October 12, 2012
eBay Launches “Lifestyle Deals” Daily Offerings Service Test
eCommerce and auction giant eBay has begun testing it’s new “Lifestyle Deals” daily deals service in some U.S. cities, Fast Company reports. Lifestyle Deals will present a direct challenge to...
October 05, 2012
U.S.: Digitize or not – Google gives choice
A seven year long litigation has been concluded. Google and book publishers have reached a settlement to allow publishers to choose whether Google digitizes their books and journals. Although, the...
October 03, 2012
Target Launches QR Code Campaign For Top 20 Toys
Target will ad in-store QR codes to their seasonal Top 20 toys beginning on October 14 in an effort to expand their mobile initiatives program. The QR codes will allow...
September 27, 2012
Amazon Rumored To Have Square, PayPal Competitor In Works
Amazon is preparing a mobile payments product that would directly compete with Square, PayPal and others in the mobile acceptance industry, according to a Tech Crunch report. According to an...
September 20, 2012
Deal on e-books’ pricing reached in Europe
The European Commission said Wednesday that it was prepared to drop its investigation into the fixing of e-book prices by Apple and four European publishers after the companies agreed to...
September 19, 2012
Google search market
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is at its final stags in the Google investigations and the defining Google as a monopolist in the market for internet based searching is maybe...
September 18, 2012
E.U.: EU could force Apple and ebook publishers to slash...
The are signs according to the European Commission, that Apple and four publishers are making proposals to reach an early resolution of the case. Although no precise details were...
September 17, 2012
We R Here Coalition Fights For Web Retailer Sales Tax...
The battle over whether online retailers should have to pay sales tax gained a new voice this week as “We R Here,” a coalition of nearly one thousand retailers, has...
September 17, 2012
Online Shopping Continues To Grow In France
Mediametrie has registered a 4% increased in France’s online shoppers in the second quarter of 2012, bringing the number of French online shoppers to 31.7 million. Mediametrie has also registered...
