Weeks after some of China’s major social media platforms started to display users’ IP addresses, users are turning to paid services on e-commerce platforms to hide their locations. E-commerce sellers were offering virtual private network, or VPN, services to change IP addresses to other domestic locations, Sixth Tone’s sister publication, The Paper, reported Sunday. Vendors … Read more
NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The connected agriculture market size is forecast to increase by USD 4148.92 million from 2022 to 2027, at a CAGR of 18.61%, according to the recent market study by Technavio. The growth of the market will be driven by maximizing profits in farm operations, the need to monitor … Read more
Small businesses are being hit hard by inflation this holiday season, but they say they are seeing overwhelming support from shoppers. Local artisans attended a pop-up Christmas market on Sunday in Halifax. Jewelry, pottery, clothing, decorations and baked goods were among the items available. For many vendors, it was their first time in a Christmas … Read more
By Arbind Singh* Delhi has seen the worst forms of violations of human rights of street vendors, even after passage of Street Vendors Act 2014 and Distribution of 75,000 Certificate of Vending (COVs) to street vendors of Delhi.Even after having a Law, there has been no change in the security of life and employment of the … Read more
BRUSSELS, Dec 1 (Reuters) – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 12 other groups on Thursday warned the European Union against adopting rules that could exclude Amazon (AMZN.O), Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google, Microsoft (MSFT.O) and other non-EU cloud services providers from the European market. The Chamber, the National Foreign Trade Council, the Japan Association of … Read more
The CSIR has started collaborating with local cannabis-based businesses to help improve the reliability of the herbal industry – opening up what used to be a closed market in the economy. JOHANNESBURG – Vendors at the Cannabis Expo say they are thrilled that the Health Department and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) … Read more
TORONTO, Nov. 16, 2022 /CNW/ – Google Canada today surprised the seasonal merchants of The Distillery Winter Village with an early holiday gift: $10,000 each, towards their booth rental and operating costs over the six weeks of the holiday market. Natasha Walji, Managing Director, Google on behalf of Google Canada today surprised the 22 seasonal … Read more
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – For the 36th time, Christmas has shown up a little early for shoppers in Jonesboro. Lit’l Bita Christmas was held at the First National Bank Arena at Arkansas State University. The event came from the mind of former Arkansas State coach Bill Templeton, who wanted to raise funds for student-athletes. The … Read more
Apple‘s contract manufacturers in India – Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron – are in an expansion mode, adding more assembly lines to their facilities to offset a slowdown in iPhone manufacturing in China ahead of the upcoming Chinese New Year amidst robust local demand, said industry executives familiar with the matter. The ongoing lockdown in Foxconn’s … Read more
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Oct 25, 2022, 06:00 IST In an attempt to provide quality and accessible healthcare to all, Times Group, Vijay Karnataka and Bangalore Mirror on October 23 organised a special drive in Vijay Karnataka’s offices across the state. At the camp, volunteers provided medical insurance to its newspaper vendors, delivery boys … Read more