CHINA:
1. Almost 72 per cent of Chinese SMEs have resumed work amid push to digitise businesses, ministry says
3. HK-listed Minsheng to buy TCL’s online education unit for $59m
4. Pinduoduo and Alibaba clash over ban affecting group-buying platform Juhuasuan聚划算
5. Alibaba’s Taobao Moves to C2M Plan to Create 10 Billion Orders for Factories in China
6. Smartisan Founder Luo Yonghao Partners with Chinese TikTok on E-commerce Livestreaming
7. Ant Financial launches SaaS version of its internal database infrastructure to increase tech service revenues
8. Baidu to set up autonomous driving test zone in Shanxi province
9. Ehang’s passenger drone sales are taking off
10. Hangzhou park security uses AI-powered smart glasses to detect people with fever
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1. Southeast Asia delivery services face game-changing moment
2. Demand for e-wallet usage rises among Vietnamese consumers
4. Bank Rakyat Indonesia revives insurance unit stake sale, attracts bidders
5. Gojek launches partner support fund
6. Indian e-retailers partially resume operations, contend with teething issues
7. India’s MX Player expands to US, UK and other markets in international push
CROSS-BORDER:
1. Tesla’s China-made Model Y may soon be a reality
2. Flipkart and Amazon focus on grocery delivery amid 21-day lockdown in India
OVERSEAS:
1. Global smartphone sales fell 14% in February due to coronavirus
2. SEC pauses Zoom Technologies trading because people think it’s Zoom Video
3. Houseparty, Discord, Zoom, and Marco Polo downloads explode amid coronavirus pandemic
4. Duolingo’s new app teaches children how to read and write
5. Microsoft acquires Affirmed Networks, which helps telecoms grow their networks, ahead of 5G rush
6. Microsoft acquires virtualized mobile network startup Affirmed Networks
8. TuSimple partners with supplier ZF to mass produce self-driving truck tech
9. Automated payments solution Plastiq Raises $75M Series D To Give SMBs More Payment Options
10. Stripe leads $20M Series A into Fast, which is building a universal checkout service for e-commerce
11. DataGuard, which provides GDPR and privacy compliance-as-a-service, raises $20M
12. Yaguara nabs $7.2M seed to help e-commerce companies understand customers better
13. Kaizo raises $3M for its AI-based tools to improve customer service support teams
14. OneThree Biotech Raises Seed Round For AI-Driven Drug Platform
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