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Touch ‘n Go eWallet is Now More Than Just Payment with GO+

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If you checked your Touch ‘n Go eWallet app these past few days, you would have noticed a new feature, or a new icon. You might have come across ‘GO+’. I know I have, and a few of our friends have asked us what it was before today’s official launch of Touch ‘n Go’s GO+. Now that it is officially launched, we can properly explain what GO+ is.

Welcome to GO+, your gateway to small time investments and mainstream financial services. Essentially, you are investing with Principal, an asset management platform anchored by CIMB. In turn, GO+ is anchored by Principal, in alliance with CIMB, specifically their e-Cash Fund platform.

GO+ will take advantage of Principal’s asset management platform to sort of make investments to grow your financial assets via Touch ‘n Go’s eWallet platform. By putting as little as RM10 into the platform will supposedly guarantee a growth rate of 1.43% per annum. While that may not seem like much, it is more than putting your money into your bank’s savings account or current accounts.

The growth is not credited over a year long period too. You get returns on a daily basis and the returns are credited to your GO+ account every day. That also means the growth is an immediately visible one. Principal also promises no risks to the platform, so you can be rest assured that you will only be seeing growth.

What makes GO+ even better for users is that because it is integrated with Touch ‘n Go eWallet app, you can transfer the funds from GO+ into Touch ‘n Go eWallet accounts immediately at any given time, and vice versa. It does not stop there though; you can transfer credits from GO+ to any of your registered bank accounts immediately too. You can even use your GO+ account to pay for things via Touch ‘n Go eWallet app. That also means with GO+, you are more flexible than anything else you can currently find on the Malaysian market.

To get yourself on GO+ now, you can look into your Touch ‘N Go eWallet app and immediately register and upgrade your account to a GO+ account. You can start investing with GO+ with as little as RM10. For now, the service is only available to Malaysian citizens above 18 years of age. The Touch ‘n Go eWallet app is available for free from Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store for Android and iOS respectively

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HUAWEI AppGallery Connect Academy – Live Event Offers Actionable Insights and Empowers App Developers to Grow Their Business to New Levels

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SHENZHEN, China, March 29, 2021 — The HUAWEI AppGallery Connect Academy · Live event which will be held from 11:00 UTC+02:00 on March 31, 2021 will offer participants the opportunity to learn how to fully harness AppGallery’s global distribution capabilities in order to stand out from the competition, grow their user base and monetize their apps.

Agenda of AppGallery Connect Academy·Live on March 31st
Agenda of AppGallery Connect Academy·Live on March 31st

The success of an app is not just dependent on the value it offers users, but also how efficiently it reaches them. How to acquire the most users? How to reach target users with optimal precision? How to improve monetization while continuing to acquire users?

HUAWEI AppGallery Connect app service platform is designed to help app developers improve development and operations efficiency, attract a wider range of users and generate greater revenue by offering end-to-end services at every step of the way from app innovation and development, to distribution, operations, and analysis.

Partner with AppGallery Connect to grow business, by harnessing global app distribution and broad-based device support.

As a top-3 global app marketplace, HUAWEI AppGallery has attracted over 530 million MAU in 170+ countries and regions by the end of 2020. And 2.3 million developers have partnered with AppGallery across the globe, achieving 384 billion app distributions on AppGallery in 2020 alone.

Apart from app distribution, AppGallery Connect can also provide rich operations and growth services to boost business success.

A/B Testing: Conduct group experiments to determine the best variant for apps.

In one notable example, an app development team split users into two groups to determine whether a new function could facilitate user engagement. With the help of A/B Testing, the team found the new function is attractive to users, and finally released it, which was proven correct, as the daily user activity duration rose by 15%.

Remote Configuration: Change how the app looks and works, without requiring users to update the app.

Sleep Sounds is an app that provides lullabies and natural white noise to help users fall asleep with greater ease. The Sleep Sounds team utilized the Remote Configuration service to make changes to their app, while also avoiding the need to release a new version. Just two weeks into using the service, Sleep Sounds saw an 8% increase in its number of users, and a 10% increase in user engagement.

App Linking: Provide a consistent link access across platforms and versions, for higher conversion rates.

For example, if some companies are planning a promotion in their apps, App Linking can help them place the promotional link on a diverse range of ad platforms. By tapping a link, the user can directly access the in-app content. Those users who have not installed the app will be redirected to HUAWEI AppGallery for download and installation.

