BROWSING: e-commerce

$5 billion investment will be allocated over four- to five-year timeframe, SoftBank COO says In 2016, SoftBank's legendary Founder and CEO Masayoshi Son announced the Japanese conglomerate would make a staggering $100 billion in tech-related investments through its Vision Fund. Since then, the company has...

Like you, I have done business with Amazon.com forever. And generally speaking, I have been very satisfied with their business model. However, that does not mean things have been perfect. I do believe Amazon wants to make every customer happy. However, I am learning of a...

Online shopping continues to grow, with a recent Pew Research study indicating more than half occurred via a cellphone. Don’t tell the kids, but even Santa probably use the internet for some help with all that shopping and deliveries. My guess is...

Last month I met with PayPal at the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas. First, let me say this is one impressive company. It started in 1998, simply helping people pay for things and get paid. Since, it has become the leader in the...

Iraq Wallet, in partnership with Zain, launches online and mobile pay apps Iraqi mobile commerce firm Iraq Wallet expanded its ZainCash service by introducing an online payment solution, dubbed Pay with ZainCash, to expand the reach of mobile pay solutions. The service is available to...

WASHINGTON – The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a massive free trade agreement among the U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim nations, including Australia, Japan and Singapore. If ratified, the TPP could create the largest free trade zone in the world. However, concerns ranging from farm subsidies...

Google could face up to $6B in fines if found in violation of European laws WASHINGTON – The battle between Google and the European Commission intensified this week with Google giving its formal reply to the commission’s statement of objections, in which the regulators outlined...

In case you missed the latest episodes of RCRtv, our weekly recap is bringing you insight on topics and guests featured on RCRtv’s weekly programing. Episode 11 of "IoT Innovation" aired on Aug. 13, featuring Jason Marcheck, service director for Current Analysis. This episodes focused on...

FAA gives online retailer Amazon experimental license E-commerce giant Amazon’s ambitions to provide delivery via drone gained some traction on March 19 with federal regulators granting the company an “experimental airworthiness certificate.” The Federal Aviation Administration gave Amazon Logistics permission to start testing drone operations under...

Amazon and Alibaba compete for booming mobile market WASHINGTON – E-commerce pioneer Amazon.com is lagging behind in the fight to grab market share in China, which, with 1.25 billion mobile phone users and 640 million Internet users, is now the world's largest e-commerce market. Currently, the...

Amazon will sell directly to Chinese consumers American e-commerce heavy hitter Amazon on March 8 announced it will open a store on its Chinese competitor Alibaba’s digital shopping platform Tmall. Tmall, unlike other online market places that mostly facilitate the transaction between consumers and stores, brands,...

Editor’s Note: Looking to bring a younger perspective to the mobile space, RCR Wireless News has tapped Jeff Hawn to provide insight into what’s on the minds of the tech-savvy youth of today. Amazon.com, a company that has arguably become the biggest disruption to how...