Why Arattai isn't a WhatsApp: Truth about India’s 'Swadeshi' apps and network effect no one talks aboutIndian digital apps struggle against global giants like WhatsApp and Instagram. The article suggests restricting foreign apps for 5-7 years...
19 Nov, 2025, 10.58 PM IST
Alibaba's mapping app logs record for daily users on first day of China holidayAlibaba's mapping app Amap recorded more than 360 million daily active users on the first day of China's eight-day National Day holiday on ...
02 Oct, 2025, 10.33 AM IST
Alibaba mapping app steps into local business rankings, intensifying competitionAlibaba and Meituan are among the prominent tech companies in China locked in a bitter battle for market share in "instant retail", floodin...
10 Sep, 2025, 08.39 AM IST
Chinese food delivery company Meituan's profit slides as competition intensifiesMeituan has nearly 70% of China's delivery market but the company warned that the defence of its customer base will prove expensive in the ...
27 Aug, 2025, 06.41 PM IST
Zhipu AI ramps up overseas expansion strategy ahead of IPOFounded in 2019 as a Tsinghua University spinoff, Zhipu AI has emerged among China's front-runners in the artificial intelligence race, alo...
23 Apr, 2025, 12.10 PM IST
How Alibaba's six main new business units stack upAlibaba Group Holding's former CEO, Daniel Zhang, has unexpectedly left the company's cloud computing unit, raising concerns about its spin...
11 Sep, 2023, 03.45 PM IST
How Chinese tech giant Alibaba's six new business units stack upThe e-commerce giant announced in March it will split into six business units, each with its own CEO and board of directors, and adopt a ho...
20 Jun, 2023, 11.30 AM IST
Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, 15 others subject to EU content rulesAmong those affected are booking.com, Facebook, Alphabet's Google Maps, Google Play and Google Search.
25 Apr, 2023, 06.10 PM IST
How Alibaba's six new business units stack upAlibaba has long relied on e-commerce as its core business, with smaller divisions in sectors such as cloud computing and entertainment. Th...
28 Mar, 2023, 11.28 PM IST
After the split, here's how Alibaba's six new business units stack upThe company's CEO Daniel Zhang said the business units will each be free to pursue funding and IPOs independently, which points to a possib...
28 Mar, 2023, 06.07 PM IST
China's Baidu to launch paid driverless ride-hailing services in BeijingBaidu's driverless Apollo Robotaxi, to be launched in the Chinese capital's Shougang Park, will operate without a safety driver behind the ...
29 Apr, 2021, 12.33 PM IST
PhonePe plans to be a super app like WeChatOver the next two months, PhonePe’s platform will have over 30 major digital merchants map their in-app experience on it.
03 Oct, 2018, 11.19 AM IST
China Link: NewsDog, UC News and others face govt scrutinyIndian troops on the China border have been asked to format their smartphones and delete Chinese apps that may be compromising national sec...
01 Dec, 2017, 10.58 AM IST
Flipkart, Amazon hit 100 million downloadsMedia and entertainment app Hotstar was the first India specific app to cross 10 crore downloads in the country. MyJio app crossed this mar...
02 Nov, 2017, 10.52 AM IST
From payment solutions to personal assistance, the answer lies in all-in-one appsLike Paytm, super apps provide multiple use cases such as cab booking, bill payment, flight booking are integrated in a single app.
17 Sep, 2016, 02.44 PM IST
Ola, Didi Kuaidi, Lyft, GrabTaxi enter into a partnership to counter Uber’s reach“This will be a win for the diversity and vitality of the global ridesharing industry,” said Cheng Wei, CEO of Didi Kuaidi.
04 Dec, 2015, 06.04 AM IST
Baidu's bid to buy app platform raises questions in ChinaAn attempt by Baidu to buy a leading apps platform for $1.9 billion has prompted the official media to question the deal's value.
17 Jul, 2013, 04.50 PM IST