Mobile app stores in China run by Tencent Holdings, Xiaomi and others have started to bar app publishers from launching new apps if they do not make all the disclosures required by authorities.

Tencent and Other Companies Block App Publishers From Releasing New Apps

Mobile app stores in China run by Tencent Holdings, Xiaomi and others have begun blocking app publishers from releasing new apps if they don’t provide all the information required by authorities, Reuters documents showed. The stores will comply with new rules introduced last month as Beijing tightens controls on mobile apps in the country. The rules are causing confusion in the industry that publishing apps in the world’s second largest economy will be very difficult and many apps may have to be removed. New rules requiring mobile app publishers to…

Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings said on Monday its selfdeveloped video transcoding chip Canghai has entered mass production and is currently supporting services from cloud gaming to video live streaming.

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Tencent says its self-developed video transcoding chip will go into mass production

Adarsh V.KApril 17, 23Games, Gaming, Tencent

Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings said on Monday that its self-developed video transcoding chip Canghai has entered mass production and currently supports services from cloud gaming to video streaming. The Shenzhen-based company, best known for its popular messaging platform WeChat, said in a post online that tens of thousands of its Canghai chips announced in 2021 have served customers from cloud gaming to streaming. The Canghai chip “focuses on solving the impossible triangle of high image quality, low latency and low video encoding and decoding costs,” the company said in…

UiPath is reportedly joining a group of tech startups that are reportedly looking to go public next year, some after their enrollment plans were delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. (REUTERS)

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Software maker UiPath chooses banks for 2021 IPO

Febin MathewNovember 15, 20Tencent

The New York-based software maker that helps businesses automate routine processes works with JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse Group AG and Bank of America Corp. on the planned stock sale, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. The company’s plans, including when to sign up, could still change, the people said. UiPath also talks to other banks, one of the people said. UiPath could be valued at over $ 20 billion on an IPO, the people said. The company said…