E-Commerce

Google uses India to test ‘deliver to the house near the post office’ feature

Ads and search giant also open sources offensive stereotype database, and gives Amazon a poke

Software29 Jun 2023 | 16

Amazon a prime target of warehouse law protecting bathroom breaks

Glad these lawmakers didn't bottle it

On-Prem18 May 2023 | 31

Meta wheels out Deloitte to plug the metaverse. Is anyone actually convinced?

Comment All these analysts know is that their gut says... maybe

Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 37

Shopify sees $1.5B loss turn into $68M profit, celebrates by firing 20% of staff

Thanks for your service, now push off

Personal Tech04 May 2023 | 4

SHEIN has the look of America's next tech-meets-geopolitics fit-up

Chinese fast fashion vendor could be this season's TikTok thanks to alleged tax evasion, slave labour, toxic goods, and an outsized carbon footprint

Personal Tech29 Mar 2023 | 18

The most bizarre online replacement items in your delivered shopping?

A consumer campaign group's food hall of shame: sticky tape instead of loo rolls, dog chews for chicken breasts

Offbeat27 Mar 2023 | 100

Google suspends top Chinese shopping app Pinduoduo

Alleges it’s infected with malware – but not the version in its own digital tat bazaar

Security21 Mar 2023 | 4

You're Shipt outta luck: App sued for treating delivery workers as contractors

'No, no, they're shoppers, not employees' ain't gonna fly with DC AG

Personal Tech27 Oct 2022 | 47

EU companies claim Google still abusing its Shopping power

Search giant's 'Shopping Units need to go,' say coalition of 43 online comparison tools

Legal17 Oct 2022 | 10

PayPal decides fining people $2,500 for 'misinformation' wasn't a great idea

It'll just go back to randomly shutting down accounts

Personal Tech10 Oct 2022 | 85

Amazon halts work on ‘Scout’ delivery-bot that delivered parcels no faster than humans

Meanwhile in China, Alibaba runs 500 delivery-bots and they’ve delivered 10 million items to Easy Street

AI + ML07 Oct 2022 | 62

WordPress-powered sites backdoored after FishPig suffers supply chain attack

And two other security snafus in this web publishing world

Patches15 Sep 2022 | 18

Microsoft to stop accepting checks from partners

Maybe it's putting the savings into discounts for Windows Server and M365 it's told the channel to sell?

Software06 Sep 2022 | 44

Meta picks India for WhatsApp's first e-commerce service

Indian residents will be able to buy their groceries through the chat app – for as long as the government is happy with the idea

Personal Tech30 Aug 2022 | 7

Microsoft joins India's monopoly-busting e-commerce multi-mart

The Open Network for Digital Commerce could hardly ask for a more credible participant

Software11 Aug 2022 | 3

Alibaba's e-commerce arm counts carbon to encourage you to buy more stuff

Encourages 'eco friendly' consumer choices in exchange for discounts

Software09 Aug 2022 | 6

China's internet companies are decelerating cloud consumption, says Alibaba

Starts chasing industrial digitization as its next big opportunity

Off-Prem05 Aug 2022 | 4

Threat of cross-border data tariffs looms over WTO

Some countries call for moratorium to be lifted, tech industry not keen on potential costs

Personal Tech15 Jun 2022 | 21

Facebook rated least safe e-commerce option in government rankings

Singapore's safety scheme measures scam-combatting capability

Cyber-crime17 May 2022 | 2

Indian giant Tata fluffs its lines as it takes on Amazon and Walmart

Shouldn't a company from the same stable as Tata Consulting Services do better with a day one traffic flood?

Software11 Apr 2022 | 7

China tells big tech to reveal some customers' income

Livestreamed infomercials are huge, but some creators aren't paying tax

Legal31 Mar 2022 | 13

Dems propose privacy-respecting digital dollar

ECASH Act calls for Treasury to develop electronic currency, no blockchain required

Personal Tech28 Mar 2022 | 43

Google opens Play Store to third party payment systems – starting with Spotify

Did lessons learned from South Korea make it all less scary?

Personal Tech25 Mar 2022 | 8

Thailand bans use of crypto for payments

Regulators worry about financial stability if binary Baht spread

Software24 Mar 2022 | 8

Adobe warns of second critical security hole in Adobe Commerce, Magento

As sanctioned Russian infosec firm says it has working exploit code

Security18 Feb 2022 | 19

Alibaba splits itself into Chinese and overseas ops

Seeks world domination through 'diversified business governance'

Off-Prem06 Dec 2021 | 6

European Cybercrime Centre confident it's kicked credit card crims – again

Poised to reveal similar haul to 2020's €40M loss prevention total

Security02 Dec 2021 | 4

Amazon India accused of copying merchant products and juicing search results to sell its own knockoffs

Report claims documents show employees abusing access

Legal13 Oct 2021 | 14

California Governor signs bill protecting warehouse workers from unsafe quotas

AB 701 takes aim at Amazon and other warehouse operators that prioritize productivity over health

Legal23 Sep 2021 | 14

Square-shaped hole in workers' wallets after payment system fails at peak tip time

