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This seems like a new way advertisers may be using ecommerce to their advantage. "Smartphones Get More AdSense October 05, 2009 Google has developed a new JavaScript snippet for AdSense aimed at high-end mobile phones, giving advertisers yet another option for using its mobile platform. The new feature allows publishers to run larger-scale text and image ads on smartphones. As more people use these devices, more advertisers want to be able to target them, noted a Google engineer in a blog post on the rollout."

Parents should have different log in id's on each computer for their family to prevent saved passwords from letting their kids do things they don't want done.

3 year old buys pink cadillac on ebay with "buy it now" feature

a definition of e-commerce

Not all websites are trust worthy. Here are some tips to help be a little more safe with your privacy online. "TIP #1: Do Some New Year's (Data) House Cleaning Get New Passwords: Use different, strong passwords for each of your online accounts so if one is compromised the rest are safe. Strong passwords contains letters, numbers, different cases, and symbols. Check your password's strength here. Close Old Online Accounts: Unused online accounts are a liability. Hackers could use them to infiltrate your more important accounts . Get rid of them. If you can't remember where you have old accounts search your email inbox with queries like "registered", "confirm" or "your account" to find email records of old accounts. Cull Your Friends List: You put a lot of information about yourself on social networks. Would you want that friend of a friend you met once, two years ago to be carrying around a physical copy of all that information? Probably not. Keep the people you know and trust. Delete the rest. Go Paperless: Still receiving bank statements and doctors' invoices by mail? You don't need your Social Security number floating around in your trash can on the curb outside. Call your bank, doctor, credit card company etc. to find out if you can go paperless and manage your records via a secure online portal. You'll save a tree and protect your privacy. Shred Sensitive Documents: Those credit card and health savings account statements you don't need that have been sitting in that folder in your desk? They're a privacy liability. Get rid of them (securely, using a shredder). Privacy Tips Browser Privacy  Back to top Web browsers have evolved into highly customizable software platforms capable of controlling and protecting much of the information that flows between you and the parties you interact with online. Modern browsers have an impressive array of privacy enhancing capabilities and options. They can, for example, warn you before you visit suspicious or fraudul

This is last year's project page. We might be able to get some ideas from this for our project this year if you are in Group 9A. It has a couple of videos and other information that might be useful.

"E-junkie provides shopping cart and buy now buttons to let you sell downloads and tangible goods on your website, eBay, MySpace, Google Base, CraigsList and other websites using PayPal Website Payments Standard, PayPal Website Payments Pro, PayPal Payflow Pro (coming soon!), Google Checkout, Authorize.Net, TrialPay, ClickBank and 2CheckOut."

These are just a few tips of how to save your identity.

This website is played by a lot of students who enjoy it.

A criticism of this site is the amount of money some kids spend buying webkinz and also the addictive behaviors it can have.

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Would-be pilgrims without the time or energy to walk to church now need only a credit card and an internet connection to light a candle in Spain.

Is this online presence trustworthy? How safe are your personal details? Can your identity be stolen by using this service?

"Woolworths Ltd's discount department store Big W has launched its online store, allowing web-based shoppers to access to more than 4000 items from the outlet's range including 600 items that are not available in store."

Apparently, Big W is not online yet... will be soon.

"TWO years ago, eBay Australia tried to force sellers to use PayPal as the only available payment option on the online auction giant's local site. That attempt went horribly wrong and, apart from the bad press, eBay found itself in trouble with the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission and the Reserve Bank." From July 14, eBay will require sellers to offer at least one of three safe payment methods -- PayPal, Paymate and merchant credit cards.

Why would consumers object to being forced to make online payments through only one service, that being PayPal?

"Square, a new venture from a co-founder of Twitter, has launched a free application that allows anyone to accept credit card payments on the iPhone, iPad and Android phones."

Why would this appeal to people in business? How secure are the transactions?

"Australian start-ups have caught on to our urge to impulse shop and are spearheading the private online shopping club trend Down Under. Started in France through vente-privee.com, then followed up locally first by Ozsale.com.au, then brandsExclusive and Buyinvite.com.au, online shopping clubs work by signing up members to receive regular newsletters with exclusive offers on fashion items and other goods."

What is meant by impulse buying?

This source talks about a place where you can buy add-ons for your games. This comes with billing and costumer service. It also comes with tools and many more features on the program.

This site tells about how commerce is becoming easier and cheaper online. It talks about the web and how you can see on certain sites what people commented about items. Also it gives facts about how digital commerce is increase through the years.

Who would say yes to text-message ads? Plenty of people, perhaps. Even though costs and opt-in rules may keep some users safe from spam, cell-phone advertising could be the next big thing in the United States. Randy Dotinga reports from San Diego.

This source defines what digital commerce and the good uses and bad uses of it. Another thing it talks about is how it can be legal and illegal. This site also has links to other sites that has examples of digital commerce articles.