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  1. TikTok rejects Microsoft

    by , 09-14-2020 at 12:34 PM
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    After over a month of negotiations, TikTok has chosen a US company to partner with: Oracle, a California-based cloud computing giant.

    On Sunday Microsoft, long tapped to purchase the ByteDance-owned app, announced its bid had been rejected by the Beijing-based company. ByteDance instead selected Oracle to be its "technology partner" in the US, a person familiar with the situation said on Sunday evening. The proposed deal is expected to ...
  2. Beijing Robotics Startup Gains US$6 Million Investment

    by , 10-30-2016 at 01:23 AM
    The maker of an all-terrain robot that mimics the movements of a spider has closed a US$6 million series A financing round in Beijing.
    GGV Capital led the series A financing round in Vincross, a Beijing-based robotics start-up, ahead of the company's launch of its first product, an all-terrain six-legged robot spider called HEXA.

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    Existing investor Zhen Fund also participated in the round, which the company says it will use for ...
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  3. About 12,000 buses in Beijing have completed their Wi-Fi network card upgrades and opened services to all travelers in the nation's capital.

    by , 12-16-2014 at 08:37 AM


    About 12,000 buses in Beijing have completed their Wi-Fi network card upgrades and opened services to all travelers in the nation's capital.

    Wireless network bandwidth on the buses can reach 50M per second and the Wi-Fi network on a single bus can be used by at least 40 people at the same time. By accessing the hot spot named "16WiFi", passengers will be redirected to a website to download ...