E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Thursday -- August 25, 2016

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Headline Scan
WhatsApp Shaves Off a Little More Privacy
Google Cracks Down on Intrusive Mobile Ads
In a Political Season
Kobe Bryant Pours Energy - and Money - Into Tech
Verizon Toys With Risky App Revenue Plan
Pegasystems CTO Don Schuerman: Trust the Technology
Sony Tips PS4 Slim Standard Strategy

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WhatsApp Shaves Off a Little More Privacy
WhatsApp on Thursday announced an update to its terms and privacy policy
-- the first in four years. Among other things, the changes will affect
the ways users can communicate with businesses while continuing to avoid
third-party banner ads or spam messages, according to the company.
However, WhatsApp will begin to share some personal details about its 1
billion users with Facebook.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83839.html

Google Cracks Down on Intrusive Mobile Ads
Google has announced that it soon will downgrade mobile pages in its
search rankings if they carry ads that obscure content. Such ads
"provide a poorer experience to users than other pages where content is
immediately accessible," explained Doantam Phan, a product manager at
Google. Techniques that reduce the accessibility of content include
showing users a popup that covers the main content.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83836.html

In a Political Season
Many, if not most, people I know don't want to talk about it -- the
election, that is. Lots of them have views but they don't want to share
them, based on a dislike of contentiousness. Who likes conflict? There
is an article floating around the Internet that I lost track of that
says nobody's mind ever changes in a heated debate about something so
vital, so why engage?
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83837.html

Kobe Bryant Pours Energy - and Money - Into Tech
Kobe Bryant, the retired Los Angeles Lakers basketball champion, has
expanded his burgeoning suite of business interests with Monday's launch
of Bryant Stibel, a $100 million venture capital fund for technology,
data and media companies. Jeff Stibel, the vice chairman of Dun &
Bradstreet, is Bryant's long-time business partner. Bryant and Stibel
plan to self-fund the new firm for several years.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83833.html

Verizon Toys With Risky App Revenue Plan
Verizon's reported consideration of a plan to preinstall mobile apps
from major retailers and financial firms on users' smartphones has drawn
sharp criticism. The carrier reached out to numerous retail and finance
brands with an offer to preload mobile apps on its Android phones for
between $1 and $2 per device, according to unnamed ad agency executives.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83829.html

Pegasystems CTO Don Schuerman: Trust the Technology
Customers may not understand the processes that drive their experiences,
and they're not eager to look under the hood, suggested Don Schuerman,
CTO of Pegasystems. "The contemporary customer doesn't really care about
CRM. They care about the experience they have, and in most cases they
know little or nothing about the fact that there's a technology behind
the scenes called CRM.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83828.html

Sony Tips PS4 Slim Standard Strategy
Sony reportedly plans to roll out a slimmed-down standard version of its
popular PlayStation 4 video game console next month. The news follows
the company's announcement earlier this year that it would introduce a
higher-end version of the console with enhanced graphics, aimed at hard-
core gamers. The new PS4 standard model could be Sony's way of
attracting more casual users.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83827.html

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