There was a peace in the search engine market for many years. After Toutiao Search was launched in August 2019, the competition between the search overlord Baidu and the new upstarts Toutiao has become fierce in the core business of information flow. In the mobile Internet ecosystem, the super entry position of search engine in the PC era is gradually shunting for many apps. Baidu has turned to the dual engine mode of "search + information flow". Baidu app is an important carrier of Baidu&apo...

There was a peace in the search engine market for many years. After Toutiao Search was launched in August 2019, the competition between the search overlord Baidu and the new upstarts Toutiao has become fierce in the core business of information flow. In the mobile Internet ecosystem, the super entry position of search engine in the PC era is gradually shunting for many apps. Baidu has turned to the dual engine mode of "search + information flow". Baidu app is an important carrier of Baidu&apo...

Singapore's digital banking license was perhaps one of the most widely discussed topic in 2019 within fintech circles and we suspect 2020 will not be too different with MAS anticipated to issue licenses by mid-2020. There were many speculations as to who are the contenders-to-be and there's no shortage of aspirants announcing their interest to bid for the digital banking license. On December 31, 2019, the application for digital banking license in Singapore was completed as schedule...

Singapore's digital banking license was perhaps one of the most widely discussed topic in 2019 within fintech circles and we suspect 2020 will not be too different with MAS anticipated to issue licenses by mid-2020. There were many speculations as to who are the contenders-to-be and there's no shortage of aspirants announcing their interest to bid for the digital banking license. On December 31, 2019, the application for digital banking license in Singapore was completed as schedule...

Gong Yu, founder of IQIYI, once lamented to the author that Tencent can never be looked down upon as an enterprise in China, and he may be a powerful competitor in any field. On September 30, 2018, Tencent carried out the third major organizational restructuring since its establishment. It reorganized and integrated the original seven business groups (BG), and established the cloud and intelligent industry business group (CSIG). The leader is Tang Daosheng, who is known as the "father of Tenc...

Gong Yu, founder of IQIYI, once lamented to the author that Tencent can never be looked down upon as an enterprise in China, and he may be a powerful competitor in any field. On September 30, 2018, Tencent carried out the third major organizational restructuring since its establishment. It reorganized and integrated the original seven business groups (BG), and established the cloud and intelligent industry business group (CSIG). The leader is Tang Daosheng, who is known as the "father of Tenc...

Focus ▪ The bottleneck encountered by the Internet fitness industry is not a special case. After the initial stage, tools / community products will come to the ramp-up period of pursuing scale, monetization and going to a new level. ▪ The overall business model of the industry is not too special. Players like Codoon and JoyRun are trying to monetize through advertising and e-commerce business. ▪ Keep's aggressive attempt at commercialization has put itself under pressure of multi-line op...

Focus ▪ The bottleneck encountered by the Internet fitness industry is not a special case. After the initial stage, tools / community products will come to the ramp-up period of pursuing scale, monetization and going to a new level. ▪ The overall business model of the industry is not too special. Players like Codoon and JoyRun are trying to monetize through advertising and e-commerce business. ▪ Keep's aggressive attempt at commercialization has put itself under pressure of multi-line op...