The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Facebook Is Bigger Than Amazon, by Market Cap”. Seth Fiegerman says, “Apparently pokes and Likes beat ecommerce and drones. Facebook is now more valuable than Amazon, at least by market value. Facebook’s market cap topped $170 billion this week, while Amazon’s market cap has dipped below $165 billion, according to data provided to Mashable by FactSet Research. The social network’s stock hit a new high this week, following a strong December quarter earnings report, in which it handily beat revenue estimates and revealed... [...]

The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “Amazon Gets in the Flow”. Pete Prestipino says, “Amazon made a significant update to its official mobile app that will likely draw additional attention from e-commerce merchants who are already quite concerned with the practice of showrooming. In its recent release, Amazon’s mobile application introduced Flow, an vastly improved image recognition feature which will enable users to take photos, send over to Amazon for analysis and receive information from product details“. Amazon Gets in the Flow Website Magazine  [...]

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Consumer electronics SEO: Amazon comes top for organic and paid visibility”. David Moth says, “Consumer electronics shoppers usually spend a lot of time researching products before they eventually make a decision, which typically involves looking at upwards of 14 sources of information. This includes searching for advice from consumer publications such as Which, comparison sites and customer reviews. Organic and paid search is therefore an extremely important tactic for gaining brand exposure during the purchase journey“. Consumer... [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Google’s Secret Weapon Against Amazon: Blistering Fast Networks”. Matt Assay says, “It’s easy to assume the public cloud war is over and Amazon has won. Gartner highlights Amazon Web Services offers five times the utilized compute capacity of the other 14 cloud providers in the Gartner Magic Quadrant. Combined. However impressive this lead may seem, Gartner’s analysis didn’t include the Google Cloud, which hadn’t yet publicly launched. Google is different from Amazon’s other cloud competitors. And... [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Amazon’s Next Big Thing: Predictive Shipping”. Selena Larson says, “Amazon’s latest expedited shipping idea is a little more believable than drone delivery. In December, the company received a patent for what it calls “a method and system for anticipatory package shipping.” First noted by the Wall Street Journal, Amazon says it will be able to predict a customer’s purchase based on a variety of factors, including shopping history, wish lists, and when new products in a series are released“. Amazon’s Next Big Thing:... [...]