Technically savvy people may be the coin of the realm at the Bitcoin Foundation these days. The foundation, which handles most of the back-end development work for the digital currency, currently has just two full-time staff members and ...
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When it comes to tablets, Microsoft and its OEMs don't know where they're going, an analyst said today. "There's still the idea that they don't quite get it," said Carolina Milanesi of Gartner in an interview. "And I don't think the ...
Tags: Microsoft, Tablet Strategy
As the US Senate has passed the Marketplace Fairness Act on e-commerce retailers earlier this month, the brick and mortar apparel retailers are expecting a relief from the increasing competition with online retailers since the act will ...
Tags: Sales Tax, Apparel Businesses
Mobile operators collect huge amounts of data about how their subscribers use mobile data, and that information is starting to go on sale as targeted intelligence that enterprises can use to better reach consumers. SAP will introduce a ...
Tags: Mobile, SAP, Computer Products
Mobile operators collect huge amounts of data about how their subscribers use mobile data, and that information is starting to go on sale as targeted intelligence that enterprises can use to better reach consumers. SAP will introduce a ...
Tags: Mobile Use, cloud service, Computer Products
Bitcoin is not going away, the digital currency's developers say, and they're craving more technically savvy people to support its use. "Our bottleneck is not new code, it's code review and testing," said Gavin Andresen , chief scientist ...
More bumps in the road are probably in store for Bitcoin. The virtual currency has seen some massive swings in value over the last several weeks, but that volatility is not likely to end soon, its lead developer suggested on Saturday. ...
Tags: Bitcoin, Computer Products
The US Senate has passed the ‘Marketplace Fairness Act’ that would impose sales tax on online retailers by 69-27 vote. At present, only companies with brick-and-mortar stores in the US have to pay online sales tax. However, ...
The U.S. Senate has voted to allow states to collect sales tax from online retailers, making it more difficult to buy tax-free products online. The Senate's vote of 69-27 for the Marketplace Fairness Act late Monday sends the bill to the ...
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Apple is clearly not Steve Jobs' company any longer, analysts said this week, citing examples from Tuesday's earning calls with Wall Street. Eighteen months after the co-founder and former CEO's death, Apple is a very different company, ...
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Giant outlined a new unilateral minimum advertised pricing policy in a letter that went out to dealers this week. The new policy forbids the sale of its parts and accessories through third-party websites such as eBay or Craigslist and also ...
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With the rapidly increasing competition from e-commerce, several clothing retailers have started adopting high-end technologies, including easy-to-use apps with self-control facilities, to attract the customers and to reduce the cost of the ...
Tags: Virtual Dressing Room, Textile
With 137 million Internet users in India coupled with increasing mobile Internet penetration, retail segment of the country is witnessing a rapid change in the method of shopping from the traditional brick and mortar stores to buying ...
Tags: Mobile Shoppers, Apparels
The U.S. Senate has delayed a vote on an Internet sales tax until May, after a handful of senators blocked lawmakers from voting on the legislation this week. The Senate will again take up debate on the Marketplace Fairness Act after May ...
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Apart from the nominal rise in consumption of textiles and apparels worldwide, the trend of shopping is gradually changing from the brick and mortar stores to the web and mobile devices. With the rapidly increasing competition in online ...
Tags: Kidswear Buyers, Textile