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Chinese internet giants Tencent and Baidu team up to take on Alibaba’s e-commerce dominance

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by on August 29, 2014 at 3:55 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, e-commerce

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The e-commerce war in China is heating up to a level never seen before — two Chinese internet giants, Tencent and Baidu, are teaming up in e-commerce to take on the country’s top e-commerce firm: Alibaba. Tencent, Baidu and Chinese conglomerate Wanda have jointly announced that they are investing CNY5 billion ($814 million) over the next three years to set up an e-commerce company. The first year will see a total of CNY1 billion ($163 million) being sunk in. Wanda, which has businesses in real estate, tourism and entertainment, will hold a 70 percent stake in the joint venture, while Tencent and…

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Twitter is opening an office in Indonesia, one of the world’s top social media hotspots

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by on August 29, 2014 at 3:49 am
Posted In: Around the Web, indonesia twitter

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Twitter is preparing to launch an office in social media-crazy Indonesia, which will become its second in Southeast Asia and fifth in the Asia Pacific region. Twitter’s Global President of Revenue and Partnerships Adam Bain told The Wall Street Journal (paywall) that the office will open within the next six months and will be based in capital city Jakarta. Indonesia has been called a ‘world social media capital’ and, with 20 million active Twitter users there, Bain believes there is vast potential. “You see the size of the audience there and how they’re using Twitter, and it’s super-invigorating,” he told the Journal….

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Twitter is opening an office in Indonesia, one of the world’s top social media hotspots

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by on August 29, 2014 at 3:49 am
Posted In: Around the Web, indonesia twitter

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Twitter is preparing to launch an office in social media-crazy Indonesia, which will become its second in Southeast Asia and fifth in the Asia Pacific region. Twitter’s Global President of Revenue and Partnerships Adam Bain told The Wall Street Journal (paywall) that the office will open within the next six months and will be based in capital city Jakarta. Indonesia has been called a ‘world social media capital’ and, with 20 million active Twitter users there, Bain believes there is vast potential. “You see the size of the audience there and how they’re using Twitter, and it’s super-invigorating,” he told the Journal….

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Autodesk’s Pixlr photo editor arrives on the desktop for Mac and Windows

Aug29
by on August 29, 2014 at 1:49 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches

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Photographers may already be familiar with Pixlr, Autodesk’s browser-based photo editor, and its mobile companion Pixlr Express for iOS and Android. Today, Autodesk announced Pixlr in a new format: a desktop version for Mac and Windows. The new desktop edition offers many of the mobile Pixlr’s extensive collection of tools — such as fun stylize filters that turn your photos into sketches and watercolor paintings. New entries such as a double exposure option and Influence Masks can be used to correct photos, perform advanced edits or create photo-based artworks. The initial free download of the app is a starter edition, which…

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This is what it looks like when you ping the entire internet

Aug28
by on August 28, 2014 at 11:37 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Shareables

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The Internet is a vast series of tubes computers and devices networked together sharing the same information. But where do all those pieces of hardware reside? Shodan founder John Matherly found out when he pinged all the devices on the internet. As you can see from the image below, most devices are concentrated in developed nations and metropolitan areas. Pinged all devices on the Internet, here’s a map of where they’re located 🙂 pic.twitter.com/G3fiNcKCul — John Matherly (@achillean) August 28, 2014 Matherly’s company Shodan bills itself as the “world’s first search engine for internet-connected devices.” It helps companies determine which of their devices…

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