E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Monday -- January 11, 2016

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Headline Scan
Facebook Messenger Dashes Past 800 Million User Mark
Apple Execs' Salaries Go Up as Stock Goes Down
YouTube Reveals 4K HDR and 360-Degree Video Support at CES
Taxpayer Advocate Blasts IRS' Planned Customer Service Revamp

Today's Story Highlights

Facebook Messenger Dashes Past 800 Million User Mark
Facebook last week announced that its Messenger app had reached the 800
million monthly user milestone. Messenger lets users send text messages,
stickers, photos, videos, voice clips, GIFs, their location and money.
It's a standalone app, so one doesn't have to be a Facebook member to
use it, and it's cross-platform, running on smartphones, tablets and
desktops.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82960.html

Apple Execs' Salaries Go Up as Stock Goes Down
All but one of Apple's top team received a pay raise in 2015, according
to a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
this week. While Angela Ahrendts, Apple's senior vice president for
retail and online stores, didn't get a raise, she's still pulling down
the highest executive compensation at the company at $25.8 million. Her
compensation in 2014 was $73.4 million.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82958.html

YouTube Reveals 4K HDR and 360-Degree Video Support at CES
YouTube Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl on Thursday laid out the
direction the service plans to take this year, including new
partnerships with GoPro to support 360-degree video content and support
for 4K HDR, or high dynamic range, video. So-called cord cutters are
having an impact on streaming video services, including those of
competitors such as Amazon and YouTube, he said at CES 2016.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82956.html

Taxpayer Advocate Blasts IRS' Planned Customer Service Revamp
The Taxpayer Advocate Service has released its annual report to
Congress. Among other things, it warns that a five-year plan to revamp
IRS operations may result in a substantial reduction in telephone and
face-to-face interactions with taxpayers. "TAS has been left with the
distinct impression that the IRS's ultimate goal is to get out of the
business of talking with taxpayers," the report states.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82952.html

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