E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Wednesday -- May 25, 2016

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Headline Scan
Oculus Riles Users Over Piracy Block That Fails Anyway
Yahoo Bids Could Seriously Underwhelm
New SF Store Showcases Apple's Trademark Creativity
Vendors Gain Congressional Support on IT Pricing
Deeper Connections
Hacker Hawks 2-Year-Old Cache of 117M LinkedIn User IDs

Today's Story Highlights

Oculus Riles Users Over Piracy Block That Fails Anyway
It took a hacker just a day to come up with a workaround for the
platform update Oculus released last week, which blocked users from
running the company's games on rival virtual reality systems. Version
1.4 of the Oculus App blocked a hack from LibreVR called "Revive" that
allowed users to play Oculus games on rival systems, including the HTC
Vive and Valve.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83544.html

Yahoo Bids Could Seriously Underwhelm
Bids for Yahoo's core assets were expected to come in at between $2
billion and $3 billion, far below prior estimates that it could fetch $4
billion to $8 billion at auction, according to a news report published
last week. Verizon, which remains the leading candidate for Yahoo's
assets, and other contenders met with CEO Marissa Mayer at the company's
Sunnyvale, California, headquarters
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83541.html

New SF Store Showcases Apple's Trademark Creativity
Apple last week opened a San Francisco flagship store in the city's tony
Union Square shopping district. The store has a 42-foot-tall sliding
glass door and a 50-foot tall green wall and is powered by 100 percent
renewable energy. "We have a deep commitment to the cities we work in
and are aware of the importance that architecture plays in the
community," Apple's Jonathan Ive said.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83540.html

Vendors Gain Congressional Support on IT Pricing
Selling information technology to the U.S. government is never easy, and
it's even harder when a vendor cannot highlight the qualitative
differences it believes separates its competencies from other providers
competing for the same work. Yet a major contracting tool federal
agencies use in seeking IT products and services tends to smother those
differences in skills and competencies.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83537.html

Deeper Connections
Salesforce held its Connections 2016 user event in Atlanta earlier this
month. About 7,000 people attended, but in the Georgia World Congress
Center and airplane hangar, attendance seemed smallish. Attendance might
have been held down by Gov. Nathan Deal's slow response to vetoing a
religious freedom law largely seen as discriminating against the LGBT
community.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83538.html

Hacker Hawks 2-Year-Old Cache of 117M LinkedIn User IDs
A hacker reportedly has offered to sell the account information of 117
million LinkedIn users, which was stolen in a 2012 hack. The data
includes users' email addresses and passwords.The hacker, who goes by
the handle "Peace," reportedly offered the data on The Real Deal -- a
site on the dark web -- for 5 bitcoins -- about $2,200. LeakedSource
last week announced it had more than 167 million stolen records.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83535.html

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