Alibaba
Everything we've got on Alibaba. This Chinese e-commerce behemoth was founded by Jack Ma in 1999. The company offers online shopping, auctions, money-transfers and other services. It is based in Hangzhou.
The latest articles around Alibaba
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Alibaba is overflowing with cheap mail-order electric cars — and I want them all
China is the world's largest electric vehicle maker. Which got me thinking, how can we buy some of them? Alibaba of course! ...
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Alibaba to pump $28 billion into cloud computing to handle coronavirus traffic
Alibaba said it hopes the cash will "speed up the recovery process" for its businesses that've been negatively affected by ...
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Alibaba's new AI system can detect coronavirus in seconds with 96% accuracy
Chinese technology giant Alibaba recently developed an AI system for diagnosing the COVID-19 (coronavirus). Alibaba's like Amazon, Microsoft, a video game company, and a nation-wide healthcare network all rolled into one with every branch being fed solutions from the company's ...
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Alibaba and WeChat will let foreigners make mobile payments in China
If you have ever visited China, you know not every outlet accepts cards. Some of them will only accept mobile payment methods such as AliPay or WeChat pay. Till now, these apps didn't allow foreigners to link their credit or debit cards to the app to make mobile payments. However, ...
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Alibaba is nudging users to be more ethical with its in-app minigames
Four years ago, in a move designed to explore the viability of new offline sales models, Alibaba ran a little experiment. Two of its financial service offerings, Alipay digital wallet and its onboard credit scoring platform Sesame Credit, cooperated in the launch of two unmanned supermarkets. The ...
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Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent are among the first 197 regulated blockchain firms in China
China's Cyberspace Administration has released the first list of companies approved to conduct business with blockchain tech. ...
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Alibaba finally got its shitcoin namesake to drop its name
In a joint statement released on Monday, Alibabacoin and Alibaba announced they have reached an agreement which will see ...
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Alibaba's inexpensive smart display tech makes shopping easier for the visually impaired
Chinese tech conglomerate Alibaba introduced a smart display technology that'll help the visually impaired in shopping and ...
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Alibaba’s Jack Ma opens a startup hub in Kigali to support Afrikan innovation
A new hub has been opened in Kigali, Rwanda which aims to assist the country's small and medium-sized enterprises, as well ...
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Alibaba exec Brian Wong explains the company’s plans for Afrika
After training their first cohort of 24 Afrikan startups, Alibaba went on to launch another initiative aimed at empowering ...
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Alibaba wins copyright case against cryptocurrency knock-off
Alibaba, has overcome its previous struggles to win a trademark infringement case against a cryptocurrency that was sponging ...
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September in Africa: Alibaba saves wildlife and Google Partners comes to Nigeria
Pan-African ecommerce giant Jumia may be about to launch an initial public offering (IPO), if reports are to be believed, valuing the company at around $1 billion USD. According to Reuters, Jumia, which already claims to be Africa’s first “unicorn” based on how much investment ...
