Flipdish becomes newest Irish tech unicorn with $1.25bn valuation

Company to create 700 jobs this year after securing $100m investment from Tencent

Trump signs executive orders banning TikTok and WeChat

US residents will be prohibited from doing business with two apps from mid-September

The weeks that changed the world: Inside Wuhan when a pandemic was born

Delayed response to coronavirus outbreak had consequences for Chinese city and the world

Coronavirus: ‘China is suddenly looking very attractive’

Irish man David O’Connor’s business recruiting teachers to work in China is booming

China says new digital currency to be similar to Facebook’s

Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency has sparked concerns among global regulators

A dog’s life in China as surge in middle classes creates boon for pet industry

Twenty-five years after the end of a rabies-inspired ban, dog ownership is booming

Google planning return to China with ‘censored’ search engine – reports

Internet giant left China eight years ago over censorship concerns

China’s WeChat app uses N-word to translate ‘black foreigner’

Artificial intelligence glitch blamed for error, the latest in series of racial incidents in China

Facebook hits 2bn user mark, doubling in size since 2012

User base for the social media platform is bigger than population of any single country

WeChat takes over China but can’t get over the Great Firewall

806 million people use smartphone multipurpose app but Beijing monitors content

Tiananmen Square massacre’s significance is undiminished

Anniversary of killing of pro-democracy protesters always a tense time in China

China tightens rules on instant messaging services

Tencent has closed more than 100 public WeChat accounts, official news agency Xinhua reported

Microsoft unveils new €99 Nokia X2 smartphone

Phone offers enhanced features including 4.3 inch ClearBlack display and 5MP camera

Innovation Talk: Growth of mobile is behind lavish WhatsApp purchase