E-Commerce

Amazon surprised the music world this week with the rollout of several products that will allow consumers to store and access their digital music in the cloud. Perhaps no one was more surprised, though, than the music studios, who appeared to have learned the details of the offering shortly before t...

The issue of whether online gambling should be legalized is once again being taken up in the U.S. Congress through a new bill designed to significantly overhaul the UIGEA, which it passed in 2006. The UIGEA makes it illegal for U.S. financial institutions to transfer money to offshore gambling websi...

Amazon on Tuesday announced a triple-play entry into the cloud-based music storage field. The online retail giant's trifecta consists of Amazon Cloud Drive, Amazon Cloud Player for Web and Amazon Cloud Player for Android. These three services let customers store music in the cloud and play it on any...

Amazon's Android Appstore launched last week with an innovative approach to selling apps. Amazon Test Drive allows potential customers to try out the full-version of an app free for 30 minutes on a virtual version of an Android phone. Currently, Test Drive is limited to U.S. customers -- however, th...

Businesses are constantly searching for ways to reduce costs and improve revenues. Mobile technologies can provide incredible value because they offer immediate business interactions from almost anywhere. Mobile payments can expand your sales channels by helping you meet customers where they are. Pr...

A major 2008 settlement between Google Books, authors and publishers has been rejected by a New York federal Judge. Judge Denny Chin of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the $125 million settlement because he said it would give Google too much power in the search market. The 2008 settleme...

2010 was the year of social media: Mark Zuckerberg was named Time's Person of the Year, "The Social Network" seemed poised for Oscar glory, and Facebook exceeded Google's daily traffic. Certainly there were hiccups along the way -- privacy settings, ease-of-use and the Google Buzz debacle -- but no...

Amazon launched its own Android app store Tuesday, an event immediately followed by the introduction of a lawsuit filed by Apple, according to Bloomberg. The suit claims trademark infringement and unfair competition on usage of the term "app store." Amazon's Appstore is launching with 3,800 apps an...

The proliferation of social media and the real-time Web has created a significant change in the role of today's marketer. The shift from a traditional marketing mix to a predominantly online marketing focus has placed new expectations on marketers to understand website traffic, generate leads online...

The proliferation of social media and the real-time Web has created a significant change in the role of today's marketer. The shift from a traditional marketing mix to a predominantly online marketing focus has placed new expectations on marketers to understand website traffic, generate leads online...

The proliferation of social media and the real-time Web has created a significant change in the role of today's marketer. The shift from a traditional marketing mix to a predominantly online marketing focus has placed new expectations on marketers to understand website traffic, generate leads online...

Microsoft and federal law enforcement agents have taken down the Rustock botnet, which had about a million infected computers under its control. The botnet was officially considered offline on Wednesday, according to Microsoft. A botnet consists of an infrastructure of computers that have been hacke...

It appears Netflix is getting ready to begin schlepping content, which would position the video rental and streaming company as a content creator. The move is reminiscent of HBO's emergence as a premium content producer in the early days of cable. Netflix is reportedly in advanced talks about pumpin...

Just as Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses transformed Christianity, Google's simple text box is transforming marketing -- from top to bottom. Since the 1950s, great marketing theorists such as Theodore Levitt and Jerome McCarthy have developed frameworks for companies to create awareness of new nee...

IBM unveiled a new service on Monday that will help companies market and sell their products online. The new division, called "Smarter Commerce," offers IBM customers real-time marketing analytics and brand assessment tools for Facebook and Twitter. Smarter Commerce also offers consumer-behavior ana...