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Backblaze challenges AWS by making its cloud storage S3 compatible

Backblaze today announced that its B2 Cloud Storage service is now API-compatible with Amazon’s S3 storage service.Backblaze started out as an affordable cloud backup service but over the last

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Customer journey hijacking prevention tool Namogoo acquires Personali for its behavioural analytics

Namogoo, the Israel-based company that has developed a solution for e-commerce and other online enterprises to prevent “customer journey hijacking,” has acquired behavioural analytics company Personal

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COVID-19 in Peru: thousands of jobless face hunger amid crisis

01:24 As Peru's coronavirus lockdown surpasses a month, thousands working in Peru's informal economy have been forced to leave their homes in search of food and work.Community kitchens

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Argentina's capital makes mask-wearing compulsory on public transit to contain COVID-19

In the city's San Telmo district, statues representing the beloved characters of Argentine cartoonist Quino -- including "Mafalda," "Susanita" and "Miguelito" -- were a

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Price Technologies adds product availability feature for items experiencing COVID-19 shortages

Price Technologies, the operator of the comparison shopping website Price.com and its related browser extension, is adding a feature to show product availability for a few essential items that have ha

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Japanese payment service provider Paidy raises $43 million from ITOCHU

Paidy, a Japanese fintech startup that allows customers to make online purchases without credit cards, announced today that it has raised a $48 million Series C extension from ITOCHU.The company says

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Thailand reports 188 new COVID-19 cases, marking highest daily rate

Another 188 COVID-19 cases were reported in Thailand on Sunday, accounting for the highest daily rate and making a total of 599 patients, according to a senior governm

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Colombia street vendors struggle with social distancing

01:42 Working from home and paid-time off are 'social distancing' options for some office workers. But, street vendors need face-to-face contact, or they lose their daily incomes. In C

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How are Colombia's street vendors dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic?

01:30 As more nations ask their citizens to stay at home and practice social distancing, street vendors in Colombia are going broke. Their business depends of personal contact with the

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PM sees off first Tory rebellion in row over Huawei

Boris Johnson has seen off his first Tory rebellion since the election in a row over Huawei's involvement in Britain's 5G network.The prime minister defeated several of his own backbenchers who were

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Alipay to support 40 mln service providers with digital transformation

China's leading digital payment platform Alipay on Tuesday unveiled a three-year plan to support the digital transformation of 40 million service providers by working

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France will allow Huawei a role in its 5G network

French finance minister Bruno Le Maire has said that France would not block Huawei's role in their 5G network. (Credit: VCG) French finance minister Bruno Le Maire has announced that France wi

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LA-based Retina raises $2.5 million in new funding to expand its customer analysis software

Casting a cold eye on customer behavior and their future lifetime value has brought the Los Angeles-based startup Retina $2.5 million in new funding.The new financing was anchored by previous seed rou

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Barcelona's Senegalese street vendors present own clothing line

SenegalesestreetvendorsstagedafashionshowinBarcelonaonFridaytopresenttheirownclothinglineof"legalclothesmadebyillegalimmigrants",thesloganoftheirnewcampaigntoge

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Chinese 10 smartphone firms join hands to take on Tencent

Thetop10Chinesesmartphonevendors,includingHuaweiTechnologiesCoLtdandXiaomiCorp,joinedhandsonTuesdaytopromotetechnicalstandardsfor"fastapps,"whicharedesignedtoco

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Food delivery start-up faces fines, investigation following expose

​Online food delivery service ele.me is facing fines and an investigation by Shanghai's food and drug watchdog following a state media expose on Tuesday showing unlicensed vendors have been selling food through its mobile app.

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Thai-Cambodian border market quiet, empty due to contraband crackdowns

​A Thai-Cambodian border market, which has earlier thrived on pirated and second-hand goods, will likely go out of business in the face of crackdowns on contraband merchandise, said a Thai business executive on Thursday.