Bits Blog: Alibaba Expands in Silicon Valley With Its First U.S. Data Center China’s largest Internet company, Alibaba, is adding to its modest presence in Silicon Valley, but not in the way many have expected.
Bits Blog: Uber Stumbles in Sydney Standoff With the police cordoning off part of Sydney, Australia, over a hostage-taking on Monday, many who were stranded in the area were forced to pay roughly four times the normal Uber rate, according to complaints on social media.
Bits Blog: Apple Links China’s UnionPay Cards to App Store Chinese users can now use China UnionPay cards to buy items in the App Store.
Alibaba, Shrugging Off Slowdown in Chinese Economy, Reports Strong First Earnings Revenue at the Chinese e-commerce company, which went public in September, rose 54 percent, to $2.7 billion.