Alibaba wants retailers to stop investing in personal computers and instead run operations entirely on the smartphone. That’s the conclusion experts gave Source: http://www.pymnts.com

During Discover’s first-quarter earnings call with analysts yesterday (April 21), CEO David Nelms offered something of a reality check on the coming EMV Source: http://www.pymnts.com

When the Portland (Oregon) Seed Fund got its start four years ago, the concept of “going to City Hall for seed funding” was a bit of an eyebrow-raising idea. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Amazon officially confirmed all of the rumors and speculation that it was going to enter the travel business and did it yesterday. Amazon Destinations is a Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Nearly two years ago, mobile transactions made up about 4 percent of Brazilian eCommerce. But by January of this year, they were approaching 10 percent, says Source: http://www.pymnts.com

by James Quinn  The Chinese real estate bubble has been imploding for the last year. The Chinese economy is barely growing at 1.6% after decades of 10% growth. There are millions of unoccupied condos. Source: investmentwatchblog.com

Best developments in energy saving technologies presented ahead of international Earth day Source: kazakh-tv.kz

Defend freedom of expression and LGBT rights in Kazakhstan! Write today to ask President Nursultan Nazarbayev to reject the anti-LGBT “propaganda” law. Source: blog.amnestyusa.org

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received the credentials of the newly-appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan Beybit Isabayev. Source: http://www.azernews.az

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)) Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)) Following in the steps of Russia’s draconian 2013 anti-LGBT law, Kazakhstan’s Senate has passed a similar law… Source: humanitariannews.org