E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Friday -- March 20, 2015

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Amazon Expands Free 2-Hour Delivery to Baltimore, Miami
Did VMware Flout Open Source License Terms?
Quosal Lets Salespeople Add Video Spiels to Quotes
PlayStation Vue Could Put Cable TV in Rear-View Mirror
SXSW Runs on Wireless Carriers' Well-Oiled Machines
Apple's TV Plans Come Into Focus
Nintendo Makes the Leap to Smartphones and Tablets

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Today's Story Highlights

Amazon Expands Free 2-Hour Delivery to Baltimore, Miami
Amazon on Thursday expanded Prime Now, its one-hour fulfillment service,
to select ZIP codes in Miami and Baltimore. The service -- which
delivers thousands of products, including groceries -- eventually will
blanket both cities. Strategically placed warehouses in Baltimore and
Miami now can respond to orders placed using the Prime Now app. Prime
Now made its debut in New York City in December.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/81852.html

Did VMware Flout Open Source License Terms?
The Software Freedom Conservancy earlier this month announced that it
was funding a lawsuit filed by Linux kernel developer Christoph Hellwig
against VMware in the district court of Hamburg in Germany. The
conservancy entered a grant agreement with Hellwig for the legal action.
Its funding of the legal action is part of the program activity of its
GPL Compliance Project for Linux Developers.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/81850.html

Quosal Lets Salespeople Add Video Spiels to Quotes
Quosal has announced a new feature that lets salespeople record a
personal explanatory video to go with their quotes and proposals. Videos
can be posted directly to Quosal's proprietary Order Porter purchasing
experience for clients. "If the video can take the load off of having to
read all of a proposal -- or, more likely, explain some gray areas --
then great," said analyst Denis Pombriant.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/81849.html

PlayStation Vue Could Put Cable TV in Rear-View Mirror
Sony on Wednesday launched its PlayStation Vue streaming service in New
York City, Chicago and Philadelphia. A combination of live and on-demand
TV with a cloud-based DVR, Vue is available on the PS4 and PS3 in those
cities. Users' favorite shows and channels will be right on the home
screen whenever they fire up the service. The DVR lets users save
favorite shows and store them for up to 28 days.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/81846.html

SXSW Runs on Wireless Carriers' Well-Oiled Machines
At this year's South by Southwest Conferences and Festivals in Austin,
Texas, more than 150,000 new people have entered the major wireless
carriers' network space. Nearly every one of them has a phone for making
voice calls or using the Web. How do wireless carriers handle such a
demand surge? That's one of the big challenges facing AT&T Mobility,
Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/81845.html

Apple's TV Plans Come Into Focus
Apple is expected to launch a Web-TV service this fall, offering 25
channels of content from various providers. Its pending move "is yet
another sign that the traditional pay-TV provider lock on programming
distribution continues to erode," said IDC analyst Greg Ireland. "The
availability of more options ... will attract attention from cord-
cutters and current pay-TV subscribers alike."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/81844.html

Nintendo Makes the Leap to Smartphones and Tablets
Nintendo has reached an agreement that will see its beloved intellectual
property finally arrive on mobile devices, CEO Satoru Iwata announced
Tuesday at a hastily called briefing. Mobile publisher DeNA and Nintendo
have entered a capital alliance, in which they'll trade a portion of
their stock and develop games for smart devices. Nintendo will acquire
10 percent of DeNA's outstanding shares.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/81842.html

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