A look at Xiaomi's evolution from a tech assembler to a high-tech manufacturer, as it applies its smartphone manufacturing strategy to developing EVs and chips
Formerly dismissed as a ‘Lego’ assembler, Xiaomi is building its reputation as a high-tech manufacturer Bluesky: @jsphctrl.ft.com Bluesky: Joseph Cotterill / @jsphctrl.ft.com : “Xiaomi's loyal fans, s...
Internal docs show how antivax activists flooded vaccine content on Facebook with negative comments, despite Zuckerberg's push to promote COVID-19 vaccines
Internal company documents suggest that the company plays down awareness of its flaws. Kara Swisher / New York Times : The Endless Facebook Apology Katie Canales / Insider : Apple reportedly threatene...
Stack Overflow, which has 100M+ monthly visitors, says it will be acquired by Prosus, a European tech giant and Tencent's largest shareholder, for $1.8B
and also mints 61 new millionaires. Joel Spolsky / @spolsky : New blog post: Kinda a big announcement https://www.joelonsoftware.com/ ... Jack Forge / @thejackforge : For those that didn't know that S...
Unlike Alibaba, Tencent has so far avoided an antitrust crackdown in China, likely due to it investing in upstarts instead of driving them out of business
but not, at least for now, Tencent. https://www.nytimes.com/... @chinausfocus : “Tencent's popularity may help it avoid trouble with Beijing. But its vast power could still squelch innovation in the w...
Local operators and companies like Google and Facebook scramble to upgrade digital infrastructure in Africa, home to less than 1% of global data center capacity
Joseph Cotterill / Financial Times : Tweets: @trafficbutter and @sub8u Tweets: @trafficbutter : VIA @GWarrander: https://www.ft.com/... According to GSMA forecasts, average African mobile data traffi...