Tuesday 6 March 2018

E-Commerce Minute

E-Commerce Minute: Tuesday -- March 6, 2018

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Voice Shopping Set to Skyrocket
Amazon Buys Ring to Make Homes, Deliveries More Secure
Mobile Pay, Smart Speaker Brand Confusion Means No Winners
To Fix Healthcare, Fix IT First
5 Podcast Pluses for E-Commerce SMBs
AdRoll Creates New Division to Target B2B Marketers
SC Justices to Hear Arguments in Microsoft, DoJ Data Privacy Face-Off

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Voice Shopping Set to Skyrocket

The U.S. voice shopping market will rise from its current $2 billion
valuation to $40 billion by 2022, according to a survey by OC&C Strategy
Consultants. The trend is being driven by a surge in the number of homes
using smart speakers, from the current 13 percent to 55 percent by 2022.
It's likely that Amazon will continue to dominate this channel, the
survey results suggest.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85180.html

Amazon Buys Ring to Make Homes, Deliveries More Secure

Amazon has agreed to buy Ring for $1 billion, the companies have
disclosed. Ring users already could use the Echo Show to see and hear
visitors at the front door. The deal means Ring can further its "mission
to reduce crime in neighborhoods by providing effective yet affordable
home security tools to our neighbors that make a positive impact on our
homes, our communities and the world," Ring said.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85174.html

Mobile Pay, Smart Speaker Brand Confusion Means No Winners

Google Pay launched last week, becoming the latest entry in the world of
master-brand confusion. The new Google Pay combines features of Android
Pay and Google Wallet, brands that each had different brand
relationships with customers. That means the master brand message, which
should be simple and clean, and which Google should have been building
all along, is shaky at best.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85177.html

To Fix Healthcare, Fix IT First

We spend a great deal of time and effort trying to make healthcare more
affordable and to ensure better outcomes. Too often, the upshot is to
reduce all problems and challenges to a singularity in search of a
silver bullet. It never works, but it seems like human nature to take
that approach. Salesforce has taken a tactic that is bearing fruit, in
part because it isn't really trying to fix healthcare.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85176.html

5 Podcast Pluses for E-Commerce SMBs

Podcasting is one of the hottest media trends. Almost everyone, it
seems, has a podcast these days. Should e-commerce business owners jump
on this bandwagon? Can podcasting really boost the bottom line? If you
do decide to make a podcast, do your best to make it exceptional. That
means having good audio quality, excellent content, a unique voice, and
a strong sense of audience and purpose.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85169.html

AdRoll Creates New Division to Target B2B Marketers

AdRoll has announced RollWorks, a new division that will provide
business-to-business marketers with highly targeted, personalized
marketing at scale across multiple channels and devices. The result of a
corporate restructuring, RollWorks will focus specifically on B2B
marketing, while the AdRoll business unit will focus on the company's
legacy products for e-commerce SMBs.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85167.html

SC Justices to Hear Arguments in Microsoft, DoJ Data Privacy Face-Off

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear oral arguments in a landmark
case over whether federal law enforcement can force Microsoft to hand
over email stored in an overseas data center as evidence in a drug-
trafficking case. The case, United States of America v. Microsoft
Corporation , which dates back to 2013, is viewed as a potentially
groundbreaking showdown over data privacy.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85163.html

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Welcome to Tuesday! Is the future of transportation a front-loading car that drives itself? Renault hopes so, and that’s just the start of the (actual) excitement coming from Geneva’s big auto show. Also: a different House of Cards and a Roland’s new drum-beat machine that tries to capture the musical magic of machines past.

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Renault’s EZ-GO electric car is ridesharing for the masses

The Geneva Motor Show starts today and kicks off with a mass of crazy concepts and high-end vehicles not meant for the suburbs or the cities. At least, not this decade. Renault’s driverless concept electric car, the EZ-GO, is a Level 4 autonomous urban EV with a top speed of just 30MPH. Six passengers enter through the massive front door and can see everything (and be seen) thanks to huge swathes of glass on the sides and roof. We took an early tour.

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It's hard to believe that Nissan, which sold more EVs last year than Tesla and every other automaker, has yet to race in Formula E. However, Nissan announced late last year it would become the first Japanese automaker to join the electric-racing circuit for the 2018-19 season. Now, at the Geneva Motor Show, it has unveiled its season five Formula E car with a striking ‘Doppler-effect’ color scheme and all-new powertrain package.

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MoviePass CEO: We watch how you drive from home to the movies

During a discussion last week, MoviePass CEO, Mitch Lowe, explained a few ways his company could actually make money from its service. Interestingly, that included the tidbit that his service can monetize knowing how its customers drive between home and the movies and where they go. The app’s privacy policy doesn’t mention tracking users before or after a showing, and so far the company hasn’t refuted his claim, saying “We are exploring utilizing location-based marketing as a way to help enhance the overall experience by creating more opportunities for our subscribers to enjoy all the various elements of a good movie night.”

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Amazon might introduce its own branded checking accounts

According to The Wall Street Journal, the online retail giant is in talks with JPMorgan to build a product similar to a checking account for Amazon's customer base.

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Spotify cracks down on free users that steal Premium service

Until now, Spotify hasn't put much effort into policing the actions of those pirating its service. These users sign up for a free accounts, then download a modified Spotify installation file, which allows them access to the premium service without having to pay for it. But over the past few days, Spotify has sent emails to unpaid accounts taking advantage of the modified software.

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Monday 5 March 2018

Tech News Flash

Tech News Flash: Monday -- March 5, 2018

TechNewsWorld -- All Tech - All The Time
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Most Companies Have No Idea Where They Are Going
Fileless Malware: Why You Should Care
Microsoft Gives Devs More Open Source Quantum Computing Goodies
New Uber Service Focuses on Getting Folks to the Doctor

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Today's Story Highlights

Most Companies Have No Idea Where They Are Going

Dell recently collaborated with the Institute for the Future -- an
interesting think tank largely driven by futurists, which focuses on
helping firms ride future waves rather than being killed by them -- on a
survey that creates a frightening view of 2030. It could be far closer
to Terminator than the utopia we once hoped for. I think more companies
should go through a process like this.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85171.html

Fileless Malware: Why You Should Care

It's a truism that just like organizations adapt, so too do criminals.
Anyone who has ever seen a Wells Fargo commercial knows that there was a
time when stagecoaches were a normative method for transporting cash and
valuables. But what modern criminals in their right mind would attempt
robbing a Brink's truck on horseback? That strategy might have worked
well in the days of the Pony Express.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85178.html

Microsoft Gives Devs More Open Source Quantum Computing Goodies

Microsoft has announced the first major upgrade to its Quantum
Development Kit since its introduction last year. It has added several
new features designed to open the platform to a wider array of
developers, including support for Linux and macOS, as well as additional
open source libraries. Further, the kit will be interoperable with the
Python computing language.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85173.html

New Uber Service Focuses on Getting Folks to the Doctor

Uber has introduced Uber Health, a new service designed to provide
reliable transportation for healthcare-related needs. The program will
offer healthcare providers a way to order rides for their patients to
help them keep their appointments. Uber Health addresses a growing
problem, especially with seniors and others who lack good transportation
options for visits to doctors or clinics.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85172.html

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