Online Media
JD.com Partnering with Saudi Government
JD.com Partnering with Saudi Government. JD.com Inc. (NASDAQ:$JD), China’s second-largest e-commerce firm, plans to enter the Middle East Market through partnering up with the Saudi government. Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030” economic reform plan is targeted ... [Read]
Online Media
Twitter Plans to Make its Ads More Transparent
Twitter, Inc. (NYSE:$TWTR) has stated that they are taking the necessary steps to provide users with more detailed information about all advertisements made on the platform- including political and issue-based ads. Their hope is to ... [Read]
Industrial Distribution
W.W. Grainger Shares Fall After Amazon Rolls Out Business Prime Shipping
Industrial supplier W.W. Grainger (NYSE:$GWW) has a new enemy – and it’s in the form of a subscription offering from Amazon (NASDAQ:$AMZN). On Tuesday, GWW shares dropped more than 3% to $202.05 after Amazon Business ... [Read]
Online Media
Facebook Apologizes After Wrong Translation Leads to Palestinian Man’s Arrest
Have you heard about the latest scandal that’s taking the technology sector by storm? Technology behemoth Facebook (NASDAQ:$FB) has apologized after Israeli police arrested a Palestinian man for a post saying “good morning” that its ... [Read]
Banks
Bank of America Fortifies Online Banking Security With Help From Intel
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:$BAC) will begin adopting an additional layer of authentication for its online banking services. This comes amid a wave of high-profile data breaches at several U.S. companies. In an official statement, ... [Read]
Tech
G7 Backs Internet Industry Efforts To More Closely Police The Web
The G7 has thrown its support behind the technology alliance that has set its sights on detecting, policing, and stopping blatant propaganda on the web. The Group of Seven, representing seven of the most industrialized ... [Read]
Online Media
Lyft Has a New Powerhouse Investor: Alphabet Inc
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:$GOOGL) has officially invested in rise-hailing startup Lyft. The official announcement that CapitalG, Alphabet’s investment fund, is leading a $1 billion financing round for Lyft came on Thursday. The move follows an agreement ... [Read]
Online Media
Facebook and PayPal Rejuvenates Partnership with New Messenger Payment Feature
Exactly a year ago, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and PayPal (NASDAQ:$PYPL) announced its powerhouse partnership where users could pay for purchases on Facebook’s e-commerce offerings, including Messenger, with their PayPal account. As a result, merchants could then ... [Read]
Online Media
Google to Cut Play Store Fee for Android App Subscriptions
Looks like the top tech giants in the world are sticking together. On Thursday, Google (NASDAQ:$GOOGL) announced that it will follow Apple’s (NASDAQ:$AAPL) lead in reducing the amount of money app developers are required to ... [Read]
Online Media
Alphabet to Lead a $1B Funding Round for Lyft
The complications in Alphabet’s relationship with start-up behemoth Uber continues. On Thursday, October 19, both Lyft and CapitalG, which is an investment arm of Google-parent Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:$GOOGL), announced that CapitalG will be leading a ... [Read]