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Rita Liao

@ritacyliao
13 posts
2024-01-01
My last story of 2023: China's robotaxi darlings realized that the mass commercialization of self-driving taxis is still a distant reality, so they found quicker ways to monetize: supply ADAS to OEMs, building robo street cleaners for cities, and more https://techcrunch.com/...
2024-01-01 View on X
TechCrunch

Chinese robotaxi companies are shifting to less advanced but more commercially viable smart-driving solutions, as funding dries up and losses continue to mount

Rita Liao / TechCrunch : X: @jenniferxie12 , @siddkhastgir , @tombamonte , and @ritacyliao X: @jenniferxie12 : 1/6 First, all roads lead to Rome. Second, find a way. Finally, buil...

2023-12-31
My last story of 2023: China's robotaxi darlings realized that the mass commercialization of self-driving taxis is still a distant reality, so they found quicker ways to monetize: supply ADAS to OEMs, building robo street cleaners for cities, and more https://techcrunch.com/...
2023-12-31 View on X
TechCrunch

Chinese robotaxi companies are shifting to less advanced but more commercially viable smart-driving solutions, as funding dries up and losses continue to mount

Losses push China's self-driving upstarts to seek new revenue streams  —  A few years ago, robotaxis were the darlings of venture capitalists in China.

2023-02-03
Decentralized social network @damusapp is pulled from the China App Store just 2 days after it was approved by Apple. The app lost a major distribution channel there but its multi-network infrastructure might make censorship difficult, argues @francis_bvd https://techcrunch.com/...
2023-02-03 View on X
TechCrunch

Two days after approving decentralized social network Damus, Apple complies with China's ask to remove the app from the App Store in China for “illegal” content

Rita Liao / TechCrunch :

2022-11-17
The licensing talk between NetEase and Blizzard clearly didn't go well. A NetEase exec posted this bitter message in response to the end of the deal. For more details: https://techcrunch.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2022-11-17 View on X
Bloomberg

NetEase and Blizzard plan to end their 14-year partnership after January 2023, leaving Chinese players' access to games like Warcraft and Overwatch in question

NetEase Inc. and Blizzard Entertainment Inc. plan to end their 14-year partnership after January, depriving the Chinese firm …

2022-01-17
Can't keep up with all the announcements that Chinese robotaxi players put out, so I worked on a little overview summarizing their progress... https://techcrunch.com/...
2022-01-17 View on X
TechCrunch

An overview of China's robotaxi services offered by AutoX, Baidu, Deeproute.ai, Didi, Momenta, Pony.ai, and WeRide, and the progress they made in 2021

Rita Liao / TechCrunch : Tweets: @ritacyliao Tweets: Rita Liao / @ritacyliao : Can't keep up with all the announcements that Chinese robotaxi players put out, so I worked on a lit...

2021-06-03
Huawei wants as many devices on HarmonyOS as possible, not just apps. So from your phone to fridge to soymilk blender. A Windows PC can gain interoperability with a Huawei phone with a simple plug-in. Now: will Oppo/Vivo/Xiaomi work with HarmonyOS? https://techcrunch.com/...
2021-06-03 View on X
CNBC

Huawei details HarmonyOS, designed to run across multiple devices, coming to Mate 40 and foldable Mate X2 smartphones, Watch Series 3, and MatePad Pro tablet

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC :

2021-03-16
What we know abt @signalapp's ban in China so far: -The app & its website are unavailable without a VPN -The app is still up on Apple's China App Store - The website was banned on Mar 15 - Signal has 500k+ iOS installs in CN, 50k more than Jan https://techcrunch.com/...
2021-03-16 View on X
TechCrunch

Signal app and website are unavailable in China but the app is still available in the App Store; Greatfire says Signal's website was banned on March 15

Chinese users of the instant messenger Signal knew that the good times wouldn't last long.  The app, which is used for encrypted conversations …

2021-01-20
Takeaways from yesterday's WeChat developer conference: WeChat mini programs / lite apps are driving a lot of transactions, $250b last year. Pinduoduo quarterly GMV in Q3 was $215b. https://techcrunch.com/...
2021-01-20 View on X
TechCrunch

WeChat says it facilitated ~$250B in annual transactions through its third-party “mini programs”, double the value of transactions in 2019

Rita Liao / TechCrunch :

2020-08-13
TikTok India is valued at $3B+, my colleague @refsrc reported. Remember the entire biz is worth some $50B and India had 1/3 of its users? FWIW India doesn't make much $$ for TT https://twitter.com/...
2020-08-13 View on X
TechCrunch

Sources: ByteDance has been in talks with India's Reliance for investment in TikTok's India operations since late last month, after India banned the app in June

Chinese giant ByteDance is engaging with India's Reliance Industries Limited, the parent firm of telecom giant Jio Platforms …

2020-07-29
The deep learning company that helps Huawei, Vivo, Oppo & Xiaomi stabilize and sharpen videos is a tiny 40-people team based out of Sweden @vidhance https://techcrunch.com/...
2020-07-29 View on X
TechCrunch

Profile of Imint, a Swedish company that makes deep learning software for phone manufacturers like Huawei, Vivo, and Oppo to stabilize videos in real time

Rita Liao / TechCrunch : Tweets: @ritacyliao Tweets: Rita Liao / @ritacyliao : The deep learning company that helps Huawei, Vivo, Oppo & Xiaomi stabilize and sharpen videos is a t...

2020-05-24
“Amazon, Google, FB, Microsoft, Xiaomi, & TikTok-parent ByteDance among several others already count India as one of their most important overseas markets. In the past decade, nearly half a billion Indians came online for the first time, thanks in large part to Reliance Jio” https://twitter.com/...
2020-05-24 View on X
TechCrunch

JioMart rolls out its online grocery delivery service, including directly sourced farm produce, in dozens of cities in India, after a month of testing in Mumbai

The rationale behind the deluge of dollars flooding into billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Platforms is beginning to become …

2020-05-22
“Amazon, Google, FB, Microsoft, Xiaomi, & TikTok-parent ByteDance among several others already count India as one of their most important overseas markets. In the past decade, nearly half a billion Indians came online for the first time, thanks in large part to Reliance Jio” https://twitter.com/...
2020-05-22 View on X
TechCrunch

KKR to invest $1.5B in Reliance Jio for a 2.32% stake; this is Reliance Jio's fifth major raise in just as many weeks

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Platforms has agreed to sell 2.32% stake to U.S. equity firm KKR in what is the fifth major investment in the top Indian telecom firm in just as many w...

2020-03-02
Another effort by Apple to play by China rules as iPhone sales weakens in the country https://twitter.com/...
2020-03-02 View on X
TechCrunch

Apple has been asking for proof of government license for iOS games in China since 2016, but did not enforce the policy, a loophole it is now closing

Rita Liao / TechCrunch :