Rakuten receives a $2 billion capital injection
The Japanese digital heavyweight Rakuten has sold 13% share, worth $2.2 billion to new investors to bolster its balance sheet and to finance more aggressive mobile rollout.
The Japanese digital heavyweight Rakuten has sold 13% share, worth $2.2 billion to new investors to bolster its balance sheet and to finance more aggressive mobile rollout.
Smart speakers were only about developing a new dynamic in the relationship between the OTTs and the consumer, and Walmart’s new ‘Voice Order’ feature is a taste of things to come.
Walmart wants to raise the stakes in the connected economy with a new service that gets delivery drivers to pack your groceries away as well.
Rumours abound on the web this week, that Californian gadget vendor Apple is negotiating to bring the iPhone 3G to the shelves of US retailer Walmart. The deal seems likely, with reports coming in of Walmart staff being trained up to sell the devices. Although it looks like the retailer won’t be distributing the gadget […]
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