Tag: COMMERCE

Amazon may make getting gifts around the holidays a lot more enjoyable -- and perhaps a lot more awkward. The company was just granted a patent on a "system and method for converting gifts" which, in other words, is a way to exchange gifts before they've even been shipped (or ordered). The proposed system will allow users to set up rules that catch crappy gifts in the carts of clueless (but ...

In an effort to capitalize on the all-important holiday shopping season, eBay is rolling out a full slate of new features -- including a social networking-based buying option -- to its online marketplace. As the Wall Street Journal reports, a freshly redesigned eBay home page will soon offer recommendations to users based on their previous searches, as well as a new list of hot items currently ...

The Square hype started back in December when Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announced a new mobile payment system. It lets any business plug a small box into a mobile device's headphone jack for fast, easy swiping and payment. Receipts, signatures and accounts are all handled and stored electronically. Square is finally going live today for businesses and customers who use iPhones, iPads or the ...