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BlogsTags > commerceCommerce Weekly: Wal-Mart looks outside the (big) box to battle AmazonBy Jenn WebbApril 4, 2013 Wal-Mart wants to crowdsource delivery, while Google chases same-day On the heels of launching its in-store delivery locker program to compete with Amazon Locker, Wal-Mart has announced it’s toying with the idea of having in-store customers deliver online orders to … Commerce Weekly: Best Buy wants to end showrooming, Google wants to startBy Jenn WebbFebruary 21, 2013 Google takes on brick-and-mortar; Best Buy takes on ecommerce The Google retail store rumor ignited again this week. Seth Weintraub reported at 9to5Google that “[a]n extremely reliable source has confirmed to us that Google is in the process of building … Commerce Weekly: Best Buy wants to end showrooming, Google wants to startBy Jenn WebbFebruary 21, 2013 Google takes on brick-and-mortar; Best Buy takes on ecommerce The Google retail store rumor ignited again this week. Seth Weintraub reported at 9to5Google that “[a]n extremely reliable source has confirmed to us that Google is in the process of building … Five key takeaways from TOC NY 2013By Joe WikertFebruary 18, 2013 TOC NY 2013 is a wrap and based on the feedback I’ve received so far I think it was one of our best. When Kat and I closed the event Thursday afternoon we both shared thoughts on the most important … Commerce Weekly: Google targets Amazon’s shopping platformBy Jenn WebbFebruary 7, 2013 Google acquires Channel Intelligence, pursues Amazon shoppers In a recent post at Wired, Marcus Wohlsen took a look at the success of Google’s switch last fall to all-paid product listings — such as the top result for a search for … Commerce Weekly: Google targets Amazon’s shopping platformBy Jenn WebbFebruary 7, 2013 Google acquires Channel Intelligence, pursues Amazon shoppers In a recent post at Wired, Marcus Wohlsen took a look at the success of Google’s switch last fall to all-paid product listings — such as the top result for a search for … Commerce Weekly: Goodbye traditional retail, hello ecommerceBy Jenn WebbJanuary 31, 2013 Here are a few stories that caught my attention in the commerce space this week. Death bells toll for brick-and-mortar retail A recent report from mobile analytics startup Flurry looked at the growth in consumer use of shopping apps and … Commerce Weekly: Goodbye traditional retail, hello ecommerceBy Jenn WebbJanuary 31, 2013 Here are a few stories that caught my attention in the commerce space this week. Death bells toll for brick-and-mortar retail A recent report from mobile analytics startup Flurry looked at the growth in consumer use of shopping apps and … Photos on the cloud, and your metadata
By Uche OgbujiDecember 13, 2012 There are many tempting offerings for storing and sharing photos in the cloud. But not only should you be wary of combining those two functions, but if you care about your photos metadata, you should be very wary about storing photos with the current crop of popular cloud offerings. Panjiva uses government data to build a global search engine for commerceBy Alex HowardDecember 6, 2012 “If you go back to how we got started,” mused Josh Green, “government data really is at the heart of that story.” Green, who co-founded Panjiva with Jim Psota in 2006, was demonstrating the newest version of Panjiva.com to me … Commerce Weekly: Mobile wallets and NFC get a global partnership platformBy Jenn WebbNovember 1, 2012 Here are a few stories that caught my attention in the commerce space this week. Vodafone partners up to launch a new mobile wallet platform Yet another mobile wallet is gearing up to hit the market in 2013. Vodafone announced … Commerce Weekly: Targeting AmazonBy Jenn WebbOctober 18, 2012 Here are a few stories that caught my attention in the commerce space this week. Strategic maneuvers aimed at Amazon Retail competition against Amazon is starting to heat up coming into the holiday shopping season. On the heels of Wal-Mart’s … Commerce Weekly: Big data in retailBy Jenn WebbSeptember 20, 2012 Here are a few stories from the commerce space that caught my attention this week: Mom and pops sidelined by big data? Gary Hawkins at the Harvard Business Review took a look this week at marketing and research in the … Commerce Weekly: Apple buys into NFC security August 2, 2012 Here are a few stories that caught my attention in the commerce space this week. Apple looking to secure NFC? Further fueling the rumors the next gen iPhone will include NFC (there hardly seems to be much doubt at this … Commerce Weekly: Amazon chases immediate gratificationJuly 19, 2012 Changes of heart in its war against state taxes illuminates Amazon's next strategy, JC Penney will have mobile checkouts by the end of 2013, and PayPal acquires Card.io (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.) Top Stories: July 2-6, 2012 
