We are happy to announce that Fanbot now officially supports Viber on every level of the platform. We have been building chat and messaging bots for Viber for a while now, so this is more like an announcement to the public, rather than our partners and customers, but a good milestone nevertheless.

Viber offers a unique environment for brands and organisations, alongside with their super popular sticker packs. It also has more than 900 million users worldwide, which is a great opportunity for every business to build conversations with their customers and users.
The Fanbot supports all activities for Viber, including messaging administration both for groups and individual users directly from the Fanbot Conversation Management System, mass broadcasting, chatbots (with all the features we have), a full scale API and more. For businesses who use both Facebook Messenger and Viber, now it’s possible to create a single bot and operate it on both platforms at the same time.

We would like to thank for the Viber team that helped us with the integration, answered all our questions and gave us good guidance about every small details in the system. The integration is now available for everyone and can be accessed directly from the Social Media Accounts menu from the Dashboard.

https://fanbot.ai/blog/viber-partnership-integration/
 

https://www.google.de/...64.psy-ab..0.13.1362...0i131k1.0.DkXFrsZ5yWQ  

Companies to launch online grocery delivery service in Japan and new eBooks and audiobooks offering in the U.S.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. and TOKYO, Japan – Jan. 26, 2018 – Walmart president and CEO Doug McMillon and Rakuten, Inc. Chairman, president and CEO Hiroshi “Mickey” Mikitani met in Tokyo today to announce a new strategic alliance that leverages each company’s unique strengths and assets to expand consumer reach and enhance how customers are served in Japan and the U.S.
The collaboration includes the launch of a new online grocery delivery service in Japan beginning in the third quarter of 2018. In addition, Walmart and Rakuten Kobo Inc. have formed an exclusive retail alliance that will enable Walmart to begin selling eBooks and audiobooks, as well as offer Rakuten Kobo eReaders, in Walmart stores and online at Walmart.com in the United States starting later this year.

https://global.rakuten.com/corp/news/press/2018/MMDD_01.html
 

https://www.glassdoor.de/Jobs/...13,22_IC2636034.htm?filter.radius=31  

https://www.kobo.com/de/de  

Elizabeth Weise and Charisse Jones, USA TODAY Published 8:20 p.m. ET Jan. 25, 2018 | Updated 6:07 a.m. ET Jan. 26, 2018

Prepare for another battle with Amazon.

SAN FRANCISCO — Readers rejoice. Some of the world's biggest companies are rolling out new electronic and audiobook offerings that will compete with giant Amazon for your eyes and ears, a digital tussle that could result in lower prices.

The latest volley came from Walmart, which said it was teaming up with Rakuten, Japan’s top e-commerce company, to start offering e-books and audiobooks in the U.S. later this year. Prior to this, Walmart hasn't sold either.

The digital and audiobooks join the more than 70 million items available on Walmart’s website and become the latest drive in a battle that has seen Walmart add products, perks and a range of online partners to better compete with Amazon.

“The idea is truly to be able to leverage each company’s unique strengths, unique assets to expand our audience size,’’ says Walmart spokesman Ravi Jariwala.  

Rakuten’s digital book division, called Kobo, offers nearly 6 million electronic books and audio books from tens of thousands of publishers. Walmart shoppers will be able to access the books through a co-branded app, which will launch later this year, and the Kobo e-Reader, which will go on sale at Walmart later this year.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/01/...ns-co/1066359001/
 

Walmart hinzu:

Where to Buy
Kobo eReaders are available in over 20 countries
https://us.kobobooks.com/pages/retailers
 

Aufstellung im vorhergehenden Posting - aber in Tolino steckt Rakuten Kobo drin:

Tolino
Hinter der Marke Tolino steckt ein Zusammenschluss verschiedener Bücherhändler wie Thalia, Weltbild oder Hugendubel sowie dem japanischen Unternehmen Rakuten (Kobo). Der große Vorteil: Die Geräte kommen mit verschiedenen Formaten zurecht (nicht aber mit Amazons eigenem E-Book-Format KFX). Außerdem fand ein großer Vergleichstest von „Computer Bild“ heraus, dass Tolino-Geräte häufig längere Akkulaufzeiten haben. 3G-Versionen für mobiles Internet gibt es bei den Readern nicht, man kann allerdings die Telekom-Hotspots in ganz Deutschland kostenlos nutzen.

https://www.techbook.de/entertainment/...ader-vergleich-kindle-tolino


 

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https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/RKUNY?p=RKUNY


Ich halte die Aktie zwar weiterhin für extrem unterbewertet, was mich aber stört ist die Tatsache, dass die Aktie nicht aufgrund der guten gesamten Fundamentals steigt, sondern  aufgrund eines singulären Ereignisses, das sicher sehr vorteilhaft werden könnte, aber bei Größe von Rakuten sicher nicht der ganz große Reißer bei Umsatz und Gewinn wird.  

