Elon Musk, not for the first time in his life, seemingly broke the internet last week with his offer to buy Twitter in a nearly $44 billion bid. In early April 2022, Elon Musk purchased 73,486,938 shares of Twitter’s stock, valued at $2.89 million, making him the largest shareholder of the social media company at […]
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What Are NFTs and How Do They Work? Understanding Non-Fungible Tokens
NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are digital assets that represent something in the real world, like art, music, or collectibles. Non-fungible, aka unique, means each NFT is one-of-a-kind and can’t be easily replaced with another NFT or another form of internet currency, unlike cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin or dogecoin. NFTs are something like virtual trading cards. […]
The Shift to a Contactless Shopping Experience
Commerce has always relied on technology to help make the shopping experience easier, faster and more secure for both sides of every transaction. Scales allowed ancient buyers and sellers to verify weights when trading and bartering, the introduction of credit cards allowed consumers to purchase items and to carry a monthly balance forward and e-commerce […]
What Is Amazon Sidewalk? How to Disable It
Do you own an Amazon Echo or Ring product, like the Echo Studio, an Echo Dot, or a Ring Floodlight Cam? If so, then you might want to know that your devices have recently been enrolled in a new network called Amazon Sidewalk. The purpose of this new feature is to keep your home devices […]
DoorDash Drivers’ #DeclineNow Strategy Increases Their Pay
Due to a glitch in the DoorDash app, drivers on the platform are making more money in an effort they’re calling #DeclineNow, where they decline low-paying orders to drive up their average pay per order, according to a Vice report. The movement has garnered thousands of individuals in support, with an almost 30,000 member private […]
Amazon Acquires Shopify Competitor Selz
In January, Amazon quietly acquired Selz, an Australian company that competes with companies like Shopify and BigCommerce to help small brands launch their own online stores. The acquisition wasn’t made public until mid-February when Selz announced the acquisition on its blog. As consumers have heavily relied on digital storefronts to fulfill their shopping needs, Amazon’s […]