Here's what happened in e-commerce this week

Facebook is giving out free beacons to retailers; what Alibaba's expansion into the US means for retailers; Online customer service needs more attention

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Tech Select   June 14, 2015 Here's what happened in e-commerce this week Facebook is giving out free beacons to retailers; what Alibaba's expansion into the US means for retailers; Online customer service needs more attention Read» Share this story: Here's what happened in payments this week Samsung Pay and Apple Pay updates, Facebook and Shopify in social commerce, Pinterest Braintree partnership, Verifone mPOS booming, Mastercard battles bitcoin in UK  Read» Share this story: This budget airline is doing something really smart with drones — and big airlines should pay attention VIDEO: Engineers at EasyJet, a UK budget airline, are developing a way to use automated drones to inspect aircraft and find damages  Read» Share this story: 16 tech titans who are giving away most of their money instead of leaving it to their families Some entrepreneurs who have made billions off of their tech ventures...  Read» Share this story: Google want the man building the Garden Bridge to design their new £1 billion London HQ Larry Page reportedly rejected rival designs earlier this year because they were "boring."  Read» THE PROGRAMMATIC-ADVERTISING REPORT: Mobile, video, and real-time bidding drive growth in programmatic Real-time bidding is growing considerably faster than programmatic overall.   Read» Apple, Spotify, and Google are preparing for a gruesome music war — but there's not much to fight over yet First it was the record. Then came the cassette tape, followed by the...  Read» Advertisement The head of the new 'YouTube built for gamers' dishes on why it's not just copying Amazon's Twitch YouTube dove much deeper into the gaming world Friday with the...  Read» Share this story: How a 10-month-old startup's founders convinced investors to give them millions of dollars to buy a 93-year-old German razor factory Not many companies can convince investors to give them $100 million...  Read» Share this story: New programs from Walmart and eBay prove that e-commerce membership is the most important new retail trend Walmart and eBay are fighting back against Amazon.  Read» Share this story: A former Google exec just raised $100 million to transform the way we teach kids Click to read the story »  Read» Share this story: See Also A former Apple employee describes what it was like to work on the design team under Steve Jobs Former Apple CEO and cofounder Steve Jobs had high standards for his...   Read»   The world's first smartphone, Simon, was created 15 years before the iPhone People didn't start using the term "smartphone" until 1995, but the...   Read»   YouTube's biggest star makes over $4 million a year playing video games VIDEO: Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg also known as "PewDiePie" is a foul-mouthed Swedish video-game commentator.   Read»   Apple has finally given the people making Watch apps the freedom to make them awesome Last month, my colleague Steve Kovach made the argument that the biggest...   Read»   Share: Share: Share: Share: Share this: Email sent to: ipat39@gmail.com   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011