1. Alibaba 阿里巴巴 to launch a membership system for its e-commerce platforms

2. Bytedance 字节跳动 reported a total of 700M daily active users on all its product, of which Douyin 抖音 is accounting for 320M DAU

3. Didi raises fares in Beijing in a bid to ease driver shortages

4. bosszhipin.com Boss直聘, a recruiting platform, to prepare for IPO

5. Maoyan 猫眼娱乐, entertainment service provider, to join forces with Tencent 腾讯 creating an alliance

6. Iflytek 科大讯飞, intelligent voice technology company, incorporated a 'waste sorting consulting' function into its AI operating system, iFLYOS

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7. Spotify just launched a smaller, faster version of its app for emerging markets in 36 countries

8. Pinterest opens Singapore office as picture-sharing website eyes Asia-Pacific growth

9. Singapore's AI startup Taiger seals US$25M to expand to Korea, Japan, Latin America

10. Asenso raises US$1.2M to help MSMEs get access to capital, technology in Southeast Asia

11. IBM closes its $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat, IBM's largest deal to date

12. Fintech startup NiYO raises $35m from Horizons Ventures, Tencent, others

13. GO-JEK Snags Investment From Thailand’s Largest Lender, Siam Commercial Bank

This article is contributed by partners Chinaccelerator & BEAM