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Although Alibaba is a huge company that does a ton of different things, I feel like this article went out of the way to avoid mentioning that companies like Google and Amazon (as well as Microsoft and Apple to a lesser extent) come close to checking all of these boxes. The other thing to point out is that Alibaba owns stakes in many of these companies and doesn't really own them outright.

As others have already pointed out how Google compares, take Amazon for instance:

Online Payments - Amazon Payments

Cloud Services - Amazon Web Services

Mobile Apps - Amazon AppStore

Mobile OS - Amazon FireOS

Maps and Navigation - Amazon Maps API

Retail Outlets - N/A

Group Buying - Amazon Local

Cloud Storage - Amazon CloudDrive / Amazon S3

Mobile Messaging - N/A

Car Service, Ride Sharing - N/A

C2C e-commerice - Amazon Services/Amazon WebStore (not quite the same, but close)

Online Travel Booking - N/A

B2C e-commerce - Amazon.com

E-Learning - http://www.tenmarks.com/ (owned by Amazon)

Microblogging - N/A

Music Streaming - Amazon Cloud Player

Streaming Video - Amazon Prime Instant Streaming

Money-market funds - N/A

12/18 isn't bad.

parent podman 12 years ago

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