Overseas:
1. Amazon adds Echo devices for home and car in bid to dominate voice gadgets
2. Uber in talks to buy food delivery firm Deliveroo
3. Turkey fines Google for violating competition law
4. Adobe confirms it’s buying Marketo for $4.75 billion
5. Eventbrite gains 60% in its market debut
7. Amazon introduces APL, a new design language for building Alexa skills for devices with screens
China:
1. China to Invest RMB 100 Bln in Big Data, Cloud Computing, Smart Cities Over Next Five Years
2. Meituan Dianping Closes Up 5.3% in Hong Kong Trading Debut
3. SAP, Alibaba Expand Cooperation on Cloud Services in China
4. DaDa 嗒嗒英语 Partners with Alibaba Cloud to Develop Next-Gen HD Online Classroom
5. Q&A Site Zhihu’s User Base Exceeds 200 Mln
6. JD.com to Open 1,000 More ‘7Fresh’ Offline Fresh Food Stores Over Next 3-5 Years
7. JD.com Launches First Blockchain Application for Electronic Business Licenses
9. 4Paradigm Showcases Platform That Lets Clients Make Own AI Apps
11. Fighting Robot Developer Gongjiangshe 工匠社 Raises RMB 100 Mln Series B
12. B2B Wine E-commerce Platform ‘E Jiupi’ 易久批 Wins USD 200 Mln Series D
13. Light Industrial Robot Developer Rokae 珞石 Secures RMB 160 Mln Series B
14. Sequoia Capital, Yunfeng Invest RMB 150 Mln in IT Services Provider Yunxi 云徙
15. Fitness Tracking App Codoon 咕咚 Launches Fitness Live-Streaming Service
16. Online Personal Finance Platform ‘X Financial’ Closes Up 26% in U.S. Trading Debut
Cross-border:
Alibaba’s Jack Ma: U.S.-China Trade War Nixes Earlier Promise of 1 Mln U.S. Jobs
Blockchain:
Hackers steal US$60 million in another Japan cryptocurrency heist
Mobile:
1. Huawei to Release Foldable 5G Smartphone by Middle of 2019
2. Samsung plans to lower memory chip growth as demand slowdown looms
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