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Global e-commerce transactions predicted to hit $8tn by 2027

Global e-commerce transactions predicted to hit $8tn by 2027

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5 ways retail will double-down on digital in 2023

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Apple's iPhone 6 prototype has attracted bids of $99,800 on eBay after the seller managed to get hold of a prototype phone that was sent directly to him. There is no certainty the phone works and, it seems, some people have more money than sense. Image: eBay

iPhone 6 prototype selling for $99,800 on eBay

7 Oct 2014

eBay's President and Chief Executive John Donahoe says the plan to separate the company from PayPal makes strategic business sense, particularly in the longer term. Image:

PayPal to split from eBay

1 Oct 2014

The use of Cloud services means that piracy of music, videos and other content is rampant according to a report published in Washington. Image:

Piracy thrives through Cloud services

19 Sep 2014

Yelp has been fined $450,000 by the FTC for allowing under-age children to register on its site and for not protecting their privacy. Image:

Yelp agrees to pay fine for child privacy violations

18 Sep 2014

Bono, frontman for U2 has released an album on iTunes that is free to those users who have an iTunes account. Image:

U2's new album free on iTunes

11 Sep 2014

Jeff Bezos with Amazon's Fire smartphone. The phone is offered free to users in the UK if they have a contract with O2. In Germany and the US, users pay a dollar or a euro on contract. Image:

Amazon's new 'Fire' smartphone for Britain, Germany

10 Sep 2014

Twitter is testing a buy button to see if users want to buy products or respond to adverts on the one-to-many messaging service. Image:

Twitter adds 'buy buttons' to adverts

9 Sep 2014

The FTC's Edith Ramirez has ruled that Google must refund users whose children made purchase from the Google Play store without authorisation. Image: FTC

Google to repay $19m for apps bought by children

5 Sep 2014

Google will spend $250m over five years to prevent the illegal sale of medicines in the US from Canadian companies using its AdWords platform. Image:

Google sets $250m aside to stop illegal online pharmacies

11 Aug 2014

Facebook's Joe Sullivan has confirmed the company has bought PrivateCore to improve security on all its servers. Image:

Facebook buys security startup PrivateCore

8 Aug 2014

US attorney Sally Quillian Yates says that each one of the people included in the indictments will be prosecuted under US law for piracy and theft of intellectual property. Image:

Android app pirates face prosecution

22 Jul 2014

With the click of the 'Buy' button on Facebook, users will immediately be able to buy products directly from the distributors or retailers. Image:

Facebook tests 'buy' button on some pages

21 Jul 2014

Amazon's subscription service takes on other subscription services offering users access to titles in their stores for $9.95. Image:

E-book subscription deal from Amazon

21 Jul 2014

Google remains at the top of the digital advertising spend, with Microsoft showing strong growth alongside Facebook and Twitter, while Yahoo's share continues to drop. Image: Isolated Images

Microsoft gets more ads than Yahoo

16 Jul 2014

Uber has added $1.4bn to its funding and will use the money to expand services to other cities. Image:

Uber taxi app worth $17bn as new funds come in

9 Jun 2014

Hachette Book Group's offices in New York. Hachette says it is not prepared to meet Amazon's demands for better terms and conditions particularly on pricing. Image:

Amazon.com 'not optimistic' about Hachette book deal

28 May 2014

Shopping cart abandonment syndrome: The future of retail is now

Shopping cart abandonment syndrome: The future of retail is now

Mark Kirkpartick 20 May 2014

A version of the Xbox without motion detection is being offered to customers by Microsoft for US$100 less than the Kinect version. Image:

Price reduced on motionless Xbox units

14 May 2014

Online shopping in the US is likely to be worth US$294bn this year according to Forrester Research. Image: Doomu

Mobile driving up US online retail sales

13 May 2014

Yahoo sees signs of growth in core business

Yahoo sees signs of growth in core business

16 Apr 2014

Icann's headquarters in the US where the .wine and .vin will be held for the next 60 days. Image: Wikipedia

