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Amazon reportedly seeking out offline stores
News World's biggest online retailer reportedly searching for brick-and-mortar stores in United Kingdom to cash in on customer demand for click-and-collect.
Tags: E-commerce, Web sites, Customer support, Collection Point, Argos, U.K., Amazon.com Inc., Singapore, Web sites, Sales
E-commerce held back by outdated laws
Insight perspective The legal and regulatory scheme for buying and selling online across European borders needs a rethink, says legal expert.
Tags: E-commerce, E-business, European Union, Europe, payment security, Petra Papinniemi, member state, U.K., data protection, European Commission
Mobile phone sales figures not pretty
News Manufacturers shipped between 245 million and 282 million units in the first quarter, compared with 282 to 290 million a year earlier. Only bright spot was smartphone sales.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Apple Inc., Mobile, Quarter, Motorola Inc., Smart Phone, International Data Corp., Cell Phone, Sales
Is eBay facing seller revolt?
News Auction site made modifications to listing fees that company representatives say have gone over quite well. Some members, however, say it just amounts to a big fee hike.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, PayPal, Commission, Google Inc., Fee, Seller, eBay Inc., IPO, CBS Interactive Inc.
eBay's last-minute delivery push
News Internet auction giant sheds light on how it is working to get more on-time Christmas deliveries and shed its yard-sale image.
Tags: E-commerce, E-business, Seller, eBay Inc., Shoe Box, CEO, Amazon.com Inc., Sales, retail company, e-commerce company
eBay pumps up PayPal protections
News Starting this fall, the company says it will cover 100 percent of the price of items in soured transactions for both buyers and sellers using PayPal.
Tags: E-commerce, PayPal, Seller, eBay Inc., Advertisement, customer experience, online auction company, payment, online auction, United Parcel Service of America Inc.
Is H.264 a legal minefield for video pros?
News Some think license terms for the popular video encoding technology mean Apple's Final Cut Pro should be called Final Cut Hobbyist. Not so fast.
Tags: Video, Legal, Software licensing, Apple Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., MPEG-LA, PERSONAL, License, H.264, Microsoft Corp.
Cutting costs sensibly
Blogs I've been quiet for a while, watching how people in our industry will react to the ongoing global economic turmoil. O...
Lightning takes down Amazon cloud
News The latest disruption to a high-profile cloud-computing service follows outages from other providers, including Google and Salesforce.com.
Tags: Cloud computing, Virtualization, Xen, Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Outage, online retail company, software-as-a-service, data center, Google Gmail
Sony officially unveils new Readers
News Vendor also drops price of e-books, matching Amazon's US$9.99 price tag on new releases and best sellers.
Tags: Handhelds, Battery, Sony Reader, Wireless, E-book, Touch Screen, USB cable, public domain, font size, Adobe PDF
Internet Archive's BookServer could 'dominate' Amazon
News A new initiative from the nonprofit Internet Archive aims to make all books, commercial or public domain, available for digital distribution. If it works, Amazon could be in serious trouble.
Tags: Handhelds, Publisher, Google Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc., search engine, e-reader, Amazon.com Inc., BookServer, public domain, Amazon Kindle
Windows 7: Microsoft vs. the PC makers
News A battle is shaping up over the pricing of the next version of Windows as both sides struggle to profit while hardware prices fall and sales stay flat.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Acer Inc., PC Company, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, Notebook, Microsoft Windows, pricing strategy, PC, Netbook
Retailers must innovate amid downturn
News Through ICT, Malaysian retailers can be leaner and more agile to respond to changing market forces and provide services that better meet changing consumer needs.
Tags: Strategic analysis, Customer resource management (CRM), Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Data warehousing/business intelligence, Software, eBay Inc., Information And Communication Technology, Malaysia, retail company, Kuala Lumpur
With Korea deal, eBay tries again in Asia
News The auction site's purchase of a 67 percent stake in Gmarket will boost its expansion in one of the world's fastest-growing online markets.
Tags: Acquisitions, Web sites, E-commerce, E-business, eBay Inc., Asia, Yahoo! Inc., Sales, Gmarket, Korea
Let's kill the OS upgrade disc
News Life would be easier if we paid for ongoing OS upgrades the way we pay for other digital assets--by subscription.
Tags: Windows 7, Mac OS, Apple Inc., App, Upgrade, Computer, Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., software
