Amazon regains smart speaker crown in Q3 as shipments boom
Smart speaker shipments reached 19.7 million units in the third quarter of 2018, a rise of 137% year-on-year, the analyst firm Canalys reported, adding that this tied in with its forecast of 75 million units for the year.
Australian lamb leads sales boom for Alibaba shopping festival
Chinese Internet and ecommerce giant Alibaba Group increased sales by 27% over last year, generating total sales valued at US$30.8 billion (RMB213.5 billion) at its Global Shopping Festival on one day last weekend – with sales of Australian lamb increasing 775% from 2017 in the first hour.
Tyro, Alipay integration now live in Heinemann Gold Coast stores
Business-only bank Tyro is claiming an Australian-first with its first merchant — Heinemann Australia — implementing the Chinese mobile payment platform Alipay in its new stores at Gold Coast International Airport.