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Here are three ways in which Chinese tech giant Alibaba is trying to win over India’s consumers.

Jack Huang of Alibaba Mobile Business Group explains the UCWeb game plan in an interview with *Tech in Asia*.

UCWeb wants to take on Google and Facebook in news aggregation. Its UC Browser is already the leading mobile browser in India and Indonesia. Now it aims to give a big push to broaden its scope.

Spending from mobile devices reached a record high 75 percent, the company said today in its latest earnings report.

Called the 9Apps In Dev program, Alibaba’s UCWeb plans to provide up to US$500,000 to each of the game developers it picks to support.

After experimenting with going app-only last year, Flipkart is racing to make up lost time. A partnership with Alibaba’s UCWeb follows the launch of Flipkart Lite.

The Chinese entrepreneurs on this list are rising stars. Some have already had successes, while others are just starting out.

April Fools’ Day has everyone at Tech in Asia a bit paranoid about getting duped by fake stories.

The “Xiaoqi” gamepad is now on sale for RMB 99 (US$16) in batches of 2,000 via flash sale on its official website.