Rediff.com published an article on using Facebook as a way to transfer money, kind of the way we currently use Paypal. The service is currently being provided by two Indian banks, Kotak…
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Chinese Retailers Playing Poker in Empty Malls as Their Customers Shop Online
Online sales are having a real impact in China, and while that is good for companies like Alibaba and JD.com, it is taking a toll on the brick and mortar retailers, along…
Super Bowl Sunday and its impact on Online Sales
The Super Bowl and eCommerce Abbe Miller wrote a piece on Business2Community that looked at how big television events impact online sales both during and after the event. The article mentioned some…
TechCrunch Covers TheDrop.Club: By Twitch/Exec co-founder and Y Combinator Partner Justin Kan
Techcrunch.com just covered TheDrop.club, what they describe as a “Digg/Reddit/Hacker News/Product Hunt for electronic dance music” The site is Thedrop.club and “Twitch/Exec co-founder and Y Combinator partner Justin Kan told TechCrunch: “I…
A Survivor of The Dot Com Bubble – Cufflinks.com
Maria Halkias of DallasNews.com wrote a piece on a survivor of the .com bubble of the late nineties. Cufflinks.com. Halkias did a good job conveying where the company is now and how…
Overstock Sees Positive Earnings Impact from Accepting Bitcoin
Overstock sees Bitcoin having a postitive effect on earnings for 2014. The company told Reuters they expect Bitcoin to add 4 cents per share, they are expecting $1.5 billion in sales for…
Flipkart Raises $1billion in funding – Largest ever for an Indian Internet Company
You may recall a little while back there were all those Flipkart domain purchases in various cctlds, well the company certainly could afford it as they have just completed the largest funding…