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At some point in the next few weeks, Google is expected to open up the Android 12 Developer Preview program before several beta builds lead us into a stable release of Android’s next version over...
As China’s Internet use shifted from desktop to mobile, Huang realised there wasn’t a Steam-style community dedicated to smartphone gamers. TapTap was born in 2016 and has been free to use from the outset. — AFP When China’s two big mobile powers clashed publicly on New Year’s Eve, the stock of a little-known gaming company surged the most ever, minting a new billionaire in 38-year-old maverick entrepreneur Huang Yimeng. Shares in his indie game distributor XD Inc rose 24% on the first trading day of 2021 after Huawei Technologies Co temporarily removed all Tencent Holdings Ltd game...
ByteDance’s move has ended the dream of entrepreneur Luo Yonghao, who founded Android smartphone maker Smartisan Technology in 2012, to surpass Apple’s innovation in smartphones and other devices. — SCMP ByteDance, owner of short video-sharing apps TikTok and Douyin, has suspended development of smartphones under the Smartisan brand to refocus on its Dali line of hardware products for the education sector. New Stone Lab, the hardware project team that leads research and development at Smartisan, will be folded into the group behind ByteDance’s Dali smart lamp to create new education h...
The Unified Push Alliance announced today that Lenovo smartphones have completed the adaptation, including Lenovo and the Legion brand. So far, The Unified Push Alliance has covered almost all mainstream smartphone brands in China, including Huawei, Honor, OPPO, Realme, OnePlus, ZTE, VIVO, iQOO, Xiaomi, Redmi, Smartisan, ASUS ROG. Only Meizu is out of the list. Interestingly, Samsung smartphones have also got this system. The Unified Push Alliance stated that after receiving a test application for Lenovo smartphones, it will test related smartphone system-level push services in accordance wit...
Human: Fall Flat has officially sold over two million copies in China alone. No Brakes Games released its platform-puzzler on mobile in China just six days ago, with the help of XD Inc to bring it to the country, as well as its publishing partners Curve Digital and 505 Games. The game sold 100,000 units in the first 30 minutes of launch in Chinese Android storefront TapTap, and is also available on the iOS App Store. Nearly two years ago, designer Tomas Sakalauskas spoke to GamesIndustry.biz upon the announcement that the game had sold two million units total, saying that the number would ens...