Online retailers turn to social networks for holiday profits

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	Online retailers turn to social networks for holiday profits Retailers are going out of their way this year to integrate holiday season sales efforts with social networking sites to boost bottom line profits. (Insider - free registration required.) Read More WHITE PAPER: Comcast Bank Raises the Bar on Service Delivery with Comcast Read this exclusive case study to learn how Comcast and Eastern Bank teamed to maintain a secure, reliable network infrastructure for transferring and protecting an enormous amount of data, including customers' bank account and credit card information, financial transactions, mortgage payments and payroll processing for their businesses. Read Now In this Issue Starbucks mobile payments perk past 26M transactions EU asks for more information on Google-Motorola deal Google offers Currents, a Flipboard-like app Holiday online spending up 15% as Green Monday hits Serious bugs force SAP to put brakes on community site upgrade Senators, critics question ICANN's generic TLD plan IBM buys e-commerce analytics vendor Demandtec for $440M WEBCAST: IBM Optimizing Inventory Investments Gary Cross (Global Supply Chain Optimization Leader, IBM Center for Business Optimization) discusses the integration of the IBM Dynamic Inventory Optimization solution with the IBM Maximo solution. Listen Now Starbucks mobile payments perk past 26M transactions Starbucks said 26 million smartphone transactions were made to buy its coffee and other products in less than a year since it started using a mobile payment app. Read More EU asks for more information on Google-Motorola deal The European Commission has asked Google for more information about its planned $12.5 billion deal to buy Android smartphone maker Motorola Mobility, and has suspended its approval process until it has all the documentation it needs. Read More Google offers Currents, a Flipboard-like app Google has released a free mobile app that pulls content from different websites into one place and lets people build what looks a bit like their own personalized online magazine. Read More WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems Meeting Network Video Delivery Requirements Businesses are increasingly relying on video to inform, educate and inspire, but video can overwhelm even the most robust networks. Video optimization ensures your infrastructure is able to support all multimedia demands by offloading media servers and delivering a high-quality user experience. Read now! Holiday online spending up 15% as Green Monday hits Online holiday spending is up 15% so far this year, with Americans shelling out nearly $25 billion, according to online traffic monitor ComScore. Read More Serious bugs force SAP to put brakes on community site upgrade SAP has abruptly put the brakes on a planned upgrade to its massive community network portal, which was set to be rolled out this month, due to a number of lingering, "critical" bugs. Read More Senators, critics question ICANN's generic TLD plan The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) may be moving forward too fast on a plan to sell hundreds of new generic top-level domains starting early next year, several U.S. senators said. Read More IBM buys e-commerce analytics vendor Demandtec for $440M IBM is buying analytics vendor DemandTec for $440 million in a bid to build out its line of e-commerce software, the companies announced. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of next year. Read More
	SHARK TANK OF THE DAY Um, right away, boss This big health club is getting a steady stream of complaints about cell phone service -- which used to be fine, reports the sysadmin pilot fish who's catching the brunt of the complaints. CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that states outlaw the use of all electronic devices while driving. Should the use of personal electronic devices be banned while driving? NEW COMPUTERWORLD JOB BOARD Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted.
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