China-based Luenmei Quantum Co and Samsung Catalyst Fund led investors in Mantis Vision’s latest funding round. On Monday, Mantis Vision, a high-tech Israeli firm which is in the business of providing 3D content and sharing technologies, stated it had raised $55 million in a funding round led by Samsung Catalyst Fund and China-based Luenmei Quantum…
With China slowly loosening regulation on foreign investments, investments and more JV are expected. The trade war with the U.S. is pushing Beijing to play nice with foreign investors. On Thursday, BMW disclosed it was in the process of developing a joint venture with a Brilliance, a Chinese firm. The German carmaker did not confirm…
Following a multi-year investigation, Japan’s regulator has found Apple’s contracts with mobile service providers to be in possible violation of the country’s antitrust rules. On Wednesday, Japanese regulators disclosed Apple Inc may have broken the country’s antitrust rules given the fact that it forces the country’s mobile service providers to sell its iPhones at cheap…
The criminal complaint sheds light on Apple’s secretive self-driving car project, many of which are detailed here. A criminal complaint filed by Apple against a former employee, Xiaolang Zhang, for allegedly stealing self-driving car trade secrets so as to work for a Chinese electric vehicle startup provides a window into Cupertino’s work on the technology,…
The strategic move will see the new Guangzhou plant doubling the production rates of OLED display plates from their current 60,000 to 130,000. With LG Display being the top OLED displaymaker in the world, the facility at Guangzhou, China will control and cater to the OLED TV segment across markets in the world. On Tuesday,…
The collaboration is aimed at building next-gen purpose-built electric-vehicles for Didi’s services. On Tuesday, China’s Didi Chuxing, a ride-sharing company, disclosed it has signed an agreement with German automotive supplier Continental AG to co-develop connected vehicles and design purpose-built electric vehicles (EVs) for Didi’s services. “Based on DiDi’s practical experience on mobility as well as…
The 3-way deal, ahead of SoftBank’s planned listing of its domestic telecoms unit – likely to be the largest Japanese IPO in nearly two decades, could boost demand for online shopping and mobile payments among Japan’s tech-savvy shoppers. In a move that sees Japan’s SoftBank Group tightening its grip over Yahoo Japan, the conglomerate disclosed…
The likelihood of the class-action lawsuit will depend on the findings of the Australian Information Commissioner which is probing Facebook’s improper handling of 311,000 Australian users’ data. On Tuesday, IMF Bentham Ltd, a litigation funding provider, disclosed it was funding a representative who has complained against Facebook Inc’s alleged breaches of Australia’s Privacy Principles. IMF…
Through this strategic move, Grab is expanding from its core ride-hailing services into other areas including electronic money transfers, loans, payment services and food delivery. Through GrabFresh, it now serves on-demand grocery deliveries. It is targetting revenues of $1 billion by the end of 2018. On Tuesday, in a strategic move that banks on its…
Citi’s digital gamble will have to be weighed against customer preferences of wanting to walk into a brick-and-mortar branch and interact with an actual human being regarding their investments. The bank is short on deposits and is betting on its tech know-how to bridge the deposit gap with its peers. Citigroup Inc, part of the…
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