Internet lords keep .wine and .vin bottled

8 Apr 2014

Amazon's Fire TV bundle that will offer streaming video in competition with Hulu and Netflix. Image:

Amazon launches new device for streaming video

3 Apr 2014

Cyber-crime is now a well organised 'economy' says Juniper Networks. Image: Chanpipat

Cybercrime is part of online economy says study

26 Mar 2014

The creator of the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee. Image:

World Wide Web now 25 years old

12 Mar 2014

The overall gaming market in the US is worth more than US$1bn a year says NPD. Image: Nirots

PS4 tops list as US videogame console sales climb

14 Feb 2014

Facebook's 'Like' financial settlement has been rejected by children's rights groups. Image: Sira Anamwong

Watchdog groups fire at Facebook privacy case deal

14 Feb 2014

More than 25m adults worldwide are using dating sites to cheat on their partners. Image: Photostock

Online adultery booming as cheating sites surge

13 Feb 2014

Rubbish translations of some classic novels have been pulled from Amazon's Kindle store. Image:

Amazon pulls mangled ebooks from Kindle shelves

10 Feb 2014

Beyonce's new album sells over 800,000 copies via iTunes. Image: Beyonce.com

Beyonce album breaks iTunes sales record

17 Dec 2013

Spotify's Daniel Ek has confirmed that it will stream music to smartphones and tablets for free. Image:

Spotify goes mobile with free music streaming

13 Dec 2013

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eBay's President and Chief Executive John Donahoe says the plan to separate the company from PayPal makes strategic business sense, particularly in the longer term. Image:

PayPal to split from eBay

1 Oct 2014

The use of Cloud services means that piracy of music, videos and other content is rampant according to a report published in Washington. Image:

Piracy thrives through Cloud services

19 Sep 2014

Yelp has been fined $450,000 by the FTC for allowing under-age children to register on its site and for not protecting their privacy. Image:

Yelp agrees to pay fine for child privacy violations

18 Sep 2014

Bono, frontman for U2 has released an album on iTunes that is free to those users who have an iTunes account. Image:

U2's new album free on iTunes

11 Sep 2014

Jeff Bezos with Amazon's Fire smartphone. The phone is offered free to users in the UK if they have a contract with O2. In Germany and the US, users pay a dollar or a euro on contract. Image:

Amazon's new 'Fire' smartphone for Britain, Germany

10 Sep 2014

Twitter is testing a buy button to see if users want to buy products or respond to adverts on the one-to-many messaging service. Image:

Twitter adds 'buy buttons' to adverts

9 Sep 2014

The FTC's Edith Ramirez has ruled that Google must refund users whose children made purchase from the Google Play store without authorisation. Image: FTC

Google to repay $19m for apps bought by children

5 Sep 2014

Google will spend $250m over five years to prevent the illegal sale of medicines in the US from Canadian companies using its AdWords platform. Image:

Google sets $250m aside to stop illegal online pharmacies

11 Aug 2014

Facebook's Joe Sullivan has confirmed the company has bought PrivateCore to improve security on all its servers. Image:

Facebook buys security startup PrivateCore

8 Aug 2014

US attorney Sally Quillian Yates says that each one of the people included in the indictments will be prosecuted under US law for piracy and theft of intellectual property. Image:

Android app pirates face prosecution

22 Jul 2014

With the click of the 'Buy' button on Facebook, users will immediately be able to buy products directly from the distributors or retailers. Image:

Facebook tests 'buy' button on some pages

21 Jul 2014

Amazon's subscription service takes on other subscription services offering users access to titles in their stores for $9.95. Image:

E-book subscription deal from Amazon

21 Jul 2014

Google remains at the top of the digital advertising spend, with Microsoft showing strong growth alongside Facebook and Twitter, while Yahoo's share continues to drop. Image: Isolated Images

