E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Tuesday -- June 20, 2017

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Headline Scan
Deep Root Analytics Downplays Giant Voter Data 'Oops'
Verizon Makes New Oath
Amazon Spends $14B on Whole Foods
Visa Seeks to Build Online B2B Ecosystem
Broader Scope of Russian Election Cyberattacks Revealed
Swiftpage CEO: Better Interactions Lead to More Transactions
Chastened Uber CEO Takes Leave of Absence to Work on Self-Improvement

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Deep Root Analytics Downplays Giant Voter Data 'Oops'
A data contractor working on behalf of the Republican National Committee
earlier this month allowed the personal data of 198 million voters to be
exposed online, marking the largest ever leak of voter data in history.
Deep Root Analytics exposed 1.1 terabytes of sensitive information --
including names, home addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and voter
registration information.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84622.html

Verizon Makes New Oath
Verizon last week completed its US$4.5 billion acquisition of Yahoo's
operating business assets, merging it with its existing AOL business to
create Oath. The new subsidiary encompasses more than 50 media and
technology brands -- including HuffPost; Yahoo Sports, Finance and Mail;
AOL.com; Makers; Tumblr; TechCrunch; Flickr; and Build Studios.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84620.html

Amazon Spends $14B on Whole Foods
Amazon has inked a deal to acquire Whole Foods Market for close to $14
billion in cash. The agreement includes assumption of Whole Foods' net
debt. Whole Foods will run as a wholly independent subsidiary of Amazon.
It will continue to operate stores under its own brand and source
products from vendors and partners. Cofounder John Mackey will continue
in his role as Whole Foods' CEO.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84619.html

Visa Seeks to Build Online B2B Ecosystem
Visa this week announced the Visa Ready Program for Business Solutions,
a strategic framework to help ensure that tech companies integrating
with Visa's B2B payment services and data solutions meet the company's
standards and are market ready. The program lets Visa's tech partners
quickly integrate and approve various Visa B2B payments solutions,
including enhanced data, virtual card integration, payables automation,
and payment controls.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84617.html

Broader Scope of Russian Election Cyberattacks Revealed
Federal and state officials have confirmed that cyberattacks against
state voting systems during the 2016 election were more widespread than
previously disclosed to the public, but they said the heightened
activity did not impact final vote tallies. The confirmations follow a
report that attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election were
much greater than previously disclosed.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84615.html

Swiftpage CEO: Better Interactions Lead to More Transactions
"There are groups within companies that don't want to interact with a
full-blown CRM application," said Swiftpage CEO John Oechsle. "They want
to access it based on the functions they want it to perform. These small
purpose-built apps are going to continue to evolve. Also, people want to
interact with software using voice ... . They don't want to sit there
and type."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84612.html

Chastened Uber CEO Takes Leave of Absence to Work on Self-Improvement
Uber Technologies CEO Travis Kalanick said he will take a leave of
absence, as a company review led by Eric Holder was made public. The
review sketches out a plan to make radical changes to diversify Uber in
the wake of allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination.
Kalanick accepted responsibility for widespread company problems that
led to the investigation.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84610.html

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