New story in Business from Time: Amazon’s Reach Into New Markets Is Helping the Company Shrug Off Trump’s Jabs

(WASHINGTON) — Amazon is spending millions of dollars on lobbying as the global online retailer seeks to expand its reach into a swath of industries that President Donald Trump’s broadsides haven’t come close to hitting. Trump’s attacks over the last week targeted what Amazon is […]

New story in Business from Time: Amazon’s Reach Into New Markets Is Helping the Company Shrug Off Trump’s Jabs

(WASHINGTON) — Amazon is spending millions of dollars on lobbying as the global online retailer seeks to expand its reach into a swath of industries that President Donald Trump’s broadsides haven’t come close to hitting. Trump’s attacks over the last week targeted what Amazon is […]

Botanalytics offers analytics for conversational interfaces and chatbots

The rise of chatbots and smart speaker-powered voice assistants, such as Alexa and Google Home, has produced the need for specialist analytics so that developers can track how well those conversational interfaces are working. Hoping to take a chunk of this nascent market, including competing […]

TTG Asia | To entice SE Asians, Atout France finds inspiration in Leonardo da Vinci

Francois Bonneau, Centre Val-de-Loire region president, speaking during a press conference during the recent 2018 Rendezvous en France travel market event in Paris, revealed that many events will be organised in castles and gardens in the Val-de-Loire region. He said: “There will be major … social […]

IfOnly, a marketplace for experiences, has new funding — and a new CEO

IfOnly, a San Francisco-based online marketplace that offers more than 3,000 unique experiences to its adventuresome users, has raised $20 million in Series D funding led by MasterCard, which was joined by other strategic investors, including Hyatt Hotels and Sotheby’s. It has another new announcement, […]

Trending Tech Business News: Markets show that the US is in a trade war with China: Mary Kissel

Markets show that the US is in a trade war with China: Mary Kissel Wall Street Journal editorial board member Mary Kissel and Brian Brenberg, associate professor at The King’s College, discuss whether the US is in a trade war with China. via FOX BUSINESS […]