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Minecraft goes to China: Microsoft and Mojang expand reach of blockbuster game
Minecraft, the wildly popular game that allows players to create infinite online worlds, will soon be available in China.
The game, which Microsoft acquired with the $ 2.5 billion purchase of Mojang in 2014, will be adapted...
Ride-hailing battle in China heats up as Uber rival set to raise $2B at $25B valuation
The ride-hailing battle in China continues to ramp up, with Bloomberg reporting late Thursday that Didi Kuaidi is set to raise a $...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Here is what China is getting right
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg continued his charm offensive...
ESPN partners with Chinese tech giant Tencent to stream March Madness and NBA games in China
Another American sports behemoth is teaming up with a Chinese tech company. ESPN announced today that it is partnering with Tencent, the Shenzhen-based company now worth more than $ 170 billion. The agreement lets Tencent stream ESPN content to its massive user base, which...
MLB inks deal with Chinese tech giant Letv to stream games in China
LAS VEGAS — Major League Baseball is serious about bringing its sport to China. At the big Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the league...
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba acquires South China Morning Post
Perhaps Jeff Bezos started a trend two years ago when the Amazon founder acquired the Washington Post. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced today that it has acquired the South China Morning Post and other assets of SCMP Group Limited. “The South China Morning Post is unique because...
Why people in China love Microsoft’s Xiaoice virtual companion, and what it says about artificial intelligence
Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon is speaking quickly inside a Beijing boardroom, excited about the conversation topic. He’s rattling off statistics and talking about Xiaoice, a new personal assistant built by Microsoft that is already being used by 40 million smartphone owners across China and Japan. Hon explains how Xiaoice is similar to digital assistants like...
Why these innovators from the University of Washington just made a trip to China
The University of Washington is committed to partnering with China’s leading technologists and innovators. That much was clear last week in Shanghai, where the UW held its inaugural Innovation Summit this past Friday in China’s second-largest largest city. The four-hour long event at a hotel in downtown Shanghai included a handful of presentations from top innovators with some connection to the...