Ecommerce

Apple blocks uninformed App Store comments
By: Stephen Withers

Hoo-ray! Apple has moved to cut the crap from App Store reviews by only accepting reports from people that have actually downloaded the application in question.


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EU warns online music stores: change or be changed
By: Stephen Withers

EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has warned the music industry that she is prepared to take action to ensure a competitive online marketplace across member states, especially for digital music sales.


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Google goes to 'Android Market' in App Store challenge
By: Stephen Withers

We've seen how successful Apple's App Store has been as a conduit between developers with $US30 million in sales and 60 million downloads in the first month. Now Google aims to follow suit with the announcement of the Android Market. Why 'Market' rather than 'Store'?


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Call for content ratings on Apple's App Store
By: Stephen Withers

Apple already tags tracks in the iTunes Store that are unsuitable for children and it sells R rated movies, so why isn't there something similar for content such as books and comics in the App Store?


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iTunes Store still number one music retailer: report
By: Stephen Withers

Apple's iTunes Store has retained its position as the leading music retailer in the US, according to market research firm NPD. The company's latest results cover the first half of calendar 2008.


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Stirling role for Arbuthnott
By: Stephen Withers

B2B specialist Stirling Commerce has appointed Marcail Arbuthnot as its client relationship manager.


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French fakes land eBay with AUD $65.8 million fine
By: Davey Winder

eBay has been warned about counterfeit goods being sold online before. Now a French court has given them 65 million reasons to get their act together.



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A heart starter for your mobile phone
By: Stuart Corner

In a world-first the Australian Red Cross is offering cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions as an animation downloadable to a mobile phone, using technology from Ericsson.


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Happy 10th Birthday PayPal!
By: Stuart Corner

The policies of its now owner, eBay, may have mired PayPal in controversy around the world, but that has not stopped the online payment service celebrating 10 years of operation with a commemorative website and a survey.


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eBay: archaic trading laws are harming EU consumers
By: Davey Winder

eBay launches lobbying campaign aimed at the European Parliament, arguing that EU laws damage trade. In a wonderful display of thumb suck sulking, eBay complains that traditional retailers are exploiting the rules to benefit their business. Well duh!


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eBay: do unto Australia what you cannot do in the US
By: Stan Beer

It is hard to fathom the behaviour of eBay in Australia over the past couple of months because never in the history of the technology industry has a multinational company so flagrantly flagged its intention to flout this country's commercial laws. The question is how should Australia as a market respond?


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Can eBay continue to force sellers to offer PayPal as an option?
By: Stan Beer

Since May 21, all eBay Australia sellers have been forced to offer PayPal as an option for buyers. However, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently decided to deny eBay the right to enforce a PayPal only policy on its Australian site. Will the ACCC force eBay Australia to shut down its mandatory PayPal option for sellers?


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eBay continues to flog dead horse by challenging no PayPal only ruling
By: Stan Beer

eBay has issued a statement on its Australian website expressing its disappointment that Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has blocked its plan to enforce the use of PayPal on the eBay Australia site. However, with just about everyone outside eBay agreeing with the ACCC decision, eBay has incredibly decided to challenge the ruling. Does eBay know the meaning of the expression flogging a dead horse?


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ACCC kills eBay's PayPal only plan
By: Stan Beer

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has effectively quashed eBay Australia's attempt to corner the local auction and online transactions markets by enforcing a PayPal only policy on the Australian eBay site. While the battle is not necessarily completely over, a huge blow has been dealt to eBay's Australian ambitions.


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Phishers target iTunes users
By: Stephen Withers

Most of us are used to ignoring emails that seem to come from banks and similar organisations asking the recipient to "confirm your details" or "reactivate your account". Now it's time to add another business to that mental list: Apple's iTunes Store.


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XBRL the word on everyone's lips
By: Stuart Corner

XBRL - eXtensible Business Reporting Language - which provides a standardised approach to tagging the financial information in company reports is set to become a term as well known as HTML and GAAP, according to Deloitte's 2008 Technology Predictions.


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Mayday! eBay raises white flag over forced PayPal in US
By: Stan Beer

The public outcry over eBay Australia's intentions to introduce mandatory use of its PayPal online payment system has forced the US office of eBay onto the back foot. eBay, through a spokesperson on the company's official blog has stated publicly that the world's dominant online auction site will not try to introduce PayPal-only transactions on the site in the US.


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RBA joins chorus against eBay PayPal exclusivity claim
By: Stan Beer

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has joined a growing throng of PayPal and eBay competitors and detractors opposing eBay's push to have the Australian Competitition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) look the other way while it seeks to enforce PayPal exclusivity on the Australian arm of the world's largest auction site.


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