e-commerce

Facebook Plans Its Own Digital Currency for 2 Billion-Plus Users

RACHEL LERMAN / The Associated Press Jun 18, 2019 The social network giant seeks to launch a global challenger to Bitcoin with big-name partners, more fodder for regulators' scrutiny. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Jumia’s Stock Listing Spotlights African E-Commerce

Gbemisola Olujobi / Truthdig May 28, 2019 As the first African tech startup on the New York exchange, Jumia is the object of accolades, criticism and even financial suspicion. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Chinese E-Commerce Giant Alibaba Sets Plans for Thailand

JERRY HARMER / The Associated Press Apr 19, 2018 The company has agreed to step up investments in the Southeast Asian country as competition between online retailers heats up in the fast-growing region. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Amazon Offers Free Delivery of Workplace Hell

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Aug 27, 2015 Both low-paid and elite workers at Amazon and other companies are being pushed to their limits. Without unions to protect them from the brutality of corporate demands, workers are at the mercy of Jeff Bezos and his ilk. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

50 Casualties of the Internet

Staff / Truthdig Sep 10, 2009 The Internet has introduced a whole host of new marvels to the world, but as this list compiled by the U.K.’s Telegraph demonstrates, the Web giveth and the Web taketh away. And it has taken away a few things from users' lives that we might miss (see: "The art of polite disagreement") -- others, not so much (cf. "Sarah Palin"). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )