Transparency vs Asymmetrical Information

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eBay boss declares era of e-commerce is over

Last Updated on Monday, 7 November 2011 02:45 Written by a2e Monday, 7 November 2011 02:45

Open Mobile Summit John Donahoe, CEO of eBay, has said that the concept of e-commerce is dead and buried, since consumers really don’t care about where they buy, so long as they get the cheapest price.

Speaking at the Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco, Donahoe said that the increasing use of mobile technology had blurred the barrier between e-commerce and regular retail to such an extent that the former term was essentially meaningless. Now consumers are walking into retail stores, and using their phones to identify better prices for goods they like, and will use either online or offline purchasing to get the price they want.

“Over the last 12-18 months we at eBay have changed our view on e-commerce,” he explained. “We’re now seeing a profound change in how consumers are behaving, and we’re going to see more changes in the next three years than we’re seen in the previous 20 in terms of shopping and payments. Mobile devices are blurring the lines between online and offline at a rate no one would have predicted.”



http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/03/ebay_declares_ecommerce_over/
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Facebook Seeks Free Love Among Data Center Giants

Last Updated on Saturday, 29 October 2011 11:26 Written by External Post Saturday, 29 October 2011 11:26

Facebook is dead serious about building common standards for efficient hardware in the data center. On Thursday, the social networking giant launched the Open Compute Foundation, an industry association that aims to reduce the cost and environmental
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Yahoo Open-Sources Real-Time MapReduce

Last Updated on Thursday, 4 November 2010 12:20 Written by External Post Thursday, 4 November 2010 12:20

Yahoo has open-sourced its S4 project for developing real-time MapReduce applications. As we’ve seen with Google’s new Caffeine infrastructure for its Instant Search features, there is a growing trend of unchaining large-scale data analysis from its
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Is Yahoo Set to Open-Source Real-Time MapReduce?

Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 November 2010 09:41 Written by External Post Wednesday, 3 November 2010 09:41

There are suggestions that Yahoo is set to open source its S4 project for developing real-time MapReduce applications. As we’ve seen with Google’s new Caffeine infrastructure for its Instant Search features, there is a growing trend of unchaining
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White House Press Secretary Takes ‘First Question’ From Twitter

Last Updated on Saturday, 30 October 2010 12:41 Written by External Post Saturday, 30 October 2010 12:41

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Google MD on Apple: ‘Open source will win’

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 October 2010 02:40 Written by External Post Saturday, 16 October 2010 02:40

Matt Brittin, managing director for Google’s UK and Ireland operations, believes open source poses a problem for Apple. Responding to the question, ‘Is Apple unstoppable?’, at the AOP Digital Publishing Summit today, Brittin said, Apple is “brilliant”
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DC Suspends Tests of Online Voting System

Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 October 2010 06:40 Written by External Post Tuesday, 12 October 2010 06:40

Fortran IV writes “Back in June, Washington, DC signed up with the The Open Source Digital Foundation to set up an internet voting system for DC residents overseas. The plan was to have the system operational by the November general election. Last week
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D.C. Suspends Tests of Online Voting System

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 October 2010 01:02 Written by External Post Wednesday, 6 October 2010 01:02

Fortran IV writes “Back in June, Washington, D.C. signed up with the The Open Source Digital Foundation to set up an internet voting system for D.C. residents overseas. The plan was to have the system operational by the November general election. Last
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Take a Tour of the New Twitter

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 September 2010 07:41 Written by External Post Thursday, 16 September 2010 07:41

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