French authorities ordered the blockage or removal of more than 2,700 websites in 2016, Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux said Tuesday, a spike in censorship that some critics in the tech industry fear will do little to snuff out extremist content online. Le Roux told a cybersecurity conference in the northern French city of Lille that his government has requested blocks for 834 websites and that 1,929 more be pulled from search engines’ results as part of the fight against “child pornographic and terrorist content.”
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Nova LifeStyle, Inc. , a U.S. based fast-growing, innovative designer, manufacturer and distributor of modern LifeStyle furniture, today announced the Company has launched an e-commerce market site called “Nova Mart,” www.nova-mart.com , an online transactional platform for merchants from all over the world to display and offer their products and services based on Blockchain technology. As previously announced, Nova is in the process of completing the acquisition of the customer base of an established, highly profitable e-commerce website www.weilai178.com , which currently serves more than 2 million customers in Asia and elsewhere.
Alibaba Raises Forecast as Chinese Consumers Continue to Spend
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. raised its full-year sales forecast after quarterly results beat estimates, as Chinese spending stays strong and the company wrings revenue from fledgling areas such as cloud computing, entertainment and search. China’s biggest e-commerce company increased its projection for fiscal 2017 revenue growth to 53 percent, from 48 percent previously. That may help assuage investors concerned that a deceleration in the world’s second-largest economy is curtailing Alibaba’s main online commerce business.
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French Internet Censorship Rose Sharply in 2016
France’s interior minister says authorities have blocked or ordered search engines to de-list hundreds of websites in 2016, a significant increase over 2015. Bruno Le Roux told a cybersecurity conference in the French city of Lille that his government has requested the blockage of 834 websites and de-listing of 1,929 others as part of the fight against “child pornographic and terrorist content.”
Alibaba smashes estimates as revenue jumps 54% to $7.67 billion
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China cracks down on tools used to get around web filters
China is beefing up a campaign to root out services that circumvent the government’s internet censorship with a 14-month-long “clean-up” of the internet industry. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in a directive that it forbids the operation of virtual private networks or leased lines that allow users and businesses to access blocked overseas websites without government permission.
200,000 websites still vulnerable to ‘Heartbleed’ OpenSSL security flaw
Almost 200,000 websites and connected systems remain vulnerable to the ‘Heartbleed’ OpenSSL bug, more than two-and-a-half years after the security flaw was discovered. That’s according to the Shodan Report 2017 , based on scans conducted by the search engine that enables used to scour the internet for specific types of computers.
Cycle in paradise
This file photo shows a cycling route in central Taiwan’s Sun Moon Lake area that was chosen by global travel search engine Skyscanner recently as one of the world’s top 8 cycle paths. “You can bring your family members to ride slowly on the smooth bike path to experience the Sun Moon Lake’s paradise-like view from a whole new perspective; or you can challenge yourself to complete the 33-kilometer-long round-the-lake path,” according to a Jan. 17 article on the Skyscanner website.
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Over 75 community leaders gathered in Pikeville for the Connect Your Economy Practical Seminar presented by SOAR and the Kentucky Association for Economic Development. The seminar gave practical information and resources to communities regarding a demand-driven approach to economic development through broadband.
Walmart to add 10,000 retail jobs in the US
Wal-Mart plans to add about 10,000 retail jobs in the U.S. as it opens new stores and expands existing locations. The world’s biggest retailer said Tuesday that its plans will also generate about 24,000 construction jobs.
Borrowed and Blue poised for greater success
Charlottesville -based online wedding marketplace Borrowed and Blue recently closed a Series A fundraising round that company officials hope will propel the business past its competition. The 22-employee firm, headquartered on Market Street , raised $7 million in a campaign that ended in October, company co-founder and CEO Adam Healey said.
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Amazon just launched virtual ‘Dash’ buttons for one-click buying from the homepage
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Flipkart ranked amongst India’s most trusted e-tailing brands
New Delhi , Jan 20 : Electronic commerce company Flipkart continues to retain its apex position as India’s most trusted e-commerce brand, in a nationwide consumer study titled the ‘The Indian E-tailing Leadership Index’, conducted by research firm Red Seer Consulting. According the study, Flipkart, for the fourth time in a row, is ranked overall number one in the study, scoring the highest among all e-commerce platforms in India in areas like product selection, customer support, ease of return, refund and reverse pick up speed.
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For more than 20 years, online businesses have trusted Storefront to power their web stores, and I am excited to invite those merchants to help shape the future of Storefront through our newest release, Awesome Commerce is pleased to officially announce the first release of the company’s shopping cart solution, available exclusively to existing storefront users and early adopters. “Thousands of online merchants rely on Storefront today to power their e-commerce website,” explained Jess Coburn of Awesome Commerce.
Used Equipment Guide Launches the World’s Largest Used Equipment Search Engine
UsedEquipmentGuide.com has officially launched a searchable database of used trucks and equipment with 1+ million pieces for sale with a market value of over $40 billion. The site aggregates data by crawling hundreds of used truck and equipment sites across the internet to allow buyers of used construction equipment, agricultural equipment, cranes, on-highway trucks, lift trucks, industrial engines, and power generation equipment the ability to search hundreds of websites in a single search.
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Walmart Outlines 2017 Goals for American Job Growth and Community Investment
Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer with nearly 1.5 million associates in the U.S., today will discuss company plans to create American jobs and invest in local communities across the country. The investments in the coming year will support an estimated 34,000 jobs through continued expansion and improvement in the company’s store network, as well as e-commerce services, while providing specialty training for more than 225,000 of the company’s frontline associates.
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In naming Reed Krakoff to lead its design, Tiffany could be hedging its bets on a category already laden with Millennial upstart brands. NEW IN: Parisian design house Alaa is the latest name to take the leap into selling its ready-to-wear online for the first time, with an edit of its spring 2017 collection launching exclusively on Net-a-porter as of Thursday.
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