OpenAI’s Path Toward App Store, Ad Monetization by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, November 7, 2023 Apple, Google, and Microsoft have new competition in the app space, which could open new advertising options for brands. OpenAI’s first developer conference debuted tools that allow anyone to create a custom chatbot with no coding experience needed — … Continue reading OpenAI’s Path Toward App Store, Ad Monetization
Building an E-commerce Store on WordPress: A Step-by-step Guide Image source: Dreamstime Stock Photos & Images The online platform not only offers you a wider customer base but also provides convenience in transactions, better consumer interaction, and detailed customer behavior insights. A physical store limits you to local footfall; digital presence, on the other hand, … Continue reading Building an E-commerce Store on WordPress: A Step-by-step Guide
The national retailer is capitalizing on mobile to drive online and in-store purchases during its back-to-school push. Chris Wood on August 16, 2023 The Container Store is using texts and other mobile channels to drive back-to-school sales as college students prepare to move into dorms. The company’s strategy is tailored to engage customers in the … Continue reading How The Container Store is using SMS to reach college students
Meta’s Threads app is here to challenge Twitter Karissa Bell @karissabe Threads, Meta’s text-based app to challenge Twitter, is now official. Mark Zuckerberg announced the new service one day ahead of the July 6th launch date that appeared in app stores earlier this week. Meta has begun rolling out the new service around … Continue reading Meta’s Threads sent another app named Threads to the top of the App Store charts
By Elizabeth Segran June 29, 2023 Move over Shein. There’s a new Chinese company trying to take over the world of U.S. retail. It’s TikTok. According to Semafor, TikTok is going to open an online retail store in the U.S. version of the app as soon as next month. TikTok, which is owned by … Continue reading TikTok’s plan to open a retail store is bonkers. Here’s why
Microsoft Store Ads Will Serve In Bing Search Results by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 9, 2023 Microsoft Store Ads will now appear in Bing search results and will soon become available to all advertisers worldwide. The plan is to expand the service to 150 new regions. The company announced Microsoft Store Ads, a product designed … Continue reading Microsoft Store Ads Will Serve In Bing Search Results
Jon Fingas @jonfingas Microsoft just made one of the largest-ever bids for a game studio. The company has announced plans to acquire Activision Blizzard for $95 per share, valuing the all-cash deal at an enormous $68.7 billion. The deal would make the combined entity the “third-largest” game company by revenue, according to Microsoft, and would … Continue reading Xbox head says Microsoft’s mobile game store could arrive next year
By Sam Becker December 23, 2022 Who can forget the doldrums of the pandemic in 2020, when Charmin was the hottest commodity around? Over the past couple of years, stores have managed to restock shelves and most supply chains have ironed themselves out (to a degree). But even throughout 2022, shortages of various goods … Continue reading From baby formula to Tylenol, 2022 was the year in shortages, but what’s in store for 2023?
By Chris Stokel-Walker December 20, 2022 The fight for unionization continues for Apple employees across the pond. Workers at Apple’s White City London store unionized on December 12, asking the Cupertino-based tech giant to voluntarily recognize their union. Apple has until December 22 to respond to the request for union recognition, according to the … Continue reading Inside the London Apple Store workers’ unionization efforts
Google is (unsurprisingly) shutting down Stadia in January Kris Holt @krisholt Despite claims to the contrary as recently as July, Google is shutting down its Stadia games streaming service after just three years. The company says players will still have access to their games and be able to play them until January 18, 2023. … Continue reading Google begins refunding Stadia hardware purchases made on the Google Store
