| Mail.ru, Megafon partner Alipay to start Russian payments joint venture
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| Russian internet company Mail.ru Group, the mobile operator Megafon, the Chinese payment platform Alipay, Megafon's shareholder USM, and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) have announced plans to form a joint venture for digital payment services for Russian users, as part of efforts to promote financial inclusion across the country.
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| Chrome web apps will soon tout desktop-like speed
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 If web apps are going to truly replace native apps, they'll need the near-instantaneous responsiveness of desktop apps. That appears to be on the horizon, thankfully. Google is unveiling Chrome tools that will help web apps run as quickly as their...
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| Inside Amazon's growing ad business: Everything we know about how the e-commerce giant is making inroads with marketers
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 • Amazon is steadily building an advertising business that competes with Google and Facebook. • Amazon's ad business doubled year-over-year and made $10 billion in 2018. Analysts expect for it to grow significantly more over the coming years. • Amazon is increasingly rolling out new ad video and search formats and measurement tools to win budgets from big brands. • At the same time, Amazon's ad business is experiencing a number of growing pains like proving to advertisers that its platform can increase brand awareness and loyalty. • Business Insider has pulled together all of our recent coverage chronicling Amazon's advertising business. You can read most of these stories by subscribing to BI Prime. Amazon is increasingly taking on Facebook and Google for digital advertising dollars. Here's the latest on what we know about the company's moves to turn advertising into a larger revenue stream. New ad formats and measurement tools • Amazon is rolling out a tool that shows just how much Google and Facebook ...
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| Over 260 cops keep an eagle eye on social media
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 Twitter saw the most number of violations at 5,294 over the last two days. While these accounted for about 64% of all social media violations, there were 2,210 such posts red-flagged on Facebook and 167 on YouTube.
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