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Amazon’s Latest Delivery Scheme Involves Handing Over Your Car Keys

"We believe that using in-car delivery for high-value items that you don't want sitting on a front stoop or in the rain is a strong benefit for our customers," he told the E-Commerce Times Customers need to download the Amazon Key app, link their Amazon shopping account with t...

Google Puts a Lid on Mysterious ‘Self-Spamming’

In these types of attacks, the hackers manipulate email metadata or directly impersonate the sending domain, which allows them to bypass pre-delivery filters, he told the E-Commerce Times. "While cloud-native email providers are more secure than their on-premises counterparts...

5 Ways to Build Community Around Your Brand

"It creates loyalty. Whilst the majority of retail brands are seeking people to buy from them, the community-minded brand invites people to buy into their brand," he told the E-Commerce Times. What are the best ways to build this community? What kinds of community are most ef...

Honesty Proves Best Policy for Closing B2B Deals: Study

"That means in processes and sectors where trust is a critical issue, including B2B software, concerns are even higher than normal -- and for good reason," he told the E-Commerce Times Trust is a critical component of big-ticket software purchases, according to Gerry Giacoman ...

GOVERNMENT IT REPORT

Federal Programs to Spur Private Sector IT Engagement

"Going forward, this needs to be a sustained, multiyear commitment to fully fund and implement the law to achieve its ultimate goal of modernizing the federal government's IT systems with more secure technologies," he told the E-Commerce Times. "As we look ahead to the next appropriations bill due by Sept. 30, TechNet is urging Congress to provide the full funding necessary to ensure we are doing everything we can to modernize our federal government's IT systems." ...

Amazon, Best Buy Unite on Smart TV Strategy

"Many other consumer electronics products are purchased on specification, but our experience is that consumers in the U.S. still prefer to evaluate the performance of audio and video products before purchasing," he told the E-Commerce Times "This is especially true with bigger...

Planned Apple News Subscription Service Could Address Fake News, Pay Walls

"Subscribers keep coming back, so it's a more stable model than an ad-based business," he told the E-Commerce Times. With satisfaction declining in news published on social media, Apple may be positioning itself to become a trusted source of online news....

Facebook Peddles Future Behavior Data to Advertisers

"They aren't receiving a wide array of messages that might not concern them," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Instead, the ads consumers are getting are tailored to their interests and benefits." Predictive advertising can have its drawbacks, though, observed Charles King, prin...

Lawmakers Lean In on Facebook

"The whole reason why we put this initiative together is that significant abuses are happening with data," Arney told the E-Commerce Times Backers have nearly all the signatures they need to get the initiative on the ballot this fall, he said....

House Critics Grill Zuckerberg Over Political Bias, Privacy

"We're skeptical of Congress' ability to get meaningful reforms passed," he told the E-Commerce Times, "but we look forward to reviewing any statutory language as it's proposed." Cambridge Analytica Fallout...

Zuckerberg Bobs, Weaves at Senate Hearing

"Zuckerberg was trying to be as candid as the situation allows -- which also includes gently educating some senators on technology, not just privacy and platforms -- and staying in the Q&A time of each senator," Kurtzman told the E-Commerce Times. "He was skillfully avoiding the rabbit hole of every data point measured and stored and how that has evolved...

Model-Based Structure: Key to Success in a Data-Driven World

"According to a recent McKinsey survey, companies that can consistently deploy models in production have a 7.4 percent profit margin advantage over their peers," he told the E-Commerce Times Such model-driven companies develop more breakthrough products while simultaneously an...

Mysterious Disappearance of Zuck Posts Rings Another Facebook Alarm Bell

"We want Facebook to suspend the service pending resolution of the FTC investigation," Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, told the E-Commerce Times. The FTC did receive the request from EPIC and the other groups, FTC spokesperson ...

No Cure for Cyber Insecurity?

The personal data stolen in past attacks enhances the efficacy of future attacks, he told the E-Commerce Times. Executive impersonation scams, for example, have risen 300 percent over the past year. Nearly one in three executives have fallen victim to these type of attacks, e...

Facebook Declares Open Season on Russian Trolls

"Facebook's worst enemy may be its business model," he told The E-Commerce Times. Breaking Down the Takedown...

Many Small Businesses Take DIY Path to Mobile Apps

"Most small businesses will do well with a mobile website that is optimized for mobile," he told the E-Commerce Times. Although "a download is less of a barrier than it used to be for a small firm, people just probably want to visit their site and not download an app." If a ...

4 Ways SMB Etailers Can Manage Facebook Fears

Consumers might be less willing to click on their ads or otherwise interact with them on Facebook, she told the E-Commerce Times If the scandal drives a significant number of people off Facebook, SMBs' marketing effectiveness on the network will decline, said Rob Enderle, prin...

Trump Rails at Amazon Over Taxes, USPS, Local Retail

It's more likely that the president's tweet reflects his issues with Bezos over politics than serious concerns about Amazon's business model, Paula Rosenblum, managing partner at RSR Research, told the E-Commerce Times Trump's concerns have more to do with politics and The Was...

Facebook Takes Baby Steps Toward Rebuilding Trust

"That's a hard standard to meet, especially when trust is the currency," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Facebook has a unique opportunity to reinvent a business model that improves relevant engagements, minimizes misleading news, and connects relevant content from advertiser...

GOVERNMENT IT REPORT

FTC Signals Tougher Stance on Mobile Privacy Protection

"It's a process of 'legislation by consent decree,'" he told the E-Commerce Times, "which the agency uses in preference to a limited ability for rulemaking." The report puts the industry on notice that adoption of the FTC's recommendations is important, suggests a commentar...

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