App Messaging: Send contextual messages to engage users.

With the Call Screen app, users can choose from a range of customized incoming call skins. Its developer found that some of the new skins they had released were not being downloaded by many users. To address this, they used the App Messaging service to notify users of newly available skins, after obtaining the users’ consent. The service helped increase the number of app users by 11% in just three weeks.

AppGallery Connect Academy · Live: We Connect, You Grow

To learn more about the operations and growth services in AppGallery Connect, please come to the "AppGallery Connect Academy ∙ Live", held from 11:00 UTC+02:00 on March 31, 2021.

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Circle Launches Comprehensive NFT Platform & Marketplace Payments Solution

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Accelerates Mainstream Adoption by Enabling NFT Platforms to Accept Both Traditional and Crypto Payments

Circle unveils plans to support BTC and ETH payments, as well as storage, custody and transfer of NFT assets

BOSTON, March 27, 2021 — Circle, a global financial technology firm that provides payments and treasury infrastructure for internet businesses, today announced a comprehensive payments solution for non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces and storefronts that enables them to accept credit card and crypto payments alike in order to attract more mainstream audience adoption. Circle today also unveiled forthcoming features that will be made available over the coming months, including support USDC, BTC and ETH payments, NFT custodial services, and yield-generating Circle accounts for NFT market operators.

NFT marketplaces have surged in popularity over the past 12 months, but broad-based mainstream adoption is lagging due to the complexity of payment transactions, which usually require the use of cryptocurrencies. Circle’s NFT solution simplifies buying and selling by enabling platforms to accept credit card payments alongside crypto, all with a seamless user experience. This makes NFT transactions easier by encouraging greater engagement, platform expansion and support for creators worldwide through the marriage of traditional payment rails and leading digital dollar stablecoin USD Coin (USDC).

NFTs have seen a meteoric rise in recent months – as platforms like NBA Top Shot skyrocket in popularity (Top Shot has seen a 400% increase in sales over the past 30 days) and digital art becomes mainstream (iconic auction house Christie’s recently offered the first purely digital artwork with the auction of Beeple’s Everydays for $69M). In February 2021 alone, sales volume across major NFT marketplaces grew nearly 800%, to more than $200M.

"This is not only an important and valuable trend for marketplaces and creators, it represents incredible demand from customers – for collectibles, artwork, moments, and really anything that can be tokenized on the blockchain," said Jeremy Allaire, Circle Co-founder and CEO. "Circle looks forward to supporting the industry – creators, platforms, marketplaces, storefronts and customers – with our solution for enabling a user-friendly, mainstream payments experience with the power of crypto connectivity and USDC."

With Circle’s payments and treasury infrastructure, NFT marketplaces and storefronts can create a seamless user experience for buyers and sellers alike:

  • Build upon Circle’s Payments, Payouts and Digital Dollar Accounts APIs to process transactions and use the Circle Account to maintain a scalable treasury infrastructure on the backend, making platform management easier than ever.
  • Choose to offer traditional and crypto payment options, or abstract crypto entirely from the user – all in service of greater convenience and efficiency alike.

Over the coming months, Circle plans to release a range of features aimed at NFT marketplaces, storefronts and platforms:

  • Support for BTC & ETH payments. NFT markets will be able to easily accept BTC and ETH as payment and payout methods, allowing both crypto HODLers and new mainstream users to pay with fiat and crypto.
  • Storage, Custody and Transfer of NFT assets. Circle’s digital asset account infrastructure and APIs will enable NFT markets and properties to easily store NFT assets with best-in-class digital asset custody services, while also enabling their customers to transfer standard NFTs in and out of their markets and services.
  • Treasury and Yield Services. NFT markets are digital asset native businesses, and with funds and treasury accounts held with Circle, NFT developers can take advantage of Circle’s new high-yield digital dollar accounts*, enabling idle working capital to earn between 4-8% APY on USDC.

These new areas of focus are just the beginning as Circle continues to build and partner with the leading projects, developers and brands that are innovating in the NFT commerce space.

