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Twitter is testing a ‘buy’ button for tweets on mobile

Sep08

by Sindy Cator on September 8, 2014 at 1:10 pm

Twitter is introducing a seamless commerce experience to its users on mobile. While browsing through your timeline, there’s a chance you’ll now stumble across tweets that feature a large “buy” button. As you might expect, tapping this option will give you further product details and the option to enter your shipping/payment information, before receiving an order confirmation. It’s a huge move for Twitter and one that emphasises its drive to effectively monetize its service. To launch the new commerce system, the company has partnered with industry stalwarts Fancy, Stripe, Gumroad and Musictoday. For now it’s just a test; Twitter says only a…

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Facebook hits 100 million monthly active users in Africa, with over 80% on mobile

Sep08

by Sindy Cator on September 8, 2014 at 12:03 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Facebook just keeps on growing. The number of people accessing its social network each month has reached 100 million in Africa, further highlighting the opportunity for expansion through emerging markets. According to Facebook, more than 80 percent of its monthly active users in Africa