Visa acquires authentication FinTech firm
Visa has announced the acquisition of payment authentication firm CardinalCommerce, in a move designed to help Visa’s clients and merchant partners to accelerate digital commerce.
The CardinalCommerce platform provides users with a...
How Lenovo became the world’s largest PC maker
Nearly a dozen years after its acquisition of IBM's personal computer (PC) business, Lenovo's bid to transform from a China-based business to a global company appears to have proven the skeptics...
Alibaba Cloud powered the largest shopping holiday in the world
On Singles Day, China’s largest shopping holiday, the engineers at Alibaba Cloud suit up for battle. Dressed in identical red t-shirts, they gather in the same room and watch as millions...
Top tech tools for business efficiency and productivity
ll business owners are constantly looking for ways to boost efficiency and productivity, and are increasingly looking to technology for help. By implementing some simple, and often low-cost tech solutions, business...
U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs in November
The U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs in November, while the unemployment rate fell to 4.6 percent, a level not seen since August 2007, according to government data released Friday morning. The first employment report...
Uber launches rickshaw service in Karachi
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Ride-hailing behemoth Uber has finally rolled out its rickshaw service to Pakistan’s most populous city.
“Starting today, Uber riders in Karachi can request a rickshaw with the convenience and affordability of...
Inflation in November up 3.8 percent
Inflation during November 2016 increased by 3.8 percent as compared to the same month a year ago is owing to hike in prices of food items, according to Pakistan Bureau of...
Obama Blocks Chinese Bid for Technology Firm Aixtron
President Barack Obama on Friday took the rare step of forbidding a foreign company from buying a firm with U.S. assets, telling a Chinese investment fund that it cannot complete a...
Twitter buys startup Yes, Inc.
One-hundred and forty-three. That’s not the new character limit or the number of heads of product Twitter has employed over the few years (though close). That, rather, is the amount of times the...
Russian bank loses $131 million in cyberattack
Hackers stole more than 2 billion rubles ($31 million) from correspondent accounts at the Russian central bank, the bank said on Friday, the latest example of an escalation of cyber attacks...
