Rakuten, Japan’s top online retail firm, has pulled an Amazon after it launched its own branded Android app store today. The company is promising that ‘Rakuten App Ichiba’ will not only give customers ...

Japan’s e-commerce giant Rakuten surprised many when it stumped up $900 million to buy mobile messaging and calling service Viber in February. The deal was announced just five days before Facebook’s ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Japanese company Rakuten, the owner of Kobo e-readers and online retailer Play.com ...

Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten announced that a major update of its Rakuten Pay mobile app will be released on March 18, according to the firm’s 2018 earnings release, published on Feb. 12. The ...

TOKYO, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc, controlled by billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani, will buy call and messaging app provider Viber Media Inc for $900 million in a deal that ...

Rakuten Card Co Ltd has announced the release of Rakuten Card Lite, the first English language app from the credit card company focused on the international community in Japan. Now available on both ...

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The Japanese e-commerce giant says that the maker of popular voice and messaging apps "perfectly complements" its digital strategy. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked ...

Japan’s Rakuten will acquire instant messaging and calling app developer Viber Media for $900 million, the e-commerce giant said Friday, highlighting its moves to penetrate new markets. Rakuten’s ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc, controlled by billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani, will buy call and messaging app provider Viber Media Inc for $900 million in a deal that would more ...