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January 27, 2018

Hello from San Francisco. It is cold and rainy but don't worry.  I am not going outside =)

See you next Tuesday -> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/embassy-event-series-blockchain-crypto-investment-trends-in-us-and-asia...

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Edith Yeung

Edith Yeung - Partner at 500 Mobile Collective Fund

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Google Play downloads topped 19B in Q4 2017, surpassing Apple's App Store by 145%

Techcrunch

App Store had $11.5B consumer spend, surpassing Play by 95%.

Apple adds ability to see App Store reviews by most helpful, most favorable, most critical

Macrumors

Most Helpful shows reviews that have received the most "Helpful" feedback from other users. Any user can designate a review as "Helpful" or "Not Helpful" by deeply pressing the text bubble via 3D Touch.Most Favorable shows reviews with the highest ratings, starting with five stars.Most Critical shows reviews with the lowest ratings, starting with one star.Most Recent shows reviews in reverse chronological order, with the most recently submitted reviews appearing first.

Xiaomi shipped more smartphones than Samsung, becoming No. 1 smartphone vendor in India

India Times

Xiaomi clocked a 27.4% share of the market with 8.2 million phones, higher than Samsung's 24.6% share on the back of more than 7.3 million phones in the three month period. 

China online quiz craze lures prize seekers

Reuters

Toutiao parent Bytedance said that "millions of our users" had taken part in its live quiz "Million Dollar Hero" since the show launched at the start of January. It also has a tougher "Hero Game" with harder questions and bigger prizes.


WeChat says it now has 980M monthly active users

Techcrunch

170M daily active users for its Mini Program app platform, which now has 580,000 apps

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