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Alibaba is breaking out of China while the rest of the world tries to break in

Aug22
by on August 22, 2014 at 7:49 am
Posted In: Alibaba, Around the Web, Asia

Alibaba logistics

Michael de Waal-Montgomery is a Hong Kong-based reporter and consumer tech enthusiast. You can find him on Twitter at @michaeldwm. With China’s state-run news agency Xinhua announcing at the end of July that Alibaba’s IPO will be put back to after the US Labor Day on September 1, discussion on e-commerce in Asia continues to be a hot topic. Aliaba’s IPO is expected to be one of the largest in US history, while it is also likely to strengthen Chinese e-commerce stocks in general — this after Chinese stocks trading in New York moved to a three-year high earlier this month. Commentators are…

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Ouya is bringing its games platform to Xiaomi’s smart TVs and set-top boxes

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by on August 22, 2014 at 7:11 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, xiaomi

Xiaomi may be China’s top smartphone vendor based on the last quarter, but it also offers smart TVs and set-top boxes. Those latter products have caught the interest of US games company Ouya, which is planning to bring its games platform to them, Reuters reports. Update: Ouya has confirmed the deal on Twitter. Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman told Reuters that gaming could give Xiaomi an edge over other smart TV rivals. The alliance would also give Ouya an entry into the lucrative Chinese market, though smart TV gaming is still a nascent segment there. Xiaomi’s MiTV Xiaomi revealed its second-generation MiTV in May…

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