This comes at a time of explosive growth for USDC, whose market cap is more than $10B and has more than doubled in 2021 alone. Dollar stablecoins like USDC have quickly become the preferred currency of NFT marketplaces and storefronts as they offer a convenient funding source for end users as well as the ability to streamline their operations and stay crypto-native as needed. In the future, Circle plans to expand its roadmap by accepting ETH payments as well as providing custody for NFTs.

For more information, contact our team, and read more about our NFT solution here.

About Circle
Circle is a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of stablecoins and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications worldwide. Circle’s platform has supported over 100 million transactions worth tens of billions of dollars, with nearly 10 million retail customers, over a thousand businesses, while storing and securing more than $5 billion in digital currency assets. Circle is also a principal developer of USD Coin (USDC), which together with Coinbase and the Centre Consortium oversees the standards and protocol for what has become the fastest growing, regulated, fully reserved stablecoin. USDC now stands at more than $10 billion market cap and is adding nearly $300 million net new digital dollars in circulation every week. Today, Circle’s transactional services, business accounts, and platform APIs are giving rise to a new generation of financial services and commerce applications that hold the promise of raising global economic prosperity for all through programmable internet commerce. Learn more at https://circle.com

*Service offered through Circle International Bermuda Limited. Offering subject to business approval, geographical availability, and regulatory authorization, and there is no guarantee that the product will become available in a specific timeframe, or to a specific customer group or geography. Service offered through Circle International Bermuda Limited. It is anticipated that Circle International Bermuda Limited will enter into lending arrangements with one or more institutional borrowers, including Genesis Global Capital, LLC. You should carefully conduct your own investigations and analyses in connection with any participation in this product, including its objectives, risk factors, fees, and expenses and the information set forth in these materials. All prospective participants in the products described herein are advised to consult with their legal, accounting and tax advisers regarding any potential participation. Rates are purely indicative and are subject to change pending availability, approval and market conditions. Additional information is available upon request.

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SHAREit tops amongst the fastest-growing media publishers in Southeast Asia and the Middle East in H2 2020

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A one-stop-shop for the user’s digital entertainment needs – more than 500 million people use SHAREit each month.

SINGAPORE, March 26, 2021 — SHAREit, the world’s largest file sharing, gaming and content streaming application, has been once again ranked as the No. 1 fastest-growing media publisher in Southeast Asia and the Middle East for H2,2020 in the AppsFlyer’s latest Performance Index. AppsFlyer also ranked SHAREit as a top media publisher not only in emerging markets like Africa (rank ), but in developed markets like Western Europe (rank #3), Eastern Europe (rank #4) and Latin America (rank ) in its Growth Index. The Performance Index by AppsFlyer is a tool for app marketers to see the performance ranking of mobile media sources.

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SHAREit

The achievement follows SHAREit’s remarkable performance in Edition XI (covering H1,2020) of the AppsFlyer Performance Index, according to which it ranked at the top in the Middle East and Southeast Asia with an impressive 160% growth rate in the app install pie in H1 2020. The rankings spotlight SHAREit’s unique product offering and a wide array of features that not only make the application popular amongst customers, but also an indispensable resource for marketers.

Karam Malhotra, Partner and Global Vice-President at SHAREit, said: "The power of the user voice has never been as loud and clear as it is today, as they want choice, flexibility and anytime access to personalized digital content via their mobile phones. Our holistic platform offers a smart and unique blend of content discovery, consumption, gaming and sharing in line with heightened customer expectations as we strive after refining the SHAREit experience to be useful, convenient and seamless. We’re thrilled to be named the fastest-growing media publisher in the Middle East and Southeast Asia– it’s another testament to SHAREit’s commitment to providing flexibility, autonomy and utility to our users while helping advertisers grow their business leveraging the SHAREit community."

SHAREit’s primary feature is the peer to peer file transfer, allowing users to share pictures, music, and more, with other devices without using an active internet or Bluetooth connection. Being the first app channel partner of Google Play, it also ensures secure application transfers with Peer-to-Peer Offline App Sharing – letting users share apps via SHAREit, adding them to the user’s Play Library and managing app updates when the device comes back online.

SHAREit has also established itself as a one-stop digital content platform, providing users with gaming, content discovery and consumption services. SHAREit has a dedicated gaming center on the application, which offers HTML5 games, gaming videos and an option to download hot games. With games across all genres, it has one of the largest catalogues of mobile games from developers across the globe.

