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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Google services disrupted by Internet traffic hijack

An internet traffic diversion that rerouted data through Russia and China disrupted Google services on Monday, including search, cloud-hosting services and its bundle of collaboration tools for businesses. https://ift.tt/2T7Y615 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Alibaba Singles' Day tops $30 billion but growth rate plunges

Despite the record haul, the annual sales growth rate fell from 39% to 27%, at the low end of analyst estimates, and the smallest rate in the event's 10-year history. https://ift.tt/2PRbJDb https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Alibaba to be very patient in India: Co-founder Joseph C Tsai

Alibaba had just concluded the 10th edition of its annual 24-hour mega sale event, where it registered a gross merchandise value of $30.8 billion. https://ift.tt/2z8mmYz https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

After a breakneck growth, China's giant tech scene is now feeling the pinch

In China's tech sector, hiring numbers are down, company margins are thinner and tumbling technology stocks have wiped nearly half a trillion dollars this year. https://ift.tt/2RLnZSO https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Amazon picks NYC and Northern Virginia for its split HQ2: Source

Amazon sparked a bidding frenzy in September 2017 when it announced it would invest over $5 billion to create an "HQ2" in addition to its home base in Seattle and hire up to 50,000 people. https://ift.tt/2qIKoVt https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Car-sharing service Blablacar branching into bus lines after raising $114M funding

Blablacar has offered to buy Ouibus, a bus operator owned by state rail firm SNCF, in the first major departure from its digital business model towards building a broader transport company. https://ift.tt/2qJbFqX https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Twitter India launches #Powerof18 initiative for youth civic engagement

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey launched a social initiative called #PowerOf18 aimed at encouraging the youth of India to contribute to public debate and participate in civic engagement https://ift.tt/2TbOCSH https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

No perfect solution to curb fake news, says Jack Dorsey

Jack Dorsey’s comments on fake news come in the aftermath of Twitter and other social media platforms coming under the scrutiny of regulators for issues like foreign interference in the US elections https://ift.tt/2B39dBm https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Digital ad rates shoot up as Indians get hooked on Internet

The media agencies have been projecting a higher – over 30% — growth rate for digital media for the last three years. https://ift.tt/2PssWn1 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Indian govt warns Twitter of strict action if it fails to check hate messages

Union Home Secretary directed Twitter's legal, policy and trust and safety lead, to ensure a round-the-clock mechanism for prompt disposal of requisitions of law enforcement agencies. https://ift.tt/2Qyhu5E https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Amazon Wholesale's FY18 revenue up 73% due to B2B focus

After regulatory changes in early 2016, which limited sales from a single seller to 25% of the total GMV of a marketplace, the company saw a huge rise in revenue to ₹7,047 crore in FY17 from only ₹2.6 crore in FY16. https://ift.tt/2Poypel https://ift.tt/eA8V8J