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/...-rakuten-hits-amazon-172758500.html  

https://www.rakuten.de/events/rakuten-tv  

https://www.statista.com/statistics/586575/...chandise-sales-quarter/  

There’s no denying 2017 was a good year for Viber! From exciting new partnerships with some of the biggest names in the world to revolutionary new features and improvement to our user experience, it’s been quite the adventure! Here’s a list of all our biggest achievements in 2017 and a few words on what’s in store for 2018.

https://www.viber.com/blog/2018-01-22/vibers-2017-summary/
 

angesprochene Umsatzverdoppelung ist schon ganz schon heftig:

"Our advancements in different innovative features while taking your privacy and security into account have helped us increase our user base by 20% and double our revenue in 2017."  

angesprochener Adresse

"First introduced exactly one year ago, Chat Extensions has since expanded to include Yelp, Ticketmaster, Tunemoji, YouTube, Vice and many others"  

geknackt sein, denn in 1014 wird von einer 20%igen Steigerung in 2017 berichtet und nach der folgenden Übersicht

https://www.statista.com/statistics/316414/...enger-registered-users/

waren es Ende 2016 schon 858 Millionen - und 20% mehr ergeben dann schon 1,029 Milliarden zum 31.12.2017.  

Japan's online retail giant Rakuten has started off 2018 with a new goal of establishing a mobile phone carrier.

The company's chairman says the new firm would offer expanded cashless payment services, which could become a solid source of revenue.

Rakuten's Chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani said, "We can make the most of the advanced technology and telecommunication products that are becoming cheaper. So, I see many advantages for a late comer in the market."

Mikitani says one and a half million customers are already using his company's low-cost cell phone service on NTT Docomo's network.

He says if the communication ministry allocates Rakuten a share of the wireless spectrum, the number of customers would grow to more than 3 million.

Rakuten plans to file an application with the ministry as early as this month to become Japan's 4th mobile phone carrier after Docomo, KDDI, and Softbank.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180105_33/
 

Ich habe wohl doch zu lange gewartet. Aber okay, das hatte ich nun nicht erwartet, dass es so extrem anzieht. Die News sind doch super! Der Trend sollte damit gebrochen werden und es kann in die andere Richtung laufen.

Ab Montag bin ich dabei!

Viel Erfolg!

Cheers  

Rakuten Games launches HTML5 social gaming platform
Apr. 5, 2017 05:17 am JST 4 Comments
TOKYO

Rakuten Games Inc, a Rakuten Group company, on Tuesday announced the official launch of RGames, a social gaming platform that offers HTML5 games for users in Japan to enjoy on their smartphone or through the browser on their PC.

RGames offers a diverse lineup of free-to-play titles, including original titles developed by the company, such as “Don Don Dragon,” as well as new titles incorporating the IP of several major Japanese publishers. These include “Pac-Run,” a side-scrolling runner game based on Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc’s “Pacman” series, realized through Bandai Namco’s IP Opening Project, and “Invader Blast,” a shooting game jointly developed for RGames with Taito Corporation, based on the company’s “Space Invaders” title originally released in 1978. The games feature intuitive controls, making them accessible and enjoyable for both gaming fans and casual gamers alike.

“Rakuten’s significant web presence and dedicated users make it perfectly positioned to leverage our technology to enter the mobile gaming market completely outside of the traditional app store approach. This is well positioned to be the biggest paradigm shift in recent years in Japan,” said Michael Carter, CEO of Blackstorm Labs Inc and board director of Rakuten Games.

“Rakuten Games is primed to disrupt the industry,” added Ernestine Fu, independent board director of Rakuten Games. “Rakuten’s huge audience in key monetization demographics, access to IP in Japan, and superior alternative to the app stores make this initiative a game changer.“

https://japantoday.com/category/tech/...-html5-social-gaming-platform
 

https://www.musikmedia.de/content-marketing/...azon-prime-konkurrenz/  

https://talent.rakuten.careers/ebates  

https://www.kobo.com/  

https://www.rakuten.com/category/1/  

Das Rakuten Ökosystem: Rakuten, Inc.

Größter Internet Services Provider
Globales Unternehmen
Mehr als 10.000 Mitarbeiter

Weltweite Benutzer
1,1 Milliarde Konsumenten
Mitglieder in mehr als 230 Ländern

https://rakutenmarketing.com/de-de/
 

würden für weitere Aufmerksamkeit sorgen,

We’ve covered the Spotify direct listing, Dropbox’s private filing and Lyft’s finances, as well. Xiaomi is a firm that we’ve yet to really hit on from a financial angle, which we’ll fix. But the list is large enough to warrant attention as-is.

Add in Pinterest’s ever-rumored IPO, and the list starts to look impressive.
Indeed, the amount of market value that could go public is huge: Dropbox’s last private valuation was $10 billion; Spotify is now worth $19 billion; Pinterest is worth $12.3 billion; and Lyft is worth $11.5 billion. According to some reports, Xiaomi could be looking for a $100 billion valuation in its flotation.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/16/...ech-has-been-promised-for-years/