E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Tuesday -- September 3, 2019

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How to Choose Shipping Software to Scale Your E-Commerce Business
The High Stakes of Oracle's Appeal
Can Cable TV Survive the 5G Wireless Threat?
Apple Says Sorry for Listening In on Siri Talks
Storm Erupts Over Google's Advice Against Blocking Cookies

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Today's Story Highlights

How to Choose Shipping Software to Scale Your E-Commerce Business
Implementing shipping software can be a big step in scaling your e-
commerce business -- providing a way to create shipping labels quickly,
to gain access to carrier discounts, and more. With the holidays
approaching, now is the time to get smart about your options. Before
deciding to buy, it's important to know which features to prioritize.
Label printing should be the bare minimum it can do.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86221.html

The High Stakes of Oracle's Appeal
Now Oracle is appealing the Pentagon's award to Amazon of its $10
billion JEDI contract to provide cloud computing solutions. "The Court
of Federal Claims opinion in the JEDI bid protest describes the JEDI
procurement as unlawful, notwithstanding dismissal of the protest solely
on the legal technicality of Oracle's purported lack of standing," said
Dorian Daley, general counsel for Oracle.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86220.html

Can Cable TV Survive the 5G Wireless Threat?
Traditional cable TV providers will face a big competitive threat in the
next decade from the Internet, IPTV and 5G wireless. Cable TV typically
lands at the bottom in customer satisfaction surveys. That means there
is both plenty of room for improvement and plenty of room for new
competitors and new technologies to jump in and quickly win. Not long
ago, cable TV companies had no competition.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86219.html

Apple Says Sorry for Listening In on Siri Talks
Apple has suspended audits of consumer interactions with Siri, and
undertaken a review of practices and policies related to the voice
assistant. Before suspending grading, the process involved reviewing a
small sample of audio and computer-generated transcripts from Siri
requests -- less than 0.2 percent -- to measure how well Siri responded.
The goal was to improve the assistant's reliability.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86216.html

Storm Erupts Over Google's Advice Against Blocking Cookies
Google's recent announcement of Privacy Sandbox -- an initiative to
develop a set of open standards geared toward fundamental enhancements
of privacy on the Web -- has stirred up a controversy. Blocking cookies
is not a good idea for a number of reasons, and standardization of such
efforts is needed, argued Justin Schuh, director, Chrome Engineering.
Google invited the Web community to comment.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86214.html

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