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- Mar- 2021 -10 March
Jack Ma Alibaba Founder loses China’s Richest Person title
After coming under a regulatory scrutiny, the embattled co-founder of Alibaba group holding Ltd, Jack Ma, has lost his title as China’s richest person to Bottled-water tycoon Zhong Shanshan, according to the annual list of China’s wealthy. What went on…
- 6 March
Self-Driving Truck start-up taps into US market from China
Plus is a Self-driving truck technology developer. It has completed its Series B funding round, pulling in $200 million from returning backers and new investors from China. Plus has raised nearly $400 million in total. New and Old investors to…
- 5 March
A new device that uses a human battery to work
Who would’ve thought that the future of wearable technology will make the human body as a battery for its working! How does the technology work? As per a report, wearable technology has been developed by researchers at the University of…
- 4 March
Dallas Start-up to help students pay back their college loans
Dallas area resident, Demetrius Curry has spent the last couple years chasing a dream where students become able to pay back their student loans. What the start-up is all about His startup, known as College Cash, brings together big brands looking…
- 3 March
Which smart vending business is next to get acquired?
As business models and market trends changing rapidly and coming into existence as a result of uncertain times and new accepted normal, many such new businesses have come into the spot light and garnered much attention and appreciation making them…
- 2 March
Zynga and LinkedIn near a merger to buy Joby Aviation
Zynga founder Mark Pincus and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman are nearing a deal of merging their blank check company with Flying taxi developer, Joby Aviation. This is a move that would value Joby Aviation at $5.7 billion USD. How will this…
- 1 March
Clubhouse directs millions of dollars to a Chinese start-up called Agora Inc.
The clubhouse is a social networking application. It lets people gather in audio chat rooms to discuss various topics, whether it's sports, wellness, art, etc. In just two months, Clubhouse has become the venue of choice for luminaries like Elon Musk…
- Feb- 2021 -15 February
Covid-19: the semantic con
Is Covid-19 the worst or onw of the worst pandemics in history? Before we start our analysis let’s make things clear from the beginning. Here we don't aim at denying the existance of Covid-19. We are, instead, discussing the perception…
- Jan- 2021 -24 January
Is China challenging Google's supremacy?
We all know what Google is. The incredible American search engine tool which is probably one of the most used websites in the world. One could fastly assume that Google is the most powerful tool in terms of algorythm power…
- 23 January
Top 5 African startups of 2020
2020 has been a tough year for everyone, even the world's best economies hardly survived. Given this fact, you would assume developing countries like some African nationas paid the highest price. However, earlier this year, #Africa4Future held its annual call…
- 22 January
[Earth-protecting Entrepreneurship] BEST OF MIK selects three companies in the environmental sector in G-HUB 2021 !
Global news network AVING News and the French IT/Tech media Le Café Du Geek selected the BEST OF MIK for G-HUB 2021.Gwangmyeong Gyeonggi Culture Creation Hub (G-HUB) is a project which Gyeonggi-do, Gwangmyeong-si, and Gyeonggi Contents Agency provide a space…
- 19 January
CES 2021 is still open! A quick word about this online season
CES2021 has closed. CES 2021 was held online for the first time in CES history. It was held from 11th to 14th. 195 companies from 150 countries have set up exhibition halls. About 700 smart industries in 37 countries have…
- 18 January
Namutech presents Smart DX Solution, integrated digital transformation
The NAMUTECH company is unveiling its new ambitions at the start of 2021. It wishes to conquer the world market through the digital transformation integrated with 'Smart DX Solution '. This digital transformation solution is done through four categories: Smart Cloud, Smart Big…
- 18 January
Gyeonggi agency supports 12 Korean startups at CES 2021
South Korea is a country that is experiencing a great development of startups operating in the technology sector. But, many are those who do not manage to expose their inventions to the world because they do not have the means to…
- 13 January
The K-Startup pavilion CES2021 stands out in virtual form
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups has announced that due to the upsurge in the spread of Covid-19 and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021 will be held entirely virtually. For this, MSS has built a K-Startup pavilion to elevate the status…
- 6 January
CES 2021: 15 Seoul startups participating
As CES 2021 will be held virtually due to COVID-19. Innovative tech companies based in the metropolitan city of Seoul will be exhibiting at CES 2021 online this year. The Seoul Metropolitan City started its participation in CES in January 2020.…
- Dec- 2020 -25 December
5 things you should know about China
Everybody thinks China is just the big dragon whose main features are already widely known. However, although many people think they got it pretty much all figured out, there are some curiosities definitely worth knowing. From China's share of American…
- 24 December
World poverty: what do you know?
Even though nobody wants to listen to bad news we have to acknowledge that they provide us with the right perspectives to make our world better. So we might say, it's a dirty job but someone has to do it,…
- 22 December
MIK 2020 online: Global Media Awards
The Made in Korea & Made by Korea MIK 2020 Season Off online exhibition, organized to promote Korean businesses to the world, was held on December 8 via ZOOM. Awards by the international media have been distributed. The results of the Media Awards…