With consistent advances in terms of content, SHAREit has successfully leveraged the popularity of local regional content to establish itself as the hub for short-format videos and has hence seen its user base spike worldwide with growing engagement levels. SHAREit now boasts a highly engaged user base of over 1.8 billion users globally in about 200 countries and regions. The application currently has more than 500 million monthly active users globally.

For more information, please visit: http://www.ushareit.com/   

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About SHAREit Group:

SHAREit Group is a technology company operating a range of apps in the utility and content category, which have been installed by nearly 2.4 billion users worldwide, with the business network reaching up to 200 countries and regions, operating in 45 different languages. It owns numerous popular tools and interactive entertainment applications such as SHAREit, WATCHit etc.

SHAREit, which is the company’s core app, is one of the world’s largest offline and online platform that provides file sharing, gaming and content streaming service. The app has more than 500 million MAU globally and has a strong market presence in Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Europe.

SHAREit Group has been recognized as the fastest-growing media publisher in Southeast Asia and Middle East in 2020 by AppsFlyer, and 2nd Top SEA headquartered media publisher worldwide by downloads by AppAnnie. It has offices in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Dubai and South Africa.

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AWE2021 Successfully Organized with Blueprint for Smart Life in New Decade

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BEIJING, March 26, 2021 — Appliance & Electronics World Expo 2021 (AWE2021), with the theme of "Smartize the Future", came to a close successfully at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC), Hongqiao, Shanghai, China on March 25, 2021.

AWE2021
AWE2021

According to the data from AWE’s organizer China Household Electrical Appliances Association (CHEAA), the number of AWE2021 visits exceeded 350,000, making a historic high. 

With its exhibition area extended to 150,000 square meters, AWE2021 brought together nearly a thousand exhibitors at home and abroad, including international heavyweights such as Gaggenau, Miele, GE Appliances, Bosch, Siemens, Fisher & Paykel, Panasonic, Sony, Sharp, AEG, Gorenje, ASKO, SMEG, Whirlpool, Hitachi, Philips, Laurastar, 3M, Pentair, Westinghouse and Shark, domestic big names such as Haier, Hisense, TCL, Skyworth, Konka, Meling, Gree, Aux, Fotile, Robam, Vatti, Vanward, Macro, Galanz, Joyoung, Supor, Lexy, Ecovacs, Meida, Golden Home, Marssenger, Sanfer, HEGII, Airmate and Flyco, technology giants and unicorn AI companies such as JD.com, iFLYTEK, 360, Tuya, Topband, Ayla, Xingluo Technology, Aispeech and SoundAI, and core component and material suppliers such as LGD, CSOT, GMCC & Welling, Jiaxipera, Nidec, Donper, Highly, Schott, Higasket and Saite. The consistent support of these established enterprises demonstrated the value and development prospects of AWE.

On the evening of March 23, AWE Live Stream Night Show was launched on Tmall, JD.com and Kuaishou with AWE exhibition booths as the background. Thanks to the wonderful display of enterprises, the live stream show was wrapped up in a more scenario-based way than those live stream shows hosted by internet celebrities. According to incomplete statistics, every enterprise participating in the AWE Live Stream Night Show attracted millions of viewers and tens of millions of comments on average.

Under the theme of "Smartize the Future", AWE2021 showed new scenarios about smart life that make the industry and users excited and new blockbusters released by exhibitors. More and more companies are taking AWE as their first option to release their new products, new strategies, and new ecosystem.

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NetEase Cloud Music and Merlin Extend Strategic Partnership in China

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HANGZHOU, China, March 26, 2021 — NetEase Cloud Music, a leading interactive music streaming service provider in China, and Merlin, the independent’s digital music licensing partner, today announced that they have extended their strategic partnership in China to include a wider range of cooperation. The multi-year licensing deal will include access to additional marketing and promotional opportunities for Merlin members.

"Deepening our direct relationship with Merlin marks another important step in our strategy to bring high-quality music with style, character and vitality to our ever-growing user community," said Ding Bo, Vice President of NetEase Cloud Music. "The expansive and diverse music of Merlin member labels span the global divide and increase the rich music experience we offer, which brings us closer to this goal."  

Merlin navigates the music ecosystem by striking premium deals with digital services that enable its members to better control their future. For digital services, Merlin provides the ability to efficiently license the world’s most valuable independent music. Accounting for more than 15% of the global digital music market, Merlin members represent tens of thousands of labels and hundreds of thousands of artists from every country in the world.

