Spotify is looking to raise its prices more than 10 per cent as it launches a trial in its home region to gauge customers’ response. Prices of Spotify’s family plan are to be raised about 13 per cent in Scandinavia, according to sources speaking to Bloomberg, as it tests the water for possible wider...

A new virtual and augmented reality shopping mall featuring virtual stores you can only visit digitally has been launched in the US. Obsess is a new ecommerce site which acts as a virtual shopping centre, allowing users to visit numerous stores selling the latest fashion, beauty and fitness products...

Uber is set to begin delivering groceries and convenience store items locally as it ramps up investment into an “ecommerce moment”. It aims to expand its Uber Eats restaurant delivery business to fulfil orders from “merchants in my city”, delivering everything from ready meals to cinema popcorn. “I...

Amazon’s Ring doorbell device has been criticised by digital rights campaign groups over privacy concerns after it was revealed to be sharing videos with law enforcement. Privacy concerns were raised after a Freedom of Information request made by Motherboard discovered that the company was partnerin...

Co-op is dramatically expanding its cashierless payment technology allowing customers to “pay-in-aisle” in stores across the UK from late August. The grocery retailer is expanding the technology into 30 more stores across England, Scotland and Wales, following a successful in early 2018. Using the p...

WhatsApp is set to launch its new payment service, which will allow users to transfer money securely via the app, in India this year. Following a year-long pilot in the region, the Facebook-owned messaging giant is planning to officially roll out the service in one of its most lucrative markets. In...

Samsung has finally unveiled a release date for its hotly anticipated $2000 foldable smartphone after making “necessary improvements”. The world’s largest smartphone maker is set to release its Galaxy Fold device in September, after being forced to delay its release indefinitely following disastrous...

Uber is launching a new shopping app available exclusively to passengers riding in its taxis amid a tie-up with Cargo. Passengers travelling in an Uber with a Cargo console onboard will be able to scan a QR code using its app, and then shop a range of items curated specially by the taxi behemoth. No...

Consumers opting to shop on smart speakers have grown faster than previously expected according to new research by eMarketer.

Apple Inc has launched a new programme in Shanghai to encourage Chinese developers to create apps.