When the coronavirus jammed up China’s economy last year, Rao Yong needed cash to tide over his online handicrafts business. But he dreaded the idea of spending long, dull hours […]
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Back to news homeFacebook Wants to Court Creators. It Could Be a Tough Sell.
SAN FRANCISCO — Over the past 18 months, Chris Cox, Facebook’s top product executive, watched with surprise as Instagram came alive in ways he hadn’t seen before.As young people looked […]
For China’s Business Elites, Staying Out of Politics Is No Longer an Option
Internet infrastructure operators like Didi must now prove their political and legal legitimacy to the government, Ma Changbo, an online media start-up founder, wrote on his WeChat social media account.“This […]
The Parking Garage of the Future
Many garages that SP Plus, a Chicago-based company, manages across the country employ hands-free systems at the gates and mobile payments “to create a touchless experience,” said Jeff Eckerling, the […]
Taking Microsoft’s Windows 11 for a Test Drive
For tech reviewers, critiquing a new operating system is something of an absurd ritual.It’s like being a professional house inspector who delivers a report that always goes like this: Here’s […]
Work at Home or the Office? Either Way, There’s a Start-Up for That.
SAN FRANCISCO — Before the pandemic, Envoy, a start-up in San Francisco, sold visitor registration software for the office. Its system signed in guests and tracked who was coming into […]
China’s Crackdown on Didi Is a Reminder That Beijing Is in Charge
In less than a week, China’s leading ride-hailing platform, Didi, has gone from investor darling with a megabucks Wall Street debut to the biggest new target in Beijing’s fast-moving efforts […]
Robinhood Reveals Rising Revenue and a $1.4 Billion Loss
The company’s shareholders, however, stuck with it. Within a week, it raised two rounds of emergency funding totaling $4.4 billion to meet lending requirements for stock trades and to continue […]
‘Crucial Time’ for Cloud Gaming, Which Wants to Change How You Play
Mr. Buser declined to comment on February’s changes.Amazon also unveiled a cloud service, Luna, in September. It is so far available only to invitees, who pay $6 a month to […]
Consumer spending on apps hit record $64.9B in first half of 2021, but install growth slowed to 1.7%
Consumer spending in mobile apps hit a record $64.9 billion during the first half of 2021, according to preliminary data from app store intelligence firm Sensor Tower. This figure represents […]