Alibaba has purchased an Israeli augmented reality (AR) company InfinityAR in a deal thought to be worth more than $10 million (£7.5 milion). This morning the Chinese ecommerce giant announced that it was to acquire the startup, in which it already had a significant stake, for an undisclosed sum. In...

Walmart is thought to be the latest company to jump on the game streaming bandwagon, just a week after Google announced its own platform Stadia. According to USgamer, the US retail giant is working on a game streaming service of its own, set to join what is becoming an increasingly competitive marke...

Pinterest has announced plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange, marking the latest social media company to go public. The picture sharing platform announced its plans to launch an IPO on Friday, but is yet to reveal how much money it plans to raise. Launched...

Tesla has made another dramatic U-turn on its consumer facing practices, announcing its set to bring back its referral programme after scrapping it in February. The electric car retailer scrapped its customer referral programme, which offered a range of incentives, on February 1 following concerns t...

Apple’s stocks have risen for the ninth consecutive day following a string of product launches ahead of its big media event next week. The tech retailer has quietly released four new products this week, a nearly unheard-of strategy for Apple which has historically released a string of products durin...

Ebay is set to allow shoppers to pay for their items using Google’s digital payment service starting next month. The ecommerce marketplace is due to add Google Pay to its payment options on Ebay’s android mobile app, Ebay’s mobile webpage or on both Apple and Windows computers, from the start of Apr...

Amazon has made yet more changes to its advertising strategy as it begins testing mobiles ads with a view to challenging Google and Facebook. According to a recent Bloomberg report, Amazon is poised to start selling video adverts on its widely used mobile app. The ecommerce giant has reportedly been...

Google is set to embark on a tour of the UK’s high streets in an effort to teach retailers the digital skills needed to succeed in today’s digital economy. As part of the government’s National Skills Partnership, the tech giant has teamed up with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and the Depa...

Amazon has signed a landmark deal with payments giant Worldpay which will see Amazon Pay be made available across its online network in the US. In an effort to expand its payment system outside of its own website the ecommerce behemoth has teamed up with Worldpay, which boasts a presence in over 146...

Ubamarket is set to be rolled out across hundreds of stores in Northern Ireland as the retail app launches a partnership with Henderson Group. The Ubamarket app gives shoppers a real-time virtual map of the store they’re in, guiding them to each item on their digital shopping list in the most effici...