Amazon is no beginner when it comes to trying to enter the lucrative wine market. Now, Amazon has presented a selection of wines, which are presented under its new wine and spirits brand, Compass Road. The alcoholic beverages are, for the moment, available exclusively at Amazon Germany.
...read moreAlibaba is upping the ante with Europe's largest department store group El Corte Inglés, by offering click & collect to AliExpress customers. They can order on AliExpress, and then pick up their orders at El Corte Inglés stores. Spain's only remaining department store chain, El Corte Inglés is also the third largest department store chain worldwide.
...read moreFacebook is now becoming a payment provider, unveiling plans to roll out Facebook Pay – its payment service – across Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp on its continuing journey to become a marketplace. Facebook Pay will be rolling out this week in the United States on Facebook and Messenger for in-game purchases, fundraisers, event tickets and person-to-person payments. Even purchases can be made from some pages and businesses over Facebook Marketplace.
...read moreA court in the Netherlands has ruled that Facebook should be required to use filter tech to identify and preemptively take down fake ads linked to crypto-currency scams carrying images of John de Mol and other well known celebrities. The Dutch celebrity filed a lawsuit against Facebook last April over the misappropriation of his and other celebrities' likenesses to sell Bitcoin scams via fake ads that were running on its platform.
...read moreGoogle is collecting personal medical details just as quick as it can. Under existing health privacy laws, this practice is perfectly legal. In what ways does Google plan to use the data? With Google acquiring Fitbit in a $2.1 billion buyout, the talks were less to do about taking control of a new fitness/health company, but more about what Google plans to do with all that data about everyone's steps.
...read moreYouTube has new terms of service. The new terms have some users and content creators afraid that the company could delete their accounts, if those accounts are deemed "not commercially viable". The nature of this wording has, especially, creators of content worried, because, if YouTube isn't making money from your content, you could be terminated for not being a cash cow for the video platform.
...read moreInternet security is one thing, but what happens in the blurred grey-area where AI, the Internet and the real world blur? Surely consumers want smart home products to keep their homes, well, safe. Some security researchers have discovered that Amazon Ring doorbells had a vulnerability that exposes the WiFi network passwords to which they are connected. Being that we're talking about a doorbell here, one would think the entire process of communication throughout a smart home would be loaded with security.
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