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Powerful Enterprise-Class Chromebooks May Make Windows Exit Possible

"Dell's new Latitude Chromebooks highlight the continuing move away from homogeneous personal computing that has been going on since BYOD programs were announced a decade ago," he told the E-Commerce Times Those "bring your own device" efforts highlighted the need for organiza...

Making It in Multichannel E-Commerce

"There are hosted online stores, big marketplaces like Amazon or Walmart where third-party sellers list their items, and social media platforms like Instagram or Pinterest that have recently added shopping features. If you're listing your products on any of these channels at the same time, you're partaking in multichannel e-commerce," he told the E-Commerce Times...

Facebook Gives Privacy-Minded Users Some Control Over Activity Tracking

It is "also likely an effort to stay one step ahead of regulators, in the U.S. and abroad, that are cracking down on Facebook's ad targeting practices," she told the E-Commerce Times. The rollout of the new tool follows Facebook's announcement last month that it would give us...

US Backs Off Huawei Export Ban for 90 Days

"All vendors are involved in the same standards bodies, are treated the same, and go through thorough evaluation conducted by various agencies," he told the E-Commerce Times Nevertheless, the U.S. has reason to be concerned about doing business with Chinese tech companies, acc...

Faulty Driver Coding Exposes Microsoft Windows to Malware Risks

"Once we started the process of exploring the drivers these tools used we kept finding more and more of these issues," he told the E-Commerce Times The driver design flaws allow attackers to escalate user privilege so they can access the OS kernel mode. That escalation allows ...

Spotify for Podcasters Hits the Open Road

"It is critical to building a podcasting business if you know how to use it," he told the E-Commerce Times. "You can get a better sense of your audience and use that to attract advertisers and refine your content." The dashboard is available globally but currently is rendered ...

The Apple Card Difference: Security

"It's possible to buy apps right now that virtualize your conventional credit cards for use with your smartphone," he told the E-Commerce Times Apple does not receive information about where customers shop, what they buy, or how much they pay....

How to Exert Privacy Control Over Your Home Speakers

"The associated devices will still log the activity made between the various paired apps and will still need to be listening at all times in order for consumers to actually use them on a daily basis," he told the E-Commerce Times. Potential Privacy Provocations...

Google, VMware Partnership Extends Hybrid Cloud Reach

The multi-cloud approach is "hot, because of the need to put storage in one place, tools in another, and artificial intelligence and machine learning still somewhere else to optimize compute time and cost while avoiding vendor lock-in," he told the E-Commerce Times. CloudSimp...

Square Opens Robotic Photo Studio for SMB Etailers

"It's likely a step in the process to develop something that doesn't require shipping and provide the same result," he told the E-Commerce Times. Photo Studio's Downside ...

Equifax Data Breach Settlement No Wrist Slap

"They're going to be asking people to claim how they were harmed financially from this," he told the E-Commerce Times. "While this was a huge breach, the information never appeared on the dark Web, and people were not really harmed financially as much as we all feared," Ross...

Facebook Unfazed by $5B FTC Settlement

"One can clearly see that because Facebook preannounced the fine by setting aside $5 billion for the FTC investigation," he told the E-Commerce Times "The fine emerges as an insignificant penalty for the company, much in the same way that antitrust fines in Europe had little i...

Mnuchin Sounds Alarm Over Facebook’s Money-Minting Plan

"Bitcoin provides an independent monetary policy in its nature, and it's competing with fiats," Xing told the E-Commerce Times "In the end, technology trumps even Trump," quipped Steven Eliscu, senior vice president of corporate development at DMG, a blockchain and cryptocurre...

The Subscription Model: The Shining Star of E-Commerce

"Typically, by the second or third month, most dogs will recognize that box and go crazy when they see it. Nothing makes true dog people happier than seeing their dog go nuts with excitement," she told the E-Commerce Times Subscriptions can be beneficial both for companies, wh...

E-Commerce Startup Bolt Snags $68M to Grow Checkout Biz

"Think Paypal. You don't need to enter anything except your PayPal account ID and password, and it charges your credit card and provides the billing and shipping information to the merchant," he told the E-Commerce Times. Checkout and payment processing tools are crucial for ...

Workers’ Prime Day Strike Could Pose a Problem for Amazon

"We provide great employment opportunities with excellent pay -- ranging from (US)$16.25 to $20.80 an hour -- and comprehensive benefits including healthcare, up to 20 weeks parental leave, paid education, promotional opportunities, and more," she told the E-Commerce Times. A...

The Growing Menace of Weaponized Deepfakes

"Much fewer are aware of how realistic fake videos have become and how easily they can be made in order to spread disinformation, destroy reputations, or disrupt democratic processes," Rahim told the E-Commerce Times "In the wrong hands, deepfakes spread through the Internet, ...

LinkedIn Tweaks Its Algorithms to Skew Feeds to User Interests

One selects likely content for a member's feed, and the other finalizes what actually pops up in the feed, he told the E-Commerce Times One algorithm is called "Community-focused Feed Optimization," and the other is called "Communities AI: Building Communities Around Interests...

The Greening of E-Commerce

"Many models are currently being tested, from hyperlocal warehouses to drone deliveries, eco-friendly urban delivery services and many more," he told the E-Commerce Times. "All these innovations revolve around reducing time to delivery and cost of delivery. Fuel cost is still a major cost component of transportation. Mass introduction of electric vehicles will totally change that cost structure."

Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency May Revolutionize E-Commerce

"It is going to enable cross-border commerce and peer to peer payments," he told the E-Commerce Times. "This allows for easier transactions without the onerous middleman fees, and will reduce fraud, which can take up to 25 percent of a sale. If you had to start from scratch and reimagine P2P (peer-to-peer) payments, you'd want the attributes Libra and Facebook offer."

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