February 18, 2019
Scribd Turns The Page On Subscription Limits
Like meal kits and box-of-the-month clubs, subscription fatigue also hits digital bibliophiles, frustrated by monthly reading limits built into their plans. This friction, says Scribd CEO Trip Adler, is what's...
February 18, 2019
Walmart To Provide Glimpse Into How It Fared With Amazon
Walmart will provide an update as to how the retailer did against Amazon during the holiday shopping season when it reports fourth-quarter results. And while the retailer is expected to...
February 18, 2019
EU Reaches Deal On Marketplace Regs
As far as eCommerce drama goes, the running tension that defines the relationships among the European Union and U.S.-based companies such as Amazon, Facebook and Google has little competition. Now...
February 18, 2019
Ex-Microsoft Exec To Lead Apple Smart Home Unit
Sam Jadallah, the former CEO of defunct smart lock company Otto, has been hired to head up home initiatives — including HomePod and HomeKit — at Apple. The news comes...
February 18, 2019
What Amazon HQ2, Interchange Fees And Facebook Have In Common
I hosted a digital discussion last week with an executive from Sift with more than 15 years of experience building trust and safety organizations for some of the biggest digital...
February 18, 2019
Google Moves In Where Amazon, GE Move Out
Amazon and GE may be giving up on New York City and Boston respectively, but Google is taking a different approach, expanding in both cities. According to reports, Google — which...
February 18, 2019
Apple Buys Voice App To Boost Siri
PullString, a San Francisco maker of technology that enables people to design and publish voice-activated apps, was acquired by Apple. Axios, citing multiple sources, reported the deal is valued at...
February 17, 2019
XPO Tracking Stock Losses On Potential Minus Amazon As A...
XPO Logistics’ stock took a hit late last week after it revealed that its largest customer curbed its business with the last-mile delivery company. According to a report in Reuters citing current...
February 17, 2019
China: Alibaba bids for metro Brick-And-Mortar stores
One of the hottest battlegrounds in eCommerce these days—and that includes global, multi-pronged, behemoth eCommerce operators—is a firm in the physical world, the brick-and-mortar stores and chains that, for...