Microsoft gets more ads than Yahoo

16 Jul 2014

Uber has added $1.4bn to its funding and will use the money to expand services to other cities. Image:

Uber taxi app worth $17bn as new funds come in

9 Jun 2014

Hachette Book Group's offices in New York. Hachette says it is not prepared to meet Amazon's demands for better terms and conditions particularly on pricing. Image:

Amazon.com 'not optimistic' about Hachette book deal

28 May 2014

Shopping cart abandonment syndrome: The future of retail is now

Shopping cart abandonment syndrome: The future of retail is now

Mark Kirkpartick 20 May 2014

A version of the Xbox without motion detection is being offered to customers by Microsoft for US$100 less than the Kinect version. Image:

Price reduced on motionless Xbox units

14 May 2014

Online shopping in the US is likely to be worth US$294bn this year according to Forrester Research. Image: Doomu

Mobile driving up US online retail sales

13 May 2014

Yahoo sees signs of growth in core business

Yahoo sees signs of growth in core business

16 Apr 2014

Icann's headquarters in the US where the .wine and .vin will be held for the next 60 days. Image: Wikipedia

Internet lords keep .wine and .vin bottled

8 Apr 2014

Amazon's Fire TV bundle that will offer streaming video in competition with Hulu and Netflix. Image:

Amazon launches new device for streaming video

3 Apr 2014

Cyber-crime is now a well organised 'economy' says Juniper Networks. Image: Chanpipat

Cybercrime is part of online economy says study

26 Mar 2014

The creator of the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee. Image:

World Wide Web now 25 years old

12 Mar 2014

The overall gaming market in the US is worth more than US$1bn a year says NPD. Image: Nirots

PS4 tops list as US videogame console sales climb

14 Feb 2014

Facebook's 'Like' financial settlement has been rejected by children's rights groups. Image: Sira Anamwong

Watchdog groups fire at Facebook privacy case deal

14 Feb 2014

More than 25m adults worldwide are using dating sites to cheat on their partners. Image: Photostock

Online adultery booming as cheating sites surge

13 Feb 2014

Rubbish translations of some classic novels have been pulled from Amazon's Kindle store. Image:

Amazon pulls mangled ebooks from Kindle shelves

10 Feb 2014

Beyonce's new album sells over 800,000 copies via iTunes. Image: Beyonce.com

Beyonce album breaks iTunes sales record

17 Dec 2013

Spotify's Daniel Ek has confirmed that it will stream music to smartphones and tablets for free. Image:

Spotify goes mobile with free music streaming

13 Dec 2013

Yan LeCun has joined Facebook to work on a project that will develop artificial intelligence. Image:

Facebook joins NYU in artificial intelligence lab

11 Dec 2013

Cyber Monday saw online retailers record spectacular sales from mobile devices and tablets. Image: Doomu

'Cyber Monday' sales top USD2bn, boosted by mobile

4 Dec 2013

Connected cars are creating major distractions and dangers for drivers. Image:

Driven to distraction by in-car gadgets

21 Nov 2013

Activision's Call of Duty Ghosts shoots the lights out with sales of US1bn. Image:

Call of Duty rakes in US$1bn in first day

7 Nov 2013

Reports say YouTube is ready for paid music service

Reports say YouTube is ready for paid music service

28 Oct 2013

Microsoft unfazed by 'lightweight' Apple software

Microsoft unfazed by 'lightweight' Apple software

25 Oct 2013

European smartphone owners make online purchases via their device

European smartphone owners make online purchases via their device

24 Oct 2013

Apple's existing range of iPads. Image: Apple

Apple expected to improve iPad line

22 Oct 2013

Facebook becomes Google advertising ally

Facebook becomes Google advertising ally

21 Oct 2013

Microsoft releases Windows 8.1, in restart

Microsoft releases Windows 8.1, in restart

18 Oct 2013

Facebook takes off 'invisibility cloak' for users

Facebook takes off 'invisibility cloak' for users

14 Oct 2013

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