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Google Ramps Up Its Mobile Shopping Experience
‘Purchases on Google’ will let you buy directly through Google Search ads
Barclaycard Takes bPay To The Public
Three new bPay devices, including contactless wristband, fob and sticker, go on sale July 1
How F1 Technology Is Helping McLaren Make The World A Smarter Place
Applied Technologies arm proves McLaren isn't just a motor racing team
Alibaba Pulls US E-Commerce Site
Chinese retail titan announces sale of 11 Main after just a year in operation
HP Pro Tablet 608 Sports Windows 10, USB-C
8in business tablet also packs in eight-hour battery life to get you through the working day
PayPal Brings One-Touch Online Checkouts To The UK
No need to keep entering login information anymore, thanks to PayPal’s One Touch for Web
iZettle: Contactless Payments Are All About Adding Simplicity
Jens Münch tells TechWeekEurope why iZettle is the smaller merchant’s best friend
Most Top Retailers ‘Won’t Accept Apple Pay’
Reuters survey finds many merchants won’t support the technology, even by 2016
Google I/O – Google Goes Contactless With Android Pay
Contactless payments become easier than ever with launch of new Android Pay system
Worldpay – It’s Time We Retired ‘E-Commerce’ For Just Plain ‘Commerce’
WorldPay’s Kevin Dallas tells TechWeekEurope how the UK is helping evolve a dynamic and growing online payments industry
iZettle Makes Contactless Card Reader Available To UK SMBs
Card Reader Pro Contactless costs just £79 and supports the likes of Apple Pay
Alibaba Is Going Dotless To Revive The QR Code
New ‘Dotless Visual Codes’ will breathe new life in retail technology, Alibaba hopes
Mobile Shopping Pushes UK Online Sales To New High
British shoppers spending more online, particularly via mobile, than ever, as growth hits double digits
Amazon Reveals More Details Of Drone Delivery Programme
Details of how the delivery by drone service will work published by US Patent Office
General Electric Agrees Apple And Qualcomm Smart Lightbulb Partnerships
Electrical titan GE looks to revamp its lighting division with help from tech firms
Apple Confirms Delay To In-Store Watch Purchases
Gadget lovers who walk into an Apple store to buy an Apple Watch, will be disappointed, company confirms
UK High-Street Mobile Shopping ‘Worth Billions’ By 2024
Consumer spending on mobile devices set to top £53bn a year by 2024, Barclays predicts
All Bar One Opens Doors To Microsoft Sharepoint
Mitchells & Butlers rolls out Microsoft Sharepoint to 1,600 Toby Carvery, Harvester and All Bar One outlets as part of 'digital transformation'
Amazon Dash Offers One-Touch Product Ordering
Dash Button lets you order household items when you’re running low
Sketchy Checkout: How PoS Malware Could Be Putting Your Card Data At Risk
Retailers beware, your PoS terminals could be opening you up to a world of malware, Trustwave tells TechWeekEurope
How Do You Topple Bitcoin?
LEOcoin founders tell TechWeekEurope why their new exchange will transform the way people shop online
PoSeidon Malware Attacks Credit Card Transactions
PoS terminals in high-street stores are being put at risk, Cisco researchers find
Samsung Galaxy S6 And S6 Edge UK Pre-Orders Opening March 20
Latest flagship device will be available to pre-order from range of high street stores
Rakuten Starts Accepting Bitcoin
Japanese online retailer will team up with Bitnet in order to process cryptocurrency payments
Google Hits The High Street With First UK Store
Teams up with Currys PC World for Chromebook, Nexus and Chromecast showroom
Amazon Expands Chinese Presence With Alibaba Partnership
Amazon will cash in on more than 300 million active customers on Alibaba's Tmall.com marketplace
5 steps to optimise PCI DSS compliance across the supply chain
Kurt Mueffelmann, CEO at IT security firm Cryptzone, explains how you can optimise Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard compliance (PCI DSS)
Dell Opens Up Bitcoin Shopping In The UK
First began accepting cryptocurrency in the US in July
Say Hello To The World’s First Free Chip & PIN Reader
iZettle Card Reader Lite lets small businesses accept card payments free of charge