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Facebook Shops turn business pages into online stores
Facebook and Instagram are making their biggest push yet into online shopping with Facebook Shops, which allows businesses to turn their Facebook and Instagram pages into online storefronts for their fans and followers.Facebook, as with pretty much a… Source
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Facebook launches Shops to bring more businesses online during the pandemic
Facebook is making a major new push into e-commerce. The company today announced the launch of Shops, a way for businesses to set up free storefronts on Facebook and Instagram. The shops, which will be powered by third-party services, including Shopify, BigCommerce, and Woo, are designed to turn the social…
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Many online stores are being hit by this old vulnerability
Hackers are taking over online stores and stealing customers’ payment card data by exploiting a three-year-old vulnerability in a Magento plugin according to the FBI. This kind of attack is known as web skimming or Magecart and in October of last year, the FBI issued a similar warning about an…
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Microsoft’s Build keynote showcases the accessibility and awkwardness of online events
“We’re living through extraordinary times,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella opened his Build 2020 keynote on a somber note. It was an odd tonal shift following the event introduction by hosts Seth Juarez and Dona Sarkar. The pair spent kicked the 48 hour livestream off standing a CDC-approved social distance from…
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PlayStation Now’s subscriber count doubled in one year
Sony’s CEO and president Kenichiro Yoshida hosted the company’s corporate strategy meeting today, which included updates on PlayStation products and services. One impressive figure shows that subscriptions to PlayStation Now — the company’s cloud ga… Source
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Walmart is shutting down Jet after spending $3 billion on it in 2016
Walmart is shutting down Jet.com, the online shopping site it bought in 2016 for $3 billion as part of its attempts to better compete with rival Amazon online, an area that Amazon excels at compared to Walmart, via TechCrunch. According to Walmart’s Q1 earnings release, the decision to shut down…
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