Frank Hersey
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Why a Chinese-backed hearing aid maker is testing US ears before China launch ·
Hearing aid developer iHear is aiming to dirsupt the US hearing device market with a direct sales model that it will bring to China next → Read More
Yidu Cloud is making sense of the medical records of 1.3 billion people ·
Yidu Cloud is making sense of China's medical data with AI to make it usuable for research projects for cheaper, faster drug development → Read More
The Modular Kingdom: Why the developer of a new type of vehicle believes China is the future ·
Open Motors, a startup developing modular vehicles, its sights on China as the first market to adopt the concept of mobility as as service → Read More
JD is delivering more than just goods: Its infrastructure is also for sale ·
JD is surging ahead with logistics, infrastructure and services from drones to butler deliveries that could secure its place in global retail → Read More
Google invests $550 million in JD.com strategic partnership with overseas focus ·
Google and JD.com announce a strategic partnership for exploring retails with a $550 million investment in the Chinese retailer by Google → Read More
Data roaming charges to end by July 1, mobile data 30% cheaper by year end ·
China continues to cut data costs and increase speeds with startling results: mobile data usage up 154% in a year as costs fall → Read More
Mobike removes last hold over user behavior as it trials deposit free in 100 cities ·
Mobike to be deposit free in 100 Chinese second and third-tier cities as competition for users intensifies → Read More
New Xiaomi figures ahead of IPO: Phone sales soar 88% and a RMB 7 bn loss in Q1 ·
Six new mutual funds made available to raise money to invest in Chinese tech IPOs as Xiaomi announced RMB 7 billion loss just ahead of IPO → Read More
Ofo applies for e-scooter scheme license in San Francisco ·
Ofo applies for San Francisco e-scooter scheme permit and has sights set on e-bike and e-scooter launch across US in summer 2018 → Read More
Ofo responds to “smear campaign,” sends lawyers letters to media ·
Ofo is hitting back at what it calls organized defamation after it rounded up hundreds of similar anti-ofo articles on WeChat and Weibo → Read More
Jinri Toutiao apologizes for search engine ads ‘disrespectful to heroes’ ·
Jinri Toutiao issues another apology regarding disrespecting the country's heroes after poor keyword management for search engine ads → Read More
Tipping WeChat content creators returns to iOS and Android ·
WeChat updates its tipping function so that payments go directly to authors not accounts, and Apple is back on board → Read More
Bad Dog robot is shocking China's youth out of their lonliness ·
A standoffish robot dog is programmed to win around its owners by playing hard to get. This can involve static electric shocks, but it also monitors your health and happiness. → Read More
Sexy dancing, smoking and secret events: How do you monitor live streaming? ·
Chinese content monitoring company Tuputech unveils the 2.0 version of its software which allows for realtime screening of video and livestreaming → Read More
Microsoft unveils more ways to work with the Chinese government and raise Chinese children ·
Microsoft unveils updates across its AI technologies including software to capture your voice and turn it into dramatized stories to read to your children when you don't have time → Read More
Lenovo founder in public backlash for ‘unpatriotic 5G standards vote’ ·
Lenovo founder Liu Chuanzhi fights back against public questioning of Lenovo's loyalties with a public letter → Read More
DiDi to suspend night Hitch, could audio record every single journey ·
Didi is to bring in a range of additional safety features after the suspected murder of a passenger by her Hitch driver. → Read More
Doors open on Douyin stores ·
Douyin tweaks its online shopping functions in a way which could generate huge returns for itself and the retailers receiving the traffic → Read More
Meteoric cafe startup Luckin Coffee threatens Starbucks with unfair competition lawsuit ·
Luckin Coffee has written to Starbucks accusing it of unfair anti-competitive practices and has threatened it with legal action → Read More
Baidu’s autonomous cars have to be taken over by humans every 41 miles ·
Reports from companies testing autonomous driving technology in California including Baidu reveal the details of the issues the systems have which cause them to 'disengage' → Read More