With a rich and proven ability in copyright management and operating capabilities for international artists, NetEase Cloud Music has become the go-to platform for both international music lovers and artists in China. In addition, NetEase Cloud Music is one of the most "social" streaming music services in the world with users actively engaged in reviewing, commenting and sharing music via playlists and other means, which enables music influencers to spread music rapidly and exponentially. 

"We’re always excited to work with partners who are eager to educate our members on how to use their platform, how to engage and build fanbases, and ultimately drive better activations around artists. NetEase has been a fantastic partner on these opportunities," said Jeremy Sirota, CEO of Merlin. "Independent music is a real focus across the world, including in China, and Merlin is thrilled to renew its partnership with NetEase Cloud Music and bring the largest number of independent labels, distributors and other rights-holders and their artists’ repertoire to the platform."

"NetEase Cloud Music users are one of the largest consumers of international music in China. Merlin’s efforts to make a variety of independent music easily accessible has increased independent artists’ exposure to create a more vibrant market. It has been a mutually beneficial partnership and we look forward to providing Merlin’s member artists further opportunities to reach even more fans," said Mathew Daniel, Vice President, International at NetEase Cloud Music.

Merlin and NetEase Cloud Music’s original agreement was established in 2018. The extended partnership grants NetEase Cloud Music’s users access to an even more diverse array of music from Merlin’s members around the globe. By the same token, the expanded partnership provides more of Merlin’s members with the ability to increase their fanbase through their exposure to NetEase Cloud Music’s vast and growing audience in China. This includes Merlin members who have made their music available within the NetEase music ecosystem over the past three years, such as Armada Music, an independent internationally-awarded record company founded by a.o. Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren, with a roster including dance-music heavy-hitters such as Loud Luxury, Andrew Rayel and Arty; global music distribution service CD Baby; FUGA, the industry-leading music distribution company for international rights holders; and Mushroom Labels.

About Merlin

Merlin provides independents the means to own their future. Merlin is a member led, music focused organization providing digital music licensing for the leading independents across the globe. Members benefit from Merlin’s premium deals, but work directly with key digital partners. Our membership consists of independent labels, distributors, and other rights-holders, representing tens of thousands of labels and hundreds of thousands of artists from every country in the world. Merlin works collaboratively with our digital partners, delivers value back to those digital partners, and seeks to drive other incremental benefits to our members.

Merlin’s approach has enabled our membership to grow to represent 15% of the global market share. Merlin’s membership includes independents such as Armada Music, Cinq Music Group, FUGA, Dim Mak, Domino, Entertainment One, Epitaph Records, Foundation Media, Mad Decent, Monstercat, Mushroom Music, Ninja Tune, [PIAS], Secret City, Secretly, Sub Pop, Symphonic Distribution, Ultra Records, Vydia, and hundreds more.

Merlin now has deals with over 30 digital services, including Apple, AWA, Boomplay, Deezer, Facebook/Instagram, JioSaavn, KKBox, NetEase Cloud Music, Pandora, Snap, SoundCloud, Spotify, TikTok, Triller, Yandex, and YouTube Music, and is in conversations with dozens more.

Merlin has offices in London, New York, and Tokyo.

Find out more at www.merlinnetwork.org.

About NetEase Cloud Music

Launched in 2013 by NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES; HKEX: 9999), NetEase Cloud Music is a leading interactive music streaming service provider in China with more than 800 million users. Dedicated to providing an elevated user experience, NetEase Cloud Music provides precise, personalized recommendations, promotes user interaction and creates a strong social community. Its focus on discovering and promoting emerging musicians has made NetEase Cloud Music a destination of choice for exploring new and independent music among music enthusiasts in China. The platform has been recognized as the most popular entertainment app among China’s vibrant Generation Z community. 

Please see http://music.163.com/ for more information.

Contacts For NetEase 

Investor Enquiries:
Margaret Shi
NetEase, Inc.
ir@service.netease.com
Tel: (+86) 571-8985-3378
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NetEase_Global 

Media Enquiries:
Li Ruohan
NetEase, Inc.
globalpr@service.netease.com
Tel: (+86) 571-8985-2668
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NetEase_Global

Contacts For Merlin

Media Enquiries:
Dawn Kamerling
The Press House
dawn@thepresshouse.com
Tel: (+1) 646-322-4903
Instagram:@thepresshousepr

 

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ILIFE Shinebot W450 floor washing robot now available in the United States

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SHENZHEN, China, March 26, 2021 — ILIFE, the maker of intelligent household robots, today announces the availability of the ILIFE Shinebot W450 floor washing robot in the United States.

