Amazon casts its net wider
News Amazon.com has detailed plans to release a test version of an online payment system that would allow people to use their Amazon accounts to pay for products bought from other Web-based businesses. The Amazon service appears to fulfil a similar...
[July 21, 2003, 14:33]
Amazon hit by 'shopping cart' patents lawsuit
News These won infamy in 1998 as the "shopping cart" patents, which cover processes that allow buyers to accumulate items before checking out of a Web storefront, how payment and purchase data is passed through a URL, and the use of "digital offers...
[February 26, 2004, 12:40]
BT rolls out one-stop shop for Web payments
News BT's "click & buy" service centralises the process, letting users sign up once, and then use their payment information on any site participating int he scheme. Price said that BT's research showed that in some cases, users were five or six times...
[July 2, 2002, 13:28]
Apple unveils iPhone OS 3.0
News Previously there was no way to do this, forcing developers to hike up the initial price, or use external payment systems, similar to Amazon with its Kindle application. This payment system is only for paid apps, meaning free applications cannot be...
[March 18, 2009, 7:32]
Don't be a victim of identity theft
News The key to safe online financial transactions is to shop only at reputable Web sites and to be sure transactions are secured with SSL encryption (which you can recognise by the little "locked" icon that will appear at the bottom of most Web...
[May 12, 2006, 12:10]
Amazon, Yahoo! take Red Cross donations
News It uses the site's "1-Click" payment method to allow consumers to pay and lets the Web sites collect funds without having to register for a merchant account from credit-card firms. Web sites including Amazon.com and Yahoo.com are allowing people to...
[September 12, 2001, 17:07]
