Social Media’s rise in popularity has created some very real problems for the Internet and its users. Social networks like Facebook and Twitter have seemingly opened the floodgates to security troubles, and over the past few weeks, this has been accentuated by a number of issues and studies.
Poor Customer Service Holding Back E-Commerce Sales
Earlier this month comScore released its Q2 retail e-commerce sales estimates, which indicated that US online retail spending dropped from the same period from last year. This is only the second time that has happened.
Why PayPal is Holding Onto Some eBay Sellers’ Money
PayPal requires reserves for a percentage of sellers. That percentage is less than 1% according to the company. PayPal likens the reserves to a security deposit to cover future chargebacks and reversals.
Since PayPal began this practice, they have had a lot of questions about it from sellers, and hoping to clear up some confusion, Bill Clark, an analyst with PayPal’s risk team offered the following explanation on the PayPal Blog:
Is Your Press Center Holding Back Marketing Opportunities?
Covering industry news, naturally I read a lot of press releases. Sometimes they’re sent directly to me or our news team as a whole, sometimes I find them online through PR wires, and sometimes I will find them on the companies’ websites.
Another Example That Internet Advertising is Holding Strong
There has been a lot of talk about the online advertising industry being in trouble because of the economy, yet we continue to see example after example of the contrary. The latest example is highlighted by VentureBeat, and concerns ad network Glam Media, which despite making job cuts earlier in the year, is still seeing growth in advertising:
Forbes Holding Exit Door For McNealy
Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy could be at a point where his work with Sun is complete, which makes one analyst believe the outspoken executive may depart the company.
Nokia Holding WiMax Til 2008
Cell phone phenom Nokia said they’re going to wait and see what happens with the mobile WiMax market before they take the big leap. They are planning their release for 2008 giving time for the market to be established.
Yahoo Stock Enters Holding Pattern
One Wall Street analyst sees Yahoo nearly at its full valuation and changes his firm’s rating from “buy” to “hold” while remaining bullish on the company’s long-term prospects.
Microsoft Holding Xbox Supplies Back?
In a few days I’ll be at the European Xbox launch in Dublin, Ireland. Lots of sad faces as people can’t get Xbox’s.
Holding Line On Music Prices A Tough Job
Two big music publishers won’t take part in iTunes Japan, a business strategem that can best be summarized as “gimme.”