ILIFE Shinebot W450 Floor Washing Robot
ILIFE Shinebot W450 Floor Washing Robot

W450 is another masterpiece of ILIFE washing robot series. As the most anticipated washing robot in the market, W450 will bring more choice to American consumers.

"Currently in the field of household cleaning robots, there are abundant vacuum robots for consumers to choose, but the washing/mopping robot series does not have any good-enough products. ILIFE Shinebot W450 will fill the vacancy," said Koon Leung Chan, General Manager of ILIFE.

Upgraded Panoview navigation

Assisted by the CV-SLAM algorithm and built-in gyroscopes, W450 guides itself to navigate the rooms systematically with the Panoview visual, enhancing the navigation accuracy and avoids to miss the areas needs cleaning.

Convenient APP control

With ILIFEHOME App, the W450 can adjust the water output, travel speed, and roller brush speed to meet your specific cleaning needs. Users can set up a No-go zone on the app to let the robot avoid the carpet area, set cleaning times to achieve deeper cleaning.

TidalPower cleaning system

The W450 cleans the floor in 4 steps:
Moisten: Sprays clean water on the floor to loosen stubborn stains.
Scrub: Ultra-fine fiber roller deeply washes the floor with gentle scrubs at a high frequency.
Scrape: Scraper wipes off the residues, leaving the floor spotless.
Suction: Superior suction removes dirty water.
The whole process efficiently cleans stubborn stains while protecting the floor.

Clean/Dirty water separation:

With a special dual independent water tank design. The W450 separates clean and dirty water into independent water tanks. This greatly improves the cleaning efficiency and properly collects the dirty water for easy disposal and cleaning.

About ILIFE

Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Shenzhen, China, ILIFE is a high-tech company specializing in robotic cleaning technology. As one of the leading manufacturers in the global intelligent cleaning industry, ILIFE is committed to developing products that make home cleaning easier, safer, and more intelligent. Over the past decade, ILIFE robots have helped millions of families to create a clean living environment. ILIFE has successfully penetrated the global market. The company’s sales network reaches over 35 countries and regions, offering technologically advanced, high-quality, and cost-effective automated products to consumers around the world.

For more information, please visit www.iliferobot.com.

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CLPS Incorporation Announces an Upgraded Digital Marketing Solution

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HONG KONG, March 26, 2021 — CLPS Incorporation (Nasdaq: CLPS) ("CLPS" or "the Company"), today announced an upgraded digital marketing solution with technology-powered and data-driven features.

CLPS has been committed to promoting digital transformation integrated with secure, smooth, and efficient IT systems. The growing demand for customized and innovative marketing model has pushed CLPS to further enhance its digital marketing solution to achieve client’s business goals prompted by improved marketing performance metrics.

Many enterprises have seen growing online customer activity and engagements as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, creating a sense of urgency for digital transformation. Moving forward, enterprises are accelerating digital marketing as a strategy to address the requirements of the expected trends including digital touchpoint, customer acquisition across digital platform, and customized value proposition. CLPS’s "technology+data" digital marketing solution which covers operation services through the utilization of marketing accounts, private online traffic, and media coverage, among others, serve as the major selling point for industry verticals such as in banking, wealth management, e-commerce, and automotive. By leveraging a user’s data activity, it enables enterprises to reduce marketing costs while gaining more customers. It also improves a user’s engagement and loyalty, which will contribute to sustainable sales growth. The latest digital marketing solution upgrade intends to provide CLPS’s existing and potential client base across industries with diversified service portfolio.

Mr. Jingwei Sun, General Manager of Tianjin Huanyu Qinshang Network Technology Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CLPS and head of digital marketing solution, said, "Digital marketing solution is an addition to our competitive landscape as an IT services provider. We have successfully enhanced its features after a series of trial runs, and we are actively promoting it to domestic financial, automotive, and sportswear markets."

