Mobile

Shopify has unveiled a consumer app that lets users discover local businesses, receive relevant product recommendations from their favorite brands, check out effortlessly, and track all their online orders. It can gather and track orders and receipts automatically, but it also works without auto-tra...

Merchants soon will be able to sell products on Google Shopping at no charge. Previously, they had to pay per click, but the cost was not fixed. There was no minimum, but they had to set a maximum for ad spend and Google would stop displaying their ads once the maximum was reached. Starting next wee...

Amazon has promised to check temperatures and provide surgical masks for workers at its fulfillment centers and Whole Foods grocery stores starting next week. Instacart workers have not received similar promises. The news came in the midst of brewing turmoil among employees. Some full-time and contr...

Fraudsters are gaining access to accounts using credential stuffing, romance scams, social engineering, phishing or hacking, noted TransUnion in"Global E-Commerce in 2020." The three-digit rise in account takeovers is connected to the rash of data breaches over the last decade, according to Angie Wh...

Consumers were becoming increasingly comfortable with the idea of ordering food online, either for pick up or home delivery, even before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Now many more shoppers are turning to online grocery shopping.

What will 2020 hold for e-commerce and m-commerce? The verdict is in, and it looks like convenience is high on the agenda for consumers. Consumers want to be able to make purchases at the click of a button.

To make purchases, shoppers need an Amazon account and the free Amazon Go app from the Apple App Store, Google Play, or Amazon Appstore. The app can be downloaded onto a recent-generation iPhone or Android phone. They use a QR code from the app to enter the store.

A U.S. District judge has ruled that Sprint and T-Mobile, the nation's third- and fourth-largest mobile carriers, can go forward with a $25 billion merger. The deal will not close until the California Public Utilities Commission approves the transaction, but clearing this latest hurdle moves the two...

A coding error in an app used to count vote totals in the Democratic caucuses in Iowa has delayed the release of final tallies, the state's Democratic Party announced. Although the data collected by the app was sound, it was reporting only a portion of that data to party headquarters due a coding is...