e-commerce
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Amazon’s ‘Buy Box’ Allegedly Tricks You Into Paying More, Lawsuit Claims
Amazon allegedly tricked users into buying more expensive products through the use of its “Buy Box,” according to a class action lawsuit filed last week. The Buy Box, which features a “Buy Now” and “Add to Cart” button next to eligible items, funnels users into terrible deals through the ease of one-click shopping according to…
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Jeff Bezos Tells Congress He ‘Can’t Guarantee’ Amazon Isn’t Violating Its Own Policies to Undercut Sellers
At the US’s major tech antitrust hearing in the House Judiciary Committee — featuring the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said he couldn’t promise that the company hasn’t violated its own policies on fair competition with third-party sellers.
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Watch Out, Opportunity, Mark Zuckerberg Is About To Fuck You Up
On Thursday, Facebook overlord Mark Zuckerberg published his annual New Year’s resolution list. Last year, he promised to hold a series of public talks on issues posed by the tech industry (and boy, did he ever).
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PayPal To Shell Out A Whopping $6 Billion To Acquire Shopping Plugin Honey
PayPal has agreed to drop $US4 ($6) billion to take over Honey Science Corporation, the creator of browser shopping plugin Honey, TechCrunch reported on Thursday.