Mr. Henry Li, Chief Operating Officer of CLPS, said, "CLPS has always valued cutting-edge technology, advancement and high value-added solutions. This digital marketing solution for the domestic market will significantly contribute in further widening and diversifying our customized IT solution services, which we have been continuously doing over the years."

About CLPS Incorporation

Headquartered in Hong Kong, CLPS Incorporation (the "Company") (Nasdaq: CLPS) is a global leading information technology ("IT") consulting and solutions service provider focusing on the banking, insurance, and financial service sectors. The Company serves as an IT solutions provider to a growing network of clients in the global financial service industry, including large financial institutions in the US, Europe, Australia, Southeast Asia and Hong Kong SAR, and their PRC-based IT centers. The Company maintains 20 delivery and/or research & development centers to serve different customers in various geographic locations. Mainland China centers are located in Shanghai, Beijing, Dalian, Tianjin, Baoding, Xi’an, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Hainan. The remaining eight global centers are located in Hong Kong SAR, USA, UK, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, and India. For further information regarding the Company, please visit: http://ir.clpsglobal.com/, or follow CLPS on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain of the statements made in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning and protections of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to the Company’s beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, assumptions, estimates, intentions, and future performance. Known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond the Company’s control, may cause the actual results and performance of the Company to be materially different from such forward-looking statements. All such statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary notice, including, without limitation, those risks and uncertainties related to the Company’s expectations of the Company’s future growth, performance and results of operations, the Company’s ability to capitalize on various commercial, M&A, technology and other related opportunities and initiatives, as well as the risks and uncertainties described in the Company’s most recently filed SEC reports and filings. Such reports are available upon request from the Company, or from the Securities and Exchange Commission, including through the SEC’s Internet website at http://www.sec.gov. We have no obligation and do not undertake to update, revise or correct any of the forward-looking statements after the date hereof, or after the respective dates on which any such statements otherwise are made.

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CLPS Incorporation
Rhon Galicha
Investor Relations Office 
Phone: +86-182-2192-5378
Email: ir@clpsglobal.com

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Zhihu Inc. Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

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BEIJING, March 26, 2021 — Zhihu Inc. ("Zhihu" or the "Company") (NYSE: ZH), an iconic online content community in China, today announced that it has priced its initial public offering (the "IPO") of 55,000,000 American depositary shares ("ADSs"), at US$9.5 per ADS. The aggregate offering size of the IPO and the concurrent private placements described below is US$772.5 million, assuming the underwriters do not exercise their option to purchase additional ADSs, and approximately US$850.9 million, assuming the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional ADSs in full. Each two ADSs represent one Class A ordinary share of the Company. The ADSs are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange today under the ticker symbol "ZH." The IPO is expected to close on March 30, 2021, subject to customary closing conditions.

The Company has granted the underwriters an option, exercisable for 30 days from the date of the final prospectus, to purchase up to an aggregate of 8,250,000 additional ADSs at the IPO price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are acting as joint representatives of underwriters and lead joint bookrunners for the offering (names in alphabetical order). China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, CMB International Capital Limited, China Renaissance Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, CLSA Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, and Lighthouse Capital International Inc. are acting as joint bookrunners for the offering (names in alphabetical order).

Concurrently with, and subject to, the completion of this offering, certain investors have agreed to purchase US$250.0 million in Class A ordinary shares from the Company, including (i) US$100.0 million by Taobao China Holding Limited, an affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding Limited, (ii) US$100.0 million by Purus Innovation Limited, an affiliate of JD.com, Inc., (iii) US$30.0 million by Image Frame Investment (HK) Limited, the Company’s shareholder and an affiliate of Tencent Holding Limited, and (iv) US$20.0 million by Lilith Limited, an affiliate of Lilith Games, in private placement transactions pursuant to exemptions from registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The concurrent private placements are expected to close concurrently with the closing of the IPO, subject to customary closing conditions.

A registration statement related to these securities has been filed with, and declared effective by, the SEC. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

This offering is being made only by means of a prospectus forming a part of the effective registration statement. A copy of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained, when available, by contacting the following underwriters (names in alphabetical order): (1) Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC at Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, or by telephone at +1-800-221-1037; (2) Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC at 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282-2198, Attention: Prospectus Department, or by telephone at 1-866-471-2526; (3) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Attention: Broadridge Financial Solutions, or by telephone at 1-866-803-9204.

