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E-Commerce Minute: Friday -- March 23, 2012
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Headline Scan
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1. AT&T Let Scammers Overrun Calling Service, Feds Charge
2. Facebook Locks and Loads 750 IBM Patents
3. CDNs: New Channels, New Demands, New Opportunities
4. Yesware Is All About Keeping Sales Simple
5. Hacktivists, Not Profiteers, Stole Most Data in 2011
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Story Highlights
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1. AT&T Let Scammers Overrun Calling Service, Feds Charge
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The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against telecommunications
giant AT&T, claiming that the carrier allowed scammers to use a calling
service for the hearing-impaired and then stuck U.S. taxpayers with the
bill. While many Internet scams have originated from Nigeria, this case
reportedly involves scammers using a free Internet-based calling system
for hearing-impaired users.
See the Full Story:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74705.html
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2. Facebook Locks and Loads 750 IBM Patents
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Facebook has reportedly purchased 750 patents from IBM in an effort to
build its portfolio for better defense against patent suits. The social
network giant, which plans to kick off an IPO in a matter of weeks, is
in an especially vulnerable position against intellectual property
suits.
See the Full Story:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74704.html
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3. CDNs: New Channels, New Demands, New Opportunities
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The ecosystem for digital distribution is complex, with unique nuances
for each category of content. In a broad sense, the ecosystem includes
the creation of content, the availability of services that deliver
content and services to consumers, and the deployment of technologies
that enable delivery to connected consumer electronics platforms that
are capable of receiving and displaying content.
See the Full Story:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74697.html
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4. Yesware Is All About Keeping Sales Simple
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Gmail sales productivity application Yesware does not align with any
particular CRM vendor or industry or even sales methodology. That
possibly accounts for its wide- ranging and especially large user base,
said founder and CEO Matthew Bellows. In six months, Yesware has picked
up 20,000 business users -- from chimney sweeps to law firms to PR
shops.
See the Full Story:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74688.html
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5. Hacktivists, Not Profiteers, Stole Most Data in 2011
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Cyberattacks carried out by hacktivists -- hackers motivated by
political reasons -- shot up in 2011, accounting for 58 percent of the
data stolen in cyberbreaches, according to Verizon. The company's 2012
Data Breach Investigations Report also stated that 79 percent of the
attacks were opportunistic, meaning they were carried out because an
opportunity presented itself, rather than being planned.
See the Full Story:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74700.html
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