samsung Now ‘Re-Evaluating’ That Controversial Collab With the Fake Supreme
Blockchain:
Samsung to Patent Blockchain KeyStore KeyBox and Core
Mobile:
The New Vivo Nex Phone Offers a Secondary Display Instead of a Notch
Emerging Market:
1. TNB Aura launches new $22.7m fund for Southeast Asia
2. Vietnam-based travel company Triip now allows blockchain booking
3. Agritech startup bags $35m funding to grow India footprint
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