Topic: e commerce
Apple App Store saw $519 billion in billing and sales last year
A new report has revealed the Apple App Store ecosystem facilitated $519 billion in billings and sales globally last year. The Apple AppStore ecosystem report was conducted by independent researchers at Analysis Group. According to the report, the highest value categories were mobile commerce (m-commerce) apps, digital goods and services apps, and in-app advertising. “As … continue reading
How to choose the right database for your microservices
Microservices are in the spotlight, as infrastructure building blocks, because they offer decoupling of services, data store autonomy, miniaturized development, testing set up, and other benefits that facilitate faster time to market for new applications or updates. The availability of containers and their orchestration tools has also contributed to the increase in microservices adoption. At … continue reading
Magento Commerce announces its digital cloud offering for B2B companies
Magento Commerce, a cloud commerce solution provider, announced its release of the Magento Digital Commerce Cloud. The new release allows business-to-business (B2B) merchants to handle B2B commerce requirements to best meet the needs of its digitally-connected customers. According to Jason Woosley, SVP of product and technology at Magento, when looking at the B2B market compared … continue reading
Guest View: Web and mobile search engines are still playing catch-up
Almost everyone has been on the mobile app or mobile site of a major brand, entered in a pretty obvious search term, and somehow not had the correct (or even any) results returned. It can be very frustrating, especially in those urgent moments when we really need something, and companies are starting to get serious … continue reading
Four51 debuts with e-commerce customization platform
Four51 may not be on the list of prominent Valley startups, but that’s not just because it’s been around for 16 years. (It’s mostly because the company is based out of Minneapolis.) Today, the company unveiled its own major product launch, away from the hustle and bustle of the Valley. That product, however, has plenty … continue reading
Four51, Forrester survey finds developers adopting PaaS more than other platforms
To understand how developers feel about technologies that support their e-commerce needs, Four51 commissioned a study by Forrester Consulting, revealing that modern developers are more involved in e-commerce solutions at their organizations. Developers believed they will be developing in Platforms-as-a-Service (PaaS) more so than Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), with the amount of their on-premise solutions decreasing. Four51, … continue reading
Report: New plans for Facebook Messenger
Facebook continues to drum up new ideas and plans for its platform. This time, the company wants to turn Messenger into an “Everything App,” but the biggest change with this plan is that it will turn Messenger into an app that pays for things, according to Forbes. Now code found inside Messenger suggests Facebook plans … continue reading
Analyst View: Where’s the heat in DevOps?
Consumers, empowered by rich software interactions with access to Internet resources, have never had more power or choices. DevOps provides a set of practices and cultural changes—supported by complementary tools—that automates the software delivery pipeline, enabling organizations to win, serve, and retain these consumers better and faster than ever before. (Related: Testing catches up to … continue reading
Two Tap looks to transform online shopping
Two Tap wants to change the way consumers shop online. The company just released Two Tap 2.0, an API that provides an automated checkout solution for consumers to purchase any product on any mobile application or website without having to go to a specific retailer’s website. “We knew we wanted to do something in the … continue reading
Black Friday 2013: The perfect storm of online shopping
How will online retailers prepare for a rare convergence of Black Friday holidays? Two companies share their plans … continue reading
Elastic Path aims for increased usability on the client-side
Digital Commerce API bundles logic off the client-side to make integrations with multiple front-end platforms easier … continue reading
