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The smart speaker market enjoyed a boom in 2018 with global shipments reaching 78.0 million units, a rise of 125% from the 34.7 million shipped in 2017, the analyst firm Canalys says.

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.

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.

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.

Vodafone Hutchison Australia has cut a deal with China's Alipay to provide the service at 110 of its stores across Australia.

The online smartphone market in India is set to cross 15 million units in the third quarter of 2018, an increase of more than 25% year-on-year, and comprising 38% of the total online market, technology analyst firm Canalys claims.

The Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) market in Australia is booming, growing significantly in one year to reach A$393 million, according to a new report which says global IaaS market growth is partly driven by the cloud availability of IaaS in new regions and countries.

Internet and smartphone use in China shows no sign of slowing down if one were to judge from a new report that says there are 772 million net users in the country out of a population of 1.4 billion.

The Alibaba Company, part of the Alibaba Group, has dispatched the first orders using its new Food Trust Framework, an initiative from Tmall Global, that uses blockchain technology to improve traceability along the supply chain.

China's extended Golden Week was 1 to 8 October this year, and now that it's over, Alipay has shared some stunning stats on payment growth and activity.

Amazon leads the global Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) public cloud market ahead of Microsoft and Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba, according to the latest report from Gartner.

With 751 million Internet users — nearly 55% of the population — and 663 million smartphone users, China dwarfs every other country when it comes to digital metrics. Of those Internet users, 72.1% are between 10 and 39 years old.

Hyperscale data centre specialist AirTrunk has appointed Paul Slaven as its chief development officer. 

Chinese players are increasing their dominance of the digital payments market as companies like Alibaba, Tencent and UnionPay seek to bolster their revenues through international expansion, according to a newly published report.

Optus parent company Singtel has sealed a collaboration with Alibaba Cloud which it says allows enterprises around the world to access its cloud applications more quickly and securely.  

Global interconnection and data centre company Equinix has done a deal with Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba to provide enterprises with direct, scalable access to Alibaba Cloud.

Online auction site eBay has threatened to cut off Australians' access to overseas shopping sites within its framework if the federal government goes ahead with a bill to levy GST on purchases of foreign goods below the value of $1000.

Chinese online giant Alibaba Holdings will set up a regional logistics hub in Malaysia as part of a digital free trade zone.

Alibaba founder and executive chairman Jack Ma has called on Chinese legislators to treat counterfeiters and counterfeiting in the same way as they did when successfully cracking down on drink driving.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has signed an 11-year deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to become a major sponsor of the summer and winter Olympics.