Unexplained service issue blamed after customers unable to leave gratuities electronically

Personal Tech23 Sep 2021 | 17

BRICS bloc deepens collaboration on ecommerce and selling services across borders

Good news for consumers, exporters, and outsourcers

Channel06 Sep 2021 | 4

Spring tears down math geek t-shirt listing because it dared to mention the trademarked word 'zeta'

Data scientist told he faces ban, biz insists otherwise after pushback

Personal Tech01 Sep 2021 | 168

eBay ex-security boss sent down for 18 months for cyber-stalking, witness tampering

Four others at online tat bazaar admit trying to silence newsletter couple, two senior execs fight charges

Security28 Jul 2021 | 30

India takes on e-commerce giants with plan for a national platform

Hopes to integrate closed platforms into giant national marketplace and make the lot open-source

Off-Prem08 Jul 2021 | 2

India seeks ban on e-commerce sites discounting own-brand goods

Crackdown on global giants comes as UN criticises content takedown rules

Legal22 Jun 2021 | 6

UK government may force online retailers to pick up e-waste from consumers

Future punters won't need to comb landfill for their bitcoin, we suppose

Legal01 Mar 2021 | 51

Dell online store charges 16 million dollars for new laptop with paint job

Video Black is free on the Inspiron 15. ‘Soft Mint’ is a very expensive option

Personal Tech18 Nov 2020 | 60

BRICS bloc – home to 40 percent of humanity – wants to drive global e-commerce consumer protection rules

China has the giant e-tailers, India has the customers, Brazil, Russia and South Africa are aboard

Legal18 Nov 2020 | 6

Amazon blasts past estimates, triples profits to $6.2bn but says COVID will cost it $4bn over the next quarter

Bezos predicts a very Merry Christmas

On-Prem29 Oct 2020 | 18

Facebook is leaky, creepy, and trashy. Now it wants to host some of your customer data

Reveals hosting service for WhatsApp Business API and gives its partners reasons to be fearful

SaaS23 Oct 2020 | 22

Russian hacker selling how-to vid on exploiting unsupported Magento installations to skim credit card details for $5,000

Nearly 2,000 e-commerce shops pwned over weekend so it's time to migrate

Security15 Sep 2020 | 18

Amazon's coronavirus symptoms: Swelling of the profit, large sales deposits, insatiable demand

When the economy's tanking, who ya gonna call? Jeff Bezos!

SaaS31 Jul 2020 | 9

India drops the bar on e-commerce seller's listings: You want to sell it? Tell us where it came from from then

Inform people in case they go Chinese and ignore self-sufficiency drive

Legal21 Jul 2020 | 17

Asian trade bloc creates annual regional online shopping festival as plague-popping economic prod

ASEAN to throw big sale on August 8th – a super-lucky day according to Chinese numerology

Personal Tech17 Jul 2020 | 1

Alibaba to serve up Kentucky Fried smart speaker, with a $1.4bn side of e-commerce integration

Hey Tmall Genie, spike my cholesterol, then coalesce my web empire with voice commands

Personal Tech21 May 2020 | 4

ASEAN economic bloc calls for regional fake news crushing co-operation

And help to take small business digital because of y’know that virus thing we keep hearing about

Legal15 Apr 2020 |

Google extends e-commerce platform to help people in India find nearby food during lockdown

Google Pay is about to get really useful in India's biggest cities

Software14 Apr 2020 | 7

The '$4.4m a year' bug: Chipotle online orders swallowed by JavaScript credit-card form blunder

Taco titan's e-ordering fails when browser autofill takes over

Software20 Sep 2019 | 52

Cyber-IOU notes. Voucher hell on wheels. However you want to define Facebook's Libra, the most ridiculous part is its privacy promise

Comment Digital currency tokens coming to WhatsApp, Messenger next year

Science18 Jun 2019 | 126

Amazon agrees to stop selling toxic jewelry, school supplies to kids, coughs up some couch change ($700,000)

Probe found dangerous levels of lead, cadmium in stuff sold via web souk

Personal Tech10 May 2019 | 56

Another way to look at Amazon's counterfeit-busting Project Zero: Making merchants cough up protection money

Analysis It's up to you to stop fake stuff going on sale in our cyber-bazaar, says multibillion-dollar biz

Personal Tech28 Feb 2019 | 30

US Supreme Court blocks internet's escape from state sales taxes

5-4 decision brings ecommerce in line with physical shops

Legal21 Jun 2018 | 78

Adobe acquires Magento to go B2B2C and beyond

Experience Cloud to add commerce and content management facilities

On-Prem22 May 2018 | 6

Happy having Amazon tiptoe into your house? Why not the car, then? In-trunk delivery – what could go wrong?

New Bezos scheme opens up vehicles as drop-off points

Personal Tech24 Apr 2018 | 52

Cisco to trial direct online sales

Australia the 'vanguard', perhaps with new smallbiz products to make it sensible

Networks08 Mar 2018 | 6

UK web grocer Ocado takes £500k hit after robo-warehouse tech splurge

£36m sunk on developing proprietary software

On-Prem06 Feb 2018 | 18