Alibaba’s Taobao launches 3D-capable shopping app ahead of Apple’s mainland release of Vision Pro mixed-reality headset

The app was rolled out last Friday for use on the US$3,499 mixed-reality headset, which the US tech giant released in February in the United States, the only market where the wearable device is currently available. Apple chief executive Tim Cook has said that the Vision Pro is expected to be available in China this … Read more

Alibaba, navigating sea change, reorients business towards bread-and-butter e-commerce and AI, pares down overhaul

By March 2023, Alibaba had lost three quarters of its value from the peak in October 2020, as the e-commerce giant, once seen as China’s answer to Amazon.com, faces questions on whether it can recapture its former glory while dealing with China’s economic slowdown, regulatory scrutiny and fierce competition from old and new rivals. The … Read more

Chinese video-sharing platform Bilibili restructures content units, bets on live streaming amid pressure to turn a profit

Chinese video-sharing platform Bilibili has restructured its content units and is doubling down on the live-streaming business, as the US and Hong Kong-listed company struggles to make a profit. Bilibili recently revamped its major operations department and separated multiple live streaming-related units, forming a new live-streaming centre, while also ramping up commercialisation of its content … Read more

Bilibili’s top bullet comment of 2023 is “ah?” as users expressed surprise 13 million times this year

Chinese video streaming platform Bilibili’s word of 2023 is a single-character question of shock: Ah? The word, written simply as a in pinyin, was used as an interrogative clause 13.2 million times on the platform this year, flooding viewers’ screens in Bilibili’s famed “bullet comments”, which whisk by in horizontal streams atop videos as people … Read more