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	Drones are the new Pets.com There are many obstacles to overcome before books will be flying to us 30 minutes after we order them. Read More WEBCAST: Interactive Intelligence What Does it Take to Deliver a Superior Customer Experience? Discuss practical CX tools and service methods such as the use of social media methods to better connect customers and contact center agents and the use of realtime speech analytics to help contact center managers know what interactions to prioritize. Learn More In this Issue Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba seeks up to $21B in U.S. IPO Twitter testing a 'buy button' Apple's mobile payment rolling out despite problems Rakuten buys shopping site Ebates for $1B Isis Wallet mobile payment service changes its name to Softcard Amazon's efforts to test drones for package delivery gain support Global e-commerce doubles as shoppers get more adventurous Evan Schuman: Google eyes the preteen set WHITE PAPER: Code 42 Tips for Driving User Adoption in New Technology Deployment Read this checklist on tips for driving user adoption to see where you stand. Learn more! Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba seeks up to $21B in U.S. IPO Alibaba hopes to raise as much as $21 billion in its U.S. IPO, making the Chinese e-commerce company's debut one of the largest initial public offerings in U.S. history. Read More Twitter testing a 'buy button' Twitter is testing a way for its users to purchase digital music and other products through the social networking application, with the goal of making mobile shopping easier, the company said in a blog post. Read More Apple's mobile payment rolling out despite problems If lack of data visibility is crippling Apple, what chance do mere IT mortals have? Read More Rakuten buys shopping site Ebates for $1B Japanese online shopping giant Rakuten has added another company to its cart with the acquisition of Ebates, a cash-back shopping website. Read More WEBCAST: BMC Software Boost Productivity with Self Service for Middleware Middleware continues to play a significant role in the interconnectivity of applications across the enterprise. Find out how BMC Middleware Administration is used to increase productivity and meet ser requests. This session will provide insight into how to provide stakeholders with role-based self-service access to WebSphere MQ. Learn More Isis Wallet mobile payment service changes its name to Softcard Mobile payments startup Isis Wallet is changing its name to Softcard to avoid association with the Islamic militant group known as ISIS. Read More Amazon's efforts to test drones for package delivery gain support A group that represents the nascent commercial drone industry in the U.S., has thrown its weight behind a bid by Amazon to test drones for package delivery. Read More Global e-commerce doubles as shoppers get more adventurous Shoppers around the world are becoming a bit more adventurous and a lot more focused on buying what they're hunting for online, according to a Nielsen study. Read More Evan Schuman: Google eyes the preteen set No marketer wants to leave a potential market untapped, and Google hates to disappoint marketers. That could explain why Google is going to start offering Gmail, YouTube and other accounts to kids younger than 13. Read More
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