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The Weekly Snapshot: News from CTrip, Uber, Oyo’s Ritesh Agarwal, and more

The Weekly Snapshot: News from CTrip, Uber, Oyo’s Ritesh Agarwal, and more

Here’s what you missed from last week’s headlines.
Nathaniel Fetalvero · · 2 min read
Alibaba’s map app AutoNavi wants to revive the umbrella sharing economy

Alibaba’s map app AutoNavi wants to revive the umbrella sharing economy

AutoNavi will make shared umbrellas and raincoats available to users of its ride-hailing service.
Masha Borak · · 2 min read
Jack Ma’s shopping spree: Here’s everything Alibaba invested in or acquired in 2014

Jack Ma’s shopping spree: Here’s everything Alibaba invested in or acquired in 2014

Here’s our full list of Alibaba’s investments and acquisitions so far this year, according to ITJuzi’s database and our own archives.
Paul Bischoff · · 12 min read
The 9-month bachelor party: here’s everything Alibaba invested in or acquired in 2014

The 9-month bachelor party: here’s everything Alibaba invested in or acquired in 2014

Alibaba invested in or bought outright multiple companies, spending so much money that some have referred to 2014 thus far as Alibaba’s “bachelor party.”
Paul Bischoff · · 8 min read
Alibaba puts itself on the map, buys Autonavi in $1.5 billion deal (Updated: shareholders approve)

Alibaba puts itself on the map, buys Autonavi in $1.5 billion deal (Updated: shareholders approve)

Today Autonavi confirmed it has accepted the Alibaba deal for that acquisition price, pending the approval of shareholders.
Steven Millward · · 1 min read

Tencent versus Alibaba: a complete guide to an increasingly fierce rivalry (INFOGRAPHIC)

Tencent (HKG:0700) is the world’s fourth largest web company, and Alibaba is on the verge of history’s largest tech IPO. Both of these behemoth companies occupy many of the same verticals
Paul Bischoff · · 2 min read

Alibaba offers a premium to acquire 100% of online mapping company Autonavi

E-commerce titan Alibaba forked out $294 million to take a 28 percent stake in Autonavi (NASDAQ:AMAP) in May last year. Today, in a letter to Autonavi executives, Alibaba offered to
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

9 ways that e-commerce titan Alibaba diversified and went social in 2013

Alibaba’s much-vaunted IPO didn’t happen in 2013, but China’s e-commerce titan still provided enough action to qualify it as a global spectator sport. That was because 2013 was the year
Steven Millward · · 6 min read

Despite $448 million deal, Tencent’s online maps won’t merge with Sogou, will be rebranded instead

Earlier this month Tencent announced that it would invest $448 million into former rival Sogou, merging the latter firm’s search technology with Tencent’s own Soso search service and integrating the
Josh Horwitz · · 2 min read

Autonavi reaches 137 million users of its mobile map app, but investors spooked by shrinking revenues

Autonavi (NASDAQ:AMAP), maker of China’s top mobile map app, has revealed its Q2 2013 financial report. The company – which is Apple’s partner in China, and is 28 percent owned
Steven Millward · · 1 min read