About Zhihu Inc.

Zhihu Inc. (NYSE:ZH) operates Zhihu, an iconic online content community dedicated to empowering people to share knowledge, experience, and insights, and to find their own answers. Zhihu fosters a vibrant online community where users contribute and engage while respecting diversity and valuing constructiveness by promoting a culture of sincerity, expertise, and respect developed through years of cultivation. Zhihu is China’s largest Q&A-inspired online community and one of the top five Chinese comprehensive online content communities, both in terms of average mobile monthly average users and revenue in 2020. Zhihu is also recognized as the most trustworthy online content community and widely regarded as offering the highest quality content in China, according to a survey conducted by CIC.

For more information, please visit https://ir.zhihu.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, and a number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by words or phrases such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "target," "aim," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "potential," "continue," "is/are likely to," or other similar expressions. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the Company’s filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake any duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

In China:

Zhihu Inc.
Email: ir@zhihu.com

The Piacente Group, Inc.
Helen Wu
Tel: +86-10-6508-0677
Email: zhihu@tpg-ir.com 

In the United States:

The Piacente Group, Inc.
Brandi Piacente
Phone: +1-212-481-2050
Email: zhihu@tpg-ir.com

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Measurable AI’s transactional data for emerging markets now available via Bloomberg

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Bloomberg Data License clients can now access Measurable AI’s unique e-receipts datasets via Bloomberg Enterprise Access Point

HONG KONG, March 26, 2021 — Blockchain powered alternative data company Measurable AI today announced that its transactional e-receipts dataset offerings are now available as part of an Alternative Data catalog on Bloomberg Enterprise Access Point.

Measurable AI’s transactional data for emerging markets now available via Bloomberg
Measurable AI’s transactional data for emerging markets now available via Bloomberg

Measurable AI now provides two types of datasets via Bloomberg Data License, 1) Granular e-receipts data at item level and 2) Aggregate data in revenue and transaction volume. Both datasets deliver weekly with over three years of historical data.

The Granular E-receipts Dataset features item-level e-receipts data covering 20 tickers out of top mobile apps and games. The E-receipts Aggregate Dataset features e-commerce tickers from the emerging markets, such as Shopee, Lazada, Momoshop, HKTVMall, and MercadoLibre.

Screenshot of Measurable AI data offerings on Bloomberg’s Enterprise Access Point
Screenshot of Measurable AI data offerings on Bloomberg’s Enterprise Access Point

With Measurable AI’s transactional data, Bloomberg Data License clients can access an overview of weekly and monthly sales trends for tickers from Greater China, South East Asia, and Latin America, traditionally difficult to access. The full granularity and complete wallet history of these datasets can also be useful as Data License clients analyze consumer spending behavior, market share change, and item-level product distribution.

As an alternative data company, Measurable AI owns its unique positioning, in addition to its focus on data for the emerging markets, it builds a sustainable ecosystem. Currently, all the e-receipts data from Measurable AI are collected from a series of productivity apps: MailTime, Email Messenger, and RewardMe App. Measurable AI rewards users of these apps for contributing their anonymous data points with cryptocurrency Measurable Data Token (MDT) and leverages blockchain technology for data validation.

Measurable AI Data Value Chain
Measurable AI Data Value Chain

"Our mission at Measurable AI is to empower individuals to share data and impact some of the biggest questions corporates and investors are looking at. Transactional data is exactly the type of data that we are passionate about. It can be extremely helpful when looking at a company’s growth or monitoring market share change across different industries," said Heatherm Huang, co-founder and CEO of Measurable AI.

About Bloomberg Enterprise Access Point

Bloomberg’s Enterprise Access Point is a web-based data marketplace for clients to easily discover and act on Bloomberg data products. It can be used to browse datasets, examine metadata, download and test sample datasets prior to acquisition, and immediately put them to use within an organization. It provides access to Bloomberg’s One Data offering including standardized reference, regulatory, pricing, and quantitative data.

About Measurable AI

Measurable AI, a blockchain powered alternative data provider focusing on transactional e-receipts data for emerging markets. Learn more https://measurable.ai

About Measurable Data Token

Measurable Data Token (MDT) is a decentralized data exchange ecosystem that rewards users for sharing anonymous data points and enables data exchange securely and anonymously on blockchain. Learn more https://mdt.io