By Mac SlocumJuly 6, 2012 This week on O'Reilly: Andy Kirk made the case for open-minded criticism of visualizations, Brett Slatkin explained why you still need to own a website, and Greenleaf Book Group CEO Clint Greenleaf discussed the complicated relationship between publishers and Amazon. Commerce Weekly: Lessons for ecommerce in store closings and old supply chains July 5, 2012 An analyst says online commerce is a descendant (and a return) of the circa-1900s catalog model, Deutsche Telekom partners with MasterCard for its mobile wallet platform, and NFC keychains may spark technology solutions. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.) Commerce Weekly: Couch commerce gets a boostJune 14, 2012 TiVo and PayPal hope consumers will shop from the couch, Sprint wants its own wallet, and Apple has 400 million active accounts. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.) Commerce Weekly: Mobile commerce is on the rise globallyApril 26, 2012 TNS Global's Mobile Life Survey results are out, the EU is investigating a mobile wallet project, and Boston rail commuters soon can pay fares with their smartphones. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.) Top stories: February 20-24, 2012
By Mac SlocumFebruary 24, 2012 This week on O'Reilly: Alex Howard examined data's civic role, Dr. Farzad Mostashari discussed health IT and patient empowerment, and Edd Dumbill surveyed big data cloud offerings. Commerce Weekly: The mobile payment system that's ready nowFebruary 23, 2012 Direct billing stretches beyond its gaming roots, social commerce disappoints, and a refresher on how to dial a phone. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.) Four short links: 6 February 2012
By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 6, 2012 Jirafe -- open source e-commerce analytics for Magento platform. iModela -- a $1000 3D milling machine. (via BoingBoing) It's Too Late to Save The Common Web (Robert Scoble) -- paraphrased: "Four years ago, I told you all that Google and Facebook were evil. You did nothing, which is why I must now use Google and Facebook." His list of... Commerce Weekly: The return of iPhone NFC rumorsFebruary 2, 2012 When will Apple bring mobile commerce to the iOS masses? Also, PayPal studies consumer behavior at the cash register and Square collects for candidates. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.) Commerce Weekly: Target doesn't want to be the showroom for online retailersJanuary 26, 2012 Target asks vendors for exclusive products so online retailers can't sweep in with lower prices. Also, Apple's monster earnings included strong iTunes growth. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.) Commerce Weekly: Report criticizes "feeble" mobile strategies of posh retailersJanuary 12, 2012 A survey finds high-end brands are neglecting their mobile strategies. Also, Sprint rolls out two new Google Wallet phones, and PayPal's mobile volume beats its own guesses. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.) The hidden language and "wonderful experience" of product reviews January 9, 2012 How much is an Amazon review — good or bad — worth? Computer scientist and NYU professor Panagiotis Ipeirotis analyzed the text in thousands of Amazon reviews to find out. The hidden language and "wonderful experience" of product reviewsBy Ciara ByrneJanuary 9, 2012 How much is an Amazon review — good or bad — worth? Computer scientist and NYU professor Panagiotis Ipeirotis analyzed the text in thousands of Amazon reviews to find out. A young entrepreneur's perspective on Angolan innovationBy Suzanne AxtellDecember 1, 2011 Infonauta founder Nyanga Tyitapeka says Angola is on the cusp of a technology explosion. Mobile and data are overcoming low levels of literacy to change the lives of everyday Angolans. A young entrepreneur's perspective on Angolan innovationBy Suzanne AxtellDecember 1, 2011 Infonauta founder Nyanga Tyitapeka says Angola is on the cusp of a technology explosion. Mobile and data are overcoming low levels of literacy to change the lives of everyday Angolans. Jonathan's Card: Lessons from a social experiment November 21, 2011 Jonathan Stark raised eyebrows last summer when he made his Starbucks card available for anyone to use. Here, Stark looks back on the "Jonathan's Card" experiment and examines its lessons. Commerce Weekly: Bring your mobile to Black FridayNovember 17, 2011 Brick-and-mortar retailers adopt the "if you can't beat 'em ..." attitude toward mobile devices. Elsewhere, Android developers are intrigued by the Kindle Fire, and Square wants to put loyalty program punch cards out to pasture. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.) Commerce Weekly: Chasing down abandoned shopping cartsNovember 10, 2011 In the latest commerce news: Online retailers want to reunite customers with their abandoned shopping carts, Intuit aims at Square with a deal for AT&T subscribers, and PayPal takes a baby step toward NFC. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.) Commerce Weekly: Chasing down abandoned shopping cartsNovember 10, 2011 In the latest commerce news: Online retailers want to reunite customers with their abandoned shopping carts, Intuit aims at Square with a deal for AT&T subscribers, and PayPal takes a baby step toward NFC. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.) ePayments Week: Is "0000" your passcode? July 21, 2011 In the latest ePayments Week: 10 iPhone passcodes make up 15% of all those in use. Also, Google In-App spreads its wings beyond the Chrome store, Isis signs deals with major credit cards, and execs expect mCommerce to be mainstream in 4 years. ePayments Week: Contactless payment (and zombie survival tactics)July 14, 2011 PayPal preps NFC payments, while parent eBay buys Zong to add direct billing to wireless accounts to its toolkit. Also, the three types of social commerce and who's driving them. ePayments Week: AliPay gets physicalJuly 7, 2011 China's top online payment service launches a barcode payment system. Also, an app looks for acoustic fingerprints and mCommerce is predicted to hit $670 billion by 2015. ePayments Week: Google goes patent shopping December 17, 2010 In the first edition of ePayment Week: Is there a connection between Android 2.3 and Google's purchase of Zetawire? Plus: News on Visa's iPhone app and Zynga's disinterest in advertising. Opening up the mobile walletBy Matthew RussellOctober 19, 2010 Three executives from companies immersed in the mobile payment space (PayPal, Eventbrite and iConcessionStand) weigh in on the current and near-term state of mobile commerce. Innovation from the Edges: PayPal Taps the Developer Community to Build Next-Gen Payment Apps 
By James TurnerDecember 14, 2009 Two enduring tenets of Web 2.0 are "A platform beats an application every time" and "All the smart people don't work for you." Companies that take those bits of wisdom to heart find ways to engage developer communities to extend their products--and the result can be creative, surprising new applications that would never have been developed from within. Online payment giant PayPal recently announced the PayPal X APIs, a new group of developer APIs designed to enable new applications that can more tightly integrate with PayPal services. To encourage developers to create some awesome applications with the APIs, PayPal is offering prizes $100,000 and $50,000 (in cash plus waived transaction fees) for the best new applications. We caught up with PayPal's director for their Developer Network, Naveed Anwar, as he prepared to deliver a talk in Beijing, and he filled us in on what the new PayPal APIs bring to the table for application designers, and laid out the details of the challenge. Vendor Relationship Management workshop
By Andy OramOctober 14, 2009 CRM can offer many valuable benefits, but ultimately the control lies with the vendor. A Vendor Relationship Management workshop at Harvard looked at what it would take to leave control with the customers. ICANN without restraints: the difficulties of coordinating stakeholders
By Andy OramOctober 2, 2009 The U.S. Department of Commerce, which is ICANN's publicly accountable overseer, announced the most important decision affecting ICANN since its founding: the U.S. government will give up its role as overseer and make ICANN independent. Beautiful Trade: Rethinking E-Commerce Security 
By Allen NorenJune 1, 2009 Following is an excerpt from Beautiful Security: Leading Security Experts Explain How They Think, by Andy Oram and John Viega (Adapted for the web). Information security has always been one of the largest barriers to e-commerce. Those of us... 1 to 42 of 42 Stay Connected
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