https://www.scmp.com/rss/315822/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The bike-sharing war in China is not ending any time soon. The country’s bike-sharing market is forecast to add another 167 million users between 2017 and 2019 to reach 376 million customers, with most of that growth happening outside the top-tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. While domestic market leaders Mobike and Ofo are making a push into smaller cities, the country’s third-largest bike-sharing service provider, Hellobike, already has a head start. Launched in late... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2156845/how-hellobike-beating-mobike-and-ofo-chinas-smaller-cities?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2156845/how-hellobike-beating-mobike-and-ofo-chinas-smaller-cities?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Jul 2018 00:00:15 +0000 If you head to your local electronics store and take a peek around the audio section, you're bound to find a wide range of headphones and earphones. It's easy to find a pair that matches your style, but it's more difficult to find a pair that sounds just right because everyone hears sounds differently. Aumeo is like glasses for your ears. We allow you to hear all the music as it should be heard Paul Lee, Aumeo CEO Not only are the shapes of our ear canals and our eardrums different on a... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/music/article/1845081/aumeo-hong-kong-invention-customises-sound-our-ears?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/music/article/1845081/aumeo-hong-kong-invention-customises-sound-our-ears?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Jul 2015 05:45:00 +0000 Junk parties are one of Hong Kong's great pastimes. Rent a boat, load it with food, beer and 30 of your closest friends, and spend the day or night cruising around the city's spectacular beaches. But actually organising and booking a trip is no walk in the park, as most of the providers who run the boats are stuck in the 20th century. Start-up Junks.hk aims to bring the city's junk party industry up to speed. "It's so much fun to be on one of these, but why is it so hard to actually get on one... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/1822789/hong-kong-app-takes-pain-out-arranging-junk-party?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/1822789/hong-kong-app-takes-pain-out-arranging-junk-party?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Jun 2015 22:57:08 +0000 In crowded Hong Kong, a start-up race-to-the-bottom has begun, and the contestants have barely passed the starting line. In the past seven months, five companies - Boxful, Spacebox, Klosit, StuffGenie and GoNLive (GNL) - have emerged to import a winning business model to a city strapped for space. Each offers the same service: a person with too much stuff lying around will open an app and order a plastic box to be delivered to their flat. The customer then throws his or her junk into the box... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/start-ups/article/1754250/hong-kong-storage-start-ups-jockey-piece-action?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/start-ups/article/1754250/hong-kong-storage-start-ups-jockey-piece-action?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Apr 2015 22:03:38 +0000 Chinese Internet giant Tencent on Monday launched the website for what will likely be the country's first ever private internet bank. China began a trial programme early this year that would allow five new private banks to be set up. Web giants Alibaba and Tencent signed up, and the maker of WeChat looks to be first out of the gate. The new WeBank website reads: Are we a bank? Are we an internet company? We are an internet bank!  For now, the domain just holds a placeholder site with a QR code.... https://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1670474/tencent-ready-launch-chinas-first-private-internet-bank-webank?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1670474/tencent-ready-launch-chinas-first-private-internet-bank-webank?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Dec 2014 07:50:55 +0000 The battle for online viewers in China heated up again on Tuesday with Tencent’s announcement of a tie-up with HBO. The deal will see a number of shows from the American subscription channel, such as hit fantasy series Game of Thrones and media drama The Newsroom, streamed in China. They will be available soon on the Tencent Video site. However, all the violence, nudity, and sex scenes that have made 'Game of Thrones' compelling will make it tough to edit for approval in China. It will likely... https://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1649333/game-thrones-comes-china-tencent-joins-forces-hbo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1649333/game-thrones-comes-china-tencent-joins-forces-hbo?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:26:15 +0000 As Hong Kong’s Occupy Central protests continue to gather momentum and draw attention, denizens in the city are sharing photos of events on social media. But apparently, photos of the protests posted to WeChat by Hong Kong-based users are being censored, and are not visible for users of the messaging platform in mainland China. @kinablog @WLYeung @westmoon Noticed this a few days ago. None of my images are getting through to Mainland contacts. — Cam MacMurchy (@zhongnanhai) October 1, 2014 For... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1607452/wechat-allegedly-censoring-photos-hong-kong-protests?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1607452/wechat-allegedly-censoring-photos-hong-kong-protests?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Oct 2014 00:15:00 +0000 Chinese authorities appear to have blocked the US-based internet search engine DuckDuckGo, which has enjoyed rising popularity over its privacy-oriented searches and iOS integration. "We saw the online mentions that DuckDuckGo was blocked. We aren't sure why. It has happened before and we were unblocked later," said DuckDuckGo founder and CEO Gabriel Weinberg. The move adds the search engine to an increasingly long list of online services inaccessible in China in recent months. In addition to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1598524/privacy-safe-search-engine-duckduckgo-latest-internet-service-get?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1598524/privacy-safe-search-engine-duckduckgo-latest-internet-service-get?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Sep 2014 01:00:30 +0000