E-commerce 3.0 for Walmart

Amandeep Singh Junejan, senior director for cloud operations and engineering at WalmartLabs:

"Ecommerce 3.0 is all about combining distribution so that all inventory is available to all customers all of the time, involving integration of the digital and physical worlds."

Read more at ComputerWeekly.com

Reuters: Amazon in talks to buy online luxury retailer Net-a-porter

Amazon.com is in talks to buy online luxury retailer Net-a-porter in what could be the biggest acquisition yet for the e-commerce giant, but the negotiations are in early stages and could fall apart, Forbes reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

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Why Content Really Isn't King And What Actually Is

Great content :-), by Ross Simmonds

HTTPS as a ranking signal

At Google I/O, a few months ago, Google asked for “HTTPS everywhere” on the web. Now, there's an official announcement that the search engine will start using  HTTPS as a ranking signal.

"For now it's only a very lightweight signal — affecting fewer than 1% of global queries, and carrying less weight than other signals such as high-quality content — while we give webmasters time to switch to HTTPS. But over time, we may decide to strengthen it, because we’d like to encourage all website owners to switch from HTTP to HTTPS to keep everyone safe on the web."

Read more at Google's WebMaster Central Blog

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#AmazonCart - Twitter teams up with Amazon

Twitter teams up with Amazon: #AmazonCart -  Add it Now. Buy it Later. Shop from within Twitter.


 

The Narrative Clip, recording your life log

The Narrative Clip, a wearable camera able to create a continuous life log for the user. A tiny, automatic camera and app that gives you a searchable and shareable photographic memory.

http://getnarrative.com


#lifelogging 

Lifeloggers (also known as lifebloggers or lifegloggers) typically wear computers in order to capture their entire lives, or large portions of their lives.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifelogging

Amazon to Hire 70,000 Full-Time Workers for the Holidays

Amazon announced Tuesday that it plans to hire 70,000 full-time workers for its fulfillment centers to keep up with increased demand during the holidays, something like a 40% increase from last year's seasonal hiring, suggesting that the company is optimistic about growing consumer demand this year.

Read more: Mashable