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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 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 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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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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