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e-commerce
Stock tracking with a sexy new twist 24/09/2009 16:55:00
New iPhone application brings a whole new level to watching the stock marketA new iPhone application has brought the financial index to a sexy new level. Sportswear company, Puma, has created an entertaining application called ‘The Puma’. It tracks global stocks, mirroring the increase and decrease of market shares in the amount of clothes a model is wearing.Google plans to offer micropayments service to media owners 11/09/2009 05:23:00
Users could buy news stories a la carte or buy packaged subscriptions to several online publicationsGoogle is promoting a payments system to the newspaper industry that would let Web surfers pay a small amount for individual news stories, an idea that could help publishers struggling with the impact of the Internet.WalMart opens its online store to other retailers 02/09/2009 02:34:00
The move has added almost 1 million items to Walmart.com's inventoryWalMart has started letting other retailers sell their products on its Walmart.com online store.Microsoft: Making purchases not Bing's online focus 01/09/2009 06:26:00
The company downplayed a blog post that said it designed its search engine for results that involve spending moneyMicrosoft on Monday refuted a post by a prominent blogger that said the company designed the first iteration of Bing specifically to help people find items to purchase online.EBay gives merchants access to Selling Manager applications 18/08/2009 06:46:00
This is the latest milestone for eBay's ambitious project to turn Selling Manager into an application repositoryEBay's ambitious project to remake its Selling Manager set of e-commerce tools into an open platform and repository of third-party applications reached another milestone on Monday when it was opened to the marketplace's sellers.Google promises simple e-store creation with Checkout gadget 03/08/2009 05:28:00
However, the product carries a Labs label, meaning it's an early-stage prototypePeople can create an online store in "a matter of minutes" with a new gadget application that uses Google's Checkout electronic payment service and its Docs spreadsheet application, Google announced Friday.Gartner offers IT tips to stretch e-commerce budget 12/05/2009 03:52:00
Research firm recommends reducing in-house application development for basic e-commerce functions.E-commerce teams within IT departments must do more with less, so they need to maximize their resources through shrewd and clever management, according to Gartner.Dell's outlet stores go down in US and UK 20/04/2009 05:40:00
The stores, which sell refurbished PCs, suffered an apparent technical glitchSome of Dell's online outlet stores, where it sells refurbished PCs, were unable to process orders Saturday due to an apparent technical error.New phone-based Taxi payment service launches 01/04/2009 10:11:00
Passengers can book and pay using their mobileTaxis.net.au has launched a new service which allows passengers to book and pay for taxi trips using a 3G-enabled mobile phone, PDA, Blackberry or via a PC Web browser.Motorola offers 'snap-on' device for mobile payments 14/01/2009 10:42:00
Motorola’s new mobile payment device can be clipped on to handhelds and includes a slot for swiping and reading credit cardsMotorola announced a new product called the Snap-on Mobile Payment Device, which will work with its enterprise-class wireless handhelds, the MC-70 and the MC-75.Mystery shopper site settles with FTC 05/12/2008 06:22:00
The U.S. FTC settles deceptive advertising charges from a company promising mystery shopping jobs.A Web-based operation that promised customers they could make big money as mystery shoppers will pay US$850,000 to settle charges of deceptive advertising and contempt brought by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.Forrester: Holiday online spending to grow modestly 27/10/2008 08:05:00
U.S. e-shoppers will increase their holiday spending modestly this year because of economic concerns.Macroeconomic woes will hurt online retail sales this holiday season in the U.S., causing them to increase only a "humble" 12 percent over 2007, Forrester Research said last week.Still Nervous About Online Shopping? Really? 21/08/2008 12:19:00
Third-party services that aim to stay the fears of nervous online buyers are outdated.Last October, I wrote about Assurz, a service that-for a small up-front surcharge-would let you return anything you bought at a participating retailer, on very generous terms: no questions asked, a 90-day window, and no shipping charges or restocking fees. Sadly, Assurz is no more. The gist of the story is that Assurz filed for bankruptcy protection in late June after informing its retail partners that it was ending service because of excessively high return rates. What a shock: Whoever came up with the company's business model apparently didn't anticipate that the type of person who'd sign up for the service would be far likelier than the average customer to use it.Minding Online Store a Case of 'Not My Job' 21/08/2008 12:09:00
But eBay might have to bite the bullet and increase its own enforcement efforts.Last month, a federal judge ruled that eBay had fulfilled its obligations to investigate and control users who were trying to use its Web site to sell counterfeit Tiffany goods -- a decision that put the onus on Tiffany to monitor eBay's site itself.
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