Alibaba, China’s e-commerce heavyweight is changing its US e-commerce strategy. It is folding 11 Main and other companies into OpenSky. The news came this week of the latest actions taken by Alibaba. It has already made it clear that expanding its presence in the US is a priority. It is doing so both by expanding its marketplace footprint and facilitating between Western businesses and customers in China.
Now, the news comes that Alibaba has entered into a deal with OpenSky, an online shopping platform whose headquarters are in New York. The deal is such that 11 Main’s set-up will fold into OpenSky.
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The release of Windows 10 is around the corner. It may come sooner than originally expected although it will be pricey if you don’t get a free upgrade. The originally predicted date for Windows 10 release was rumored to be July 29. But as per a tweet on July 23 from @GabeAul it appears that the review process is already underway, and a decision will soon likely be made.
An Apple watch enthusiast got his wearable tech running on an old operating system this week. It’s a tech trip back in time. Nick Lee of New York got this Apple watch running on the Mac OS 7.5.5, which hasn’t been updated in about 20 years. The Mac OS 7.5.5. dates back to the 1990s. Lee used an emulator to do so.
The latest update from Todist is in line with Google’s Material Design guidelines. The newest update, which came June 24, is for the task management app. Todoist now offers natural language speaking processing for you to create tasks. That means that you can now key in phrases such as “Phone Jim tomorrow” to enter them into the app. In addition, you can make those tasks single or ongoing, such as every Saturday.
California’s unemployment rate rose slightly in March from the previous month, according to recent statistics released. The state’s unemployment rate last month was up 6.4 percent, which was 0.1 percent higher than in April. That being said, the unemployment rate was considerably lower than this time last year when the rate was at 7.6 percent.