Xiaomi files for an IPO in Hong Kong; seeks to raise at least $10 Billion at $100B valuation

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Xiaomi opts Hong Kong to sell its shares giving the city world’s biggest initial public offering (IPO) of 2018 and the pole position in a race with New York and Shanghai to be the global capital for raising funds. Xiaomi has submitted the IPO application to the Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Limited under new listing regulations for technology start-ups. Continue reading “Xiaomi files for an IPO in Hong Kong; seeks to raise at least $10 Billion at $100B valuation”

More than half the smartphones sold in Asia are running Android

The advancement of Android in Asia is strikingly impressive. So when Samsung and Google decided to shift the Galaxy Nexus event to Hong Kong, it probably had to do something with the latest report from ABI analysis that reveals a tremendous 52% of the smartphones in Asia are running Android; as opposed to the 43% of the smartphone merchandize in the US.

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BlackBerry Playbook international launch next month

BlackBerry Playbook is RIM’s first ever tablet which is running on BlackBerry very own OS known as QNX. BlackBerry Playbook is a good looking tablet and has some interesting specifications. It’s currently available in USA and Canada, and we told you that it will be hitting India later this month and already available for pre-order. Continue reading “BlackBerry Playbook international launch next month”

Google bring paid apps to 13 more countries

A few days ago, we told you that Google will bring paid Android apps to additional countries in a few days. And today Google finally announced that paid apps are now available in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Finland, Hong Kong, Israel, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Russia, Continue reading “Google bring paid apps to 13 more countries”

Apple iPad hitting 9 more countries this Friday

If you live in Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand or Singapore, and you are waiting anxiously for the Apple iPad to hit your country, then your wait is about get over, because today Apple officially announced that the Apple iPad is on it’s way to the 9 countries mentioned above. Continue reading “Apple iPad hitting 9 more countries this Friday”