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Cook hires first exec since taking Apple's reins from Jobs
Apple CEO Tim Cook made his first major hire yesterday since taking over the company in August, bringing in the CEO of a struggling British...
LiftMaster app can open your garage door
The increasing integration of networks to physical devices is bringing new companies, such as LiftMaster, to the Consumer Electronics Show.
3M Demos 46-inch multi-touch display
3M today is demonstrating a 46-inch coffee-table like multi-touch display at the Consumer Electronics Conference.
Microsoft sues U.K. retail chain for pirating Windows
Microsoft today sued a U.K. electronics retail chain for selling Windows recovery discs to customers, claiming that the practice amounts to piracy.
Online retailers turn to social networks for holiday profits
Retailers are going out of their way this year to integrate holiday season sales efforts with social networking sites to boost bottom line profits....
Walmart's Shopycat uses Facebook to recommend gifts
Walmart has launched its Shopycat application, that uses information on the interests of friends on Facebook to make recommendations on gifts for...
4 steps retailers can take to combat flash robs
As the start of holiday shopping season kicks off, retailers know they will no doubt deal with inevitable amounts of theft this year, particularly in...
Criminals sabotaging Cyber Monday, security experts warn
Security experts today warned consumers of a rapidly mutating spam campaign using bogus messages from UPS claiming that a package could not be...
Big Cyber Monday expected to follow strong Black Friday
If Black Friday was any indication of a move to online shopping, e-tailers on Cyber Monday may be headed to a record breaking sales day.
Apple's 'Black Friday' sale cuts Mac prices up to 10%
Apple today cut Mac prices up to 10% in a repeat of the last two years' stingy "Black Friday" deals, which authorized resellers again trumped.
Weak economy? Buy online and save, ComScore says
Despite a weak economy, holiday retail online spending in the U.S. has so far been 14% higher than the same early holiday period last year, ComScore...
Walmart tries new tech with eye on consumers
Walmart could start letting shoppers buy products in the aisles and skip the checkout line, but the world's largest retailer needs to find out...
Target.com's second site crash could become e-comm nightmare
For the second time in six weeks, Target's Web site crashed Tuesday, and that is scary news for any major retailer heading into the holiday shopping...
Apple launches in-store pick-up of online orders
Apple today kicked off in-store pick-up of orders placed at its online store, letting customers retrieve their goods at a trio of stores in San...
Appeals court says some claims may proceed in Hannaford data breach lawsuit
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for a class-action lawsuit to proceed against grocery chain Hannaford Bros. over a 2007 data breach that...
Private social networks playing Facebook role in more workplaces
From retail chains to electric utilities to manufacturers, a growing number of U.S. corporations are harnessing the power of social networks to...
Online and offline commerce on cusp of a convergence
As consumers use PCs, smartphones and tablets, to research, compare prices and buy products, the line between brick-and-mortar and online stores is...
Best Buy rebuilding IT capability it outsourced, starts hiring
E-commerce, mobile computing, tablets and other emerging channels have become so important to Best Buy that the company is rebuilding internal IT...
Best Buy set to hire 200 IT pros
Electronics retailer Best Buy plans to hire 200 IT professionals over the next year, and plans to advertise 100 of the positions in the next several...
Apple drubs rivals in satisfaction survey eighth year running
For the eighth year running, Apple again beat rival computer makers that sell Windows PCs in an annual customer satisfaction survey, a researcher...
Online retailers turn to social networks for holiday profits
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