CyberSource releases 14th Annual North America Online Fraud Report
MALAYSIA: CyberSource, a Visa company has released its 2013 Online Fraud Report, a survey conducted among 312 North American merchants. The report is offering best practices for streamlining detection, prevention and management of online payment fraud, including tips to systemize and streamline the manual review process, to create an mCommerce strategy and to establish a 360-degree view of the fraud management process. You can...
ASUS unveils its All-in-One PC cum Tablet – ASUS Transformer AiO
MALAYSIA: ASUS yesterday launched its new ASUS Transformer AiO, the world’s first ever All-in-One PC cum Tablet, which is a powerful combination of the perfect desktop PC and a mobile Tablet that switches seamlessly between the Windows and Android operating systems. ASUS Transformer AiO is designed for desktop use and it comes with a 3rd generation Intel Core desktop processor, wireless Remote Desktop Technology (with dual-band...
Yahoo! will build a new data and customer care centre in New York
US: Yahoo! has announced its plan to build a new data and customer care centre in Lockport, New York later this year. The expansion enables Yahoo!’ to provide additional capacity and world-class customer care service, ensuring that Yahoo! users have fast product experiences and access to helpful customer support.
Mobile travel purchase via PayPal increases 1600%
AUSTRALIA: PayPal Australia reported that its mobile transactions for travel products increased 1600 per cent in 2012. PayPal said 20 per cent of all its travel transactions came from mobile, the Travel Trend reported.
Delhi becomes e-commerce hub in India
INDIA: A recent survey conducted by eBay India found Delhi has emerged as the top e-commerce hub in India, the Inside Retail Asia reported. The survey revealed that electronics were the most favourite product in online shopping (48%) followed by lifestyle goods (41%) and majority of the transactions contributed by American followed by people living in UK, Australia, China and Canada.
Infographic: What kind of password do people use
With the increasing importance of online life, each of us faces the need to use more and more web services: social networks, e-mail, online banking and so on. Each service requires a username and password, with most services today enforcing strong password standards that require us to memorize multiple alphanumeric combinations. Based on the limited abilities of the average human’s memory, using the same password for different...
Namecheap accepts bitcoin payment for its services
US: Namecheap, a well-known domain name registrar has announced that they are accepting Bitcoin as payment for their services, making Namecheap as the fifth most popular website after WordPress, Reddit, the Internet Archive and 4Chan to accept Bitcoin. Just like WordPress, Namecheap’s reasons for accepting Bitcoin are primarily political in nature.
comScore: Europe records 408.3 million desktop-based internet users in 2012
UK: The global digital measurement and analytics comScore has released the 2013 Europe Digital Future in Focus report which provides a comprehensive overview of the European market and identifies the prevailing trends in web usage, online video, mobile and search. Some of the highlights from the report are as follow: 408.3 million people in Europe used the desktop-based internet in December 2012, a 7 percent increase over the past...
Visa partners with more banks to enable its cards acceptance in Myanmar
MYANMAR: According to Travel Daily News, Visa has announced the continued momentum of its payment network expansion in Myanmar with Co-operative Bank, Kanbawza Bank and Myanmar Apex Bank to enable acceptance of Visa credit, debit and prepaid cards via their point-of-sale (POS) terminals.
Yahoo! acquires mobile product company Summly
MALAYSIA: Yahoo! yesterday announced that they are acquiring Summly, a mobile product company founded by Nick D’Aloisio with a vision to simplify the way we get information, making it faster, easier and more concise. According to Yahoo!, Nick and the Summly team are joining Yahoo! in the coming weeks. Yahoo! users will be able to see the Summly app through Yahoo! mobile experiences...
