ecommerce

Mobile commerce 'teeny' now, but will grow to 'small' by 2016

Posted June 17, 2011 - 12:18 pm

Forrester Research says mobile commerce will grow 40% a year through 2016, but the total numbers will be modest relative to overall web sales.
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iPad app lets you pay just by saying your name

Posted May 31, 2011 - 5:03 pm

I repeat. YOUR name.
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eBay shares fall on pricey purchase of GSI Commerce

Posted March 28, 2011 - 5:07 pm

Wall Street's initial reaction to eBay's announced acquisition of ecommerce services player GSI Commerce (NASDAQ: GSIC) for $2.4 billion could be summed up in two words: eBay overpaid.
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Jon Bon Jovi gets it wrong in attack on Apple's Steve Jobs

Posted March 17, 2011 - 11:10 am

With so many legitimate reasons to criticize Jobs, why blame him for killing an industry he actually helped save?
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Amazon sells CD-ROM for $3 billion

Posted January 12, 2010 - 6:00 pm

If you see a $3 billion price tag on anything that isn't, say, an aircraft carrier or a railroad tunnel, it's probably a misprint.
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When to shop online

Posted December 9, 2009 - 9:41 am

Attention cyber shoppers! You may want to consider doing your online shopping during business hours -- and not just because it's more fun than working.
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Authorize.net categorizes downtime events as 'a perfect storm'

Posted July 6, 2009 - 7:58 am

Now that the smoke has cleared (literally), we find out a bit more about what happened to Authorize.net's services as a result of the Fisher Plaza data center fire.
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Fire brings down authorize.net services

Posted July 3, 2009 - 2:59 pm

Details are still trickling in, but a fire in Authorize.net primary data center in Seattle took the service off line for a few hours today. The backup data center was also impacted, but details are still hazy. Service should be back online by the time you read this.
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New Zealand toddler buys $12,000 earthmover in online auction

Posted June 1, 2009 - 10:00 am

Is constantly buying new Bob the Builder toys cutting into your family budget? Well, then, be glad three-year-old Pipi Quinlan isn't your daughter.
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RitzCamera.com Explains it All

Posted September 23, 2008 - 4:31 pm

The people at RitzCamera.com did their homework and finally got back to me. Their order-processing system workflow screwed up, but we can blame the government, too.
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If You Are This Stupid, You Don’t Deserve To Be In Business

Posted September 9, 2008 - 10:44 am

In my personal opinion, which is mine alone and in no way reflects the opinions of the Web site on which youâ€™re reading this or its parent company, my online shopping experience with RitzCamera.com makes them the stupidest, most incompetent, inept, bungling, unskilled, worthless company Iâ€™ve ever written about in 20 years of technology journalism.
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