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Publishing Models for Internet Commerce

By Andrew Savikas
October 11, 2009

Last week I pointed to a 1994 interview Tim O'Reilly did that touched on the impact the Web would have on publishing. A nice contemporary companion is this 1995...

Beautiful Trade: Rethinking E-Commerce Security

By Allen Noren
June 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...

Web 2.0 Meets Car 5.0

By James Turner
August 14, 2008

As anyone who's shopping for a car recently knows, the Web has changed car buying as drastically as it changed DVD rentals or book buying. The two forces that it brings together to empower consumers should be familiar to students of internet commerce. Firstly, it increases the amount of data available with which to negotiate, and it allows geographically distant businesses to compete for my trade.

So Long Simon Delivers

By Chris Josephes
July 16, 2008

Simon Delivers, the first online grocery store in Minnesota, is shutting down.

News Roundup: Kindle Price Drop and Rough Title Figures, Borders Goes Solo on New Web Site, Long-Term Google Questions

By Mac Slocum
May 30, 2008

Kindle Bits: Price Drop and Rough Title Sales Figures Speaking at the D6 Conference, Jeff Bezos offered a glimpse into the Kindle's sales impact. From D6 Highlights: On a title-by-title basis, [Bezos] says, Kindle unit sales now account for...

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