Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the wider world. It’s been a very busy last week of October for China’s tech heads, but first, let’s take a look at what some …
Read More »Splyt wants to connect the world’s ride-hailing apps for easy international roaming
The vision of a universal global ride-hailing service is over. Uber’s decision to exit sells like China, Southeast Asia and Russia coupled with the failure of its competitives to develop a proposed roaming system, is necessary that global travelers must install multiple apps if they are to take advantage of …
Read More »Brand News: 10 Things You Need to Know for Monday July 30
Paramount sees Mission Impossible: Fallout become the biggest opening in the history of the 22-year-old franchise. Walmart opens stores in India to support Flipkart‘s B2B aims and hires TV veteran to launch new streaming service. Alibaba‘s Ant Financial arm shakes up China’s banking sector. BMW hikes China SUV prices in response to …
Read More »Naspers is in talks to invest in Southeast Asia’s Carousell
Naspers, the South Africa-based firm that famously backed Chinese giant Tencent in its infancy, is in talks to invest in Singapore-based startup Carousell, according to two sources with knowledge of discussions. Carousell offers a mobile app that combines listings with peer-to-peer selling across Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong. That …
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