Ecommerce

Rumour: Google Taking On eBay With Boutiques.com Site Launch

8:30PM November 15, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Fashion bloggers are squealing that Google’s going into the fashion business, following an invitation for a swanky NYC launch event this Wednesday, where “high-tech fuses with high fashion”. Supposedly, they’ll be using image recognition software from their Like.com acquisition. More »


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Amazon Now Owns The Concept Of One-Click Online Checkouts

4:41AM March 11, 2010 | John Herrman

After years of fighting, Amazon’s infamous 1-Click patent has been (re)confirmed. In other words, if a site wants to deploy a single-click checkout system for registered customers, it’s gotta licence the tech from Amazon. Oh, patents! More »


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Toddler Buys Industrial Excavator Online, ‘Doesn’t Even Like Tractors’

12:00PM May 23, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

A 3-year-old New Zealand girl, bored in the early hours of the morning, hopped on her parents’ computer and, via auto-logins, managed to buy a used mechanical excavation machine for around $US15,000.

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