major companies
Aux responded to Gree's doubts: the State Administration for Market Regulation has requested an authoritative testing agency to test the products
36Kr News, in response to the doubts raised by Gree Electric a few days ago, Aux released the "Statement on Aux Air Conditioner's Problem on Gree's Energy Efficiency Problems", saying that all our factory products have been tested and submitted test reports and other materials to the Energy Efficiency Mark Management Center for filing. Aux said: In order to eliminate the concerns of consumers and clarify the facts, our company has requested the State Administration for Market Regulation to appoint an authoritative testing agency to supervise and inspect Aux products. After the inspection report is issued, it will be announced to the public in a timely manner.
Apple officially participated in Tmall 618 for the first time, and the coupons can be reduced by up to 800 yuan
36Kr News, Apple officially participated in Tmall 618 for the first time. Currently, you can receive exclusive coupons ranging from 800 to 200 yuan in the Apple Store Tmall official flagship store, covering iPhone Xs/XR/Max, iPad mini, iPad Air, Mac, Apple Watch and other Apple products, suitable for June 16th to 18th. Relevant sources revealed, "This time, Tmall 618 Apple invested heavily, and the scale of each additional coupon is at the level of tens of millions of yuan."
Ping An of China responded to the "acquisition of online education institutions": There is no comment
It was reported today that Ping An Insurance Group is conducting an equity acquisition of online education company iTutorGroup, with a transaction amount of about US$500 million. According to reports, after the acquisition of Ping An of China is completed, iTutorGroup will operate independently as a subsidiary of Ping An of China. At noon today, in response to the above report, Ping An of China responded: "No comment on the rumors." (Shanghai Securities News)
Tencent Nanshan Court sued Toutiao again,
36Kr reported that Tencent added 6 new lawsuits against Toutiao and Douyin in Nanshan Court, demanding that all " Honor of Kings " game videos published by 6 users on the two platforms be deleted, and compensation for economic losses totaling 10.76 million yuan. According to public information, Tencent has already had 15 lawsuits against Toutiao in terms of games.
Hello Travel and Ningde Times and Ant Financial battery swap service
36Kr News, Hello Travel, CATL and Ant Financial announced that they jointly invested RMB 1 billion to establish a joint venture to launch a "Halo battery swap service" positioned at the basic energy network of two-wheeled electric vehicles. Hello Travel Co-founder and CEO Yang Lei also serves as the CEO of the joint venture.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk hinted that considering the size of the Chinese market, Tesla may eventually build more production plants in China. The company is currently building its first production facility in China. “China is vast, so to reduce costs, it may make sense to build factories in other parts of China,” Musk said at the annual shareholders’ meeting on Tuesday. "The faster you expand, the more funds you need." (Bloomberg)
Tencent "PUBG Mobile" topped the overseas market revenue of Chinese mobile games in May 1st
36Kr News, Sensor Tower store intelligence platform latest data shows that among the top 30 Chinese mobile game products in overseas market revenue in May 2019, Tencent "PUBG Mobile", NetEase " Wilderness Action ", and IGG " Kingdom Era " ranked in the top three, among which "PUBG Mobile" revenue was about US$76 million, an increase of 17% from US$65 million in April. As the largest overseas revenue market for the game, the US market is also the main driving force for revenue growth. In May, "PUBG Mobile" attracted more than US$27 million in the US market, up 30% month-on-month, ranking fourth on the best-selling list of American mobile games. Operation Wilderness overseas revenue in May was about US$44 million, up 32% month-on-month.
Pinduoduo : "618 Big Promotion" sold 6.7 billion yuan of fruit fresh products, an increase of 310% year-on-year
36Kr News, Pinduoduo data shows that as of 11 a.m. on June 12, the platform's "618 Big Promotion" has sold 6.7 billion yuan of fruit fresh and food and other agricultural (by-party) products, an increase of 310% over the same period last year. Data shows that in the first quarter of 2019, 44.2% of Pinduoduo's new users came from second-tier and above cities. During the 618 period, nearly 70% of the agricultural product orders on the Pinduoduo platform came from first- and second-tier cities.
Huawei and July 12 released the next generation of rail wireless communication LTE-R solution
Huawei and its ecological partner Tianjin July 12 Communication Broadcasting Co., Ltd. jointly released the next generation of rail wireless communication LTE-R solution, and has taken the lead in China to start construction. Huawei's LTE-R solution has 5G evolution capabilities, supports interconnection with GSM-R, provides cluster voice, video, data and other functions based on MCPTT, and carries tracking, column tuning, PIS, CCTV and other track services through an LTE-R network. (Cailianshe)
Qualcomm intends to postpone the execution of the antitrust ruling, but was opposed by LG Electronics and the US FTC
According to foreign media reports, Qualcomm hopes to postpone the antitrust ruling formulated by the US against it through an appeal, but LG Electronics objected to this on Tuesday. The South Korean company said they are negotiating a chip supply and patent licensing agreement with Qualcomm, which could be forced to sign an unfair deal unless the protections ruled by a federal judge remain. LG appealed to the federal court in San Jose, California, where they believe it is in the public interest to strictly enforce the antitrust decision, as the appeal could take years. Not long ago, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) also objected to Qualcomm's plan. (Sina Technology)
Airb : invested more than US$30 million in the Japanese market, owning about 50,000 properties
36Kr News, Airbnb said that it has formulated the "Japan 2020" plan and invested more than US$30 million to implement a series of strategic measures in the Japanese market to help develop and build communities and support Japan to achieve its goal of attracting 40 million tourists each year before the 2020 Winter Olympics. Data shows that Airbnb already has about 50,000 properties in Japan and has more than 23,000 rooms in traditional accommodation such as hotels and ryokans. In the first half of this year, the number of Japanese tourists traveling abroad increased by 45% year-on-year.
Geely and Proton established a technology joint venture
36Kr news, Malaysia national brand Proton Automobile signed a contract with Yikatong Technology, a strategic investment by Geely Holding Group, and Malaysia ALTEL Company, Malaysia, to establish a tripartite technology joint venture. The three parties will collaborate in multiple aspects such as product research and development, local operation and maintenance, quality management, and ecological construction to build the joint venture into a mature vehicle service provider. By then, not only will Proton be able to reduce costs in intelligent networked development, Malaysian users will also gain more product choices and more convenient after-sales service.
investment and financing
Slack may be listed at a valuation of US$17 billion
According to foreign media reports, according to people familiar with the matter, office communication application development company Slack expects that when it goes public next week, investors' valuation of the company will reach US$16 billion to US$17 billion. The anonymous said the valuation was based roughly on Slack's expected revenue and current growth rate. Slack's latest valuation has more than doubled compared to the $7.1 billion valuation in the last round of private financing in August last year. (Tencent Technology)
Beike Real Estate Search plan to IPO
Beike Real Estate Search plan to IPO in Hong Kong. Previously, there were reports that Beike has registered and established several companies in Hong Kong. In addition, Beike Real Estate announced the launch of a Series D financing on March 25, with a round of financing led by strategic investor Tencent. (Cailianshe)
Shuidi Company announced that it has completed a C round of financing of over 1 billion yuan
36Kr News, Shuidi Company announced that it has completed a C round of financing of over 1 billion yuan. This round of financing was led by Boyu Capital, followed by investment institutions such as Tencent, CICC Capital, and Gaorong Capital. Founder and CEO O Shen Peng said: "The company will vigorously develop health insurance and health protection businesses such as Shuidi Insurance Mall and Shuidi Mutual Aid to create a health insurance and health protection service model with better user experience."
new product
DJI released the first educational robot " Mecha Master RoboMaster S1", priced at 3499 yuan
36Kr News, DJI released the first educational robot "Mecha Master RoboMaster S1". According to DJI, "Mecha Master RoboMaster S1" has 46 programming control components and 6 types of artificial intelligence programming modules, supporting high-definition and low-latency first-person perspective, four-wheel drive omnidirectional motion system, Scratch Python programming, multiple competitive modes and practical new science courses, and other functions are priced at 3,499 yuan.
Suning released a number of strategic Biu+ new products, with the first batch of purchase orders reaching 500,000 units
36Kr News, Suning held a Biu+ ecological conference, and Zhu Xiaojie, general manager of the IoT Operation Center of the smart terminal company, hosted the release of six Biu+ new products, involving many first-line brands such as Midea, Fontana, Whirlpool, A.O. Smith, 0,000 Carre , etc. Products in the field of refrigerators, washing, air and smart kitchen and bathroom, and held an order signing ceremony with partners on site, with the total number of orders reaching 500,000 units.
BOE: Mianyang 6th generation flexible AMOLED production line is expected to be mass-produced and shipped in the second half of the year
BOEA answered investors' questions today on the interactive platform that Mianyang 6th generation flexible AMOLED production line is expected to be mass-produced and shipped in the second half of this year. The company has announced 4 6th generation flexible AMOLED production lines, and the 6th generation flexible AMO in Chengdu is now available. LED production line has been mass-produced, with a designed production capacity of 48K/month. The capacity climb is progressing smoothly. The first phase is now full. (Securities Times)
Today's Views
Tencent Security Yang Yong: Industrial Internet brings three security challenges
Tencent Security Platform Department and vice president of Tencent Security College Yang Yong said that the development of industrial Internet has brought many new challenges to security issues, which are specifically reflected in three aspects: expanding the attack surface; solving security issues, more differences are needed now. The combination of domain knowledge; now the attack scenarios are becoming increasingly industrialized. (TechWeb)
Other important news
France will legislate to ban the sale of fuel vehicles in 2040
The French government announced in 2017 that it plans to ban the sale of fuel vehicles from 2040. Now, this goal will be written into the law. French Minister of Transport Elizabeth Bowen said on Tuesday that the new transportation bill would support the 2040 ban on fossil fuel vehicles, "We will now write this goal into the law." "The new transportation bill is currently being debated in parliament and is expected to be approved after this summer. (Sina Finance)
Last year, the number of paid online video users reached 347 million
The "2019 China Online Video Premium Report" was released at the 2019 Shanghai International Film and Television Festival Internet Film and Television Summit. The report shows that since 2015, the scale of the online video market has expanded sharply, reaching 187.13 billion yuan in 2018, tripling in three years. In 2018, The number of online video paid users has reached 347 million, and the willingness of users to pay has also increased significantly. Content payment revenue currently accounts for 34.5% of the total revenue of video websites, which has exceeded one-third. (Shanghai Securities News)
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