Forrester: E-Commerce transactions in U.S. will hit RM1.15 trillion in 2017
US: Forrester Research, a global research and advisory firm, in its latest report says that eCommerce in U.S. will continue to grow rapidly and the eCommerce transaction is expected to grow at 13 per cent to reach RM817.31 billion (US$262 billion) this year. Forrester also projected that the sales will reach RM1.15 trillion (US$370 billion) in 2017. Forrester has identified two major drivers of the growth. First, bricks and mortar...
WooCommerce now supports online orders fulfilment service via EFS
US: The order fulfilment service provider eFulfilment Service (EFS) has announced that its platform has been integrated with WooCommerce, a free eCommerce plugin for WordPress websites. With the integration, Woocommerce merchants will be able to access EFS’s Fulfilment Control Panel (FCP) to maintain constant visibility over their inventory, orders and shipments anytime. It also allows orders placed on WooCommerce are automatically...
Xoom introduces Pay Only When Received remittance service
PHILIPPINES: Xoom Corporation (Xoom), a global online money transfer provider has launched Pay Only When Received (POWR) service, giving its Filipino customers assurance that Xoom will not withdraw fund from their bank accounts until the money is received by the recipients.
Mobile shopping in China grows 600% in 2012
CHINA: According to the Taobao 2012 Mobile Shopping Annual Report, the value of online purchases made via mobile devices increased 600 percent last year on Taobao Marketplace and Tmall.com, China’s largest shopping websites. The report shows women are the most active mobile shoppers, spending an average of RMB 1,757 (RM883.37) on both shopping websites last year, compared with the men’s average of RMB 1,144 (RM575.17). The report also...
Join Google Reader petition to request Google stops withdrawing the service
MALAYSIA: Eight online petitions have been started on Change.org, a world’s petition platform in a bid to stop Google withdrawing Google Reader service, the Telegraph reported. Earlier this week, Google announced to withdraw Google Reader service due to declining interest in the RSS content aggregator. ‘Goolge Keep Google Reader Running’, one of the running petitions started by Dan Lewis from New York has reached over 120,000...
PayPal acquires mobile app developer Duff Research
US: PayPal on Wednesday announced that Duff Research, a group of award-winning mobile app developers who has shipped more than 40 apps has been acquired by PayPal. After the acquisition, this talented team of engineers will be joining PayPal technology team to help PayPal to enhance PayPal digital wallet.
Google boss to visit Myanmar next week
MYANMAR: Google’s executive chairman Eric Schimdt is going to give a speech at the Myanmar Information and Communication Technology Park in Yangon on March 22, the Telegraph reported. Eric also will meet senior government officials before his speech. Eric will be the first tech company boss to visit Myanmar.
MOL invests in Turkey’s Game Sultan and PaytoGo
MALAYSIA: MOL AccessPortal Sdn Bhd (MOL), a subsidiary of MOL Global on Wednesday announced that the company has made a majority investment in Turkey’s E-pin market leader, Game Sultan, and leading mobile payment company, PaytoGo, Business Times reported. After the investment, MOLPay has expanded its presence in 11 countries. MOL believes this strategic move able to help them to penetrate easily into Europe, the Middle East and...
Twitter unveils new version for Windows 8 users
MALAYSIA: Twitter on Wednesday released it Windows 8 version, allowing users easier to share and discover content via Twitter on their Windows 8 devices. The new app also comes with new functions such as snap view, new landscape view for photos, live tiles and notifications.
Maybank expects its debit card business grow 34% this year
MALAYSIA: With over 200,000 new debit cards issued per month, Maybank expects its debit card billings to rise by at least 34 per cent this year to RM6 billion, Business Times reported. According to Maybank, the bank is leading the debit card business in the country with over 8.6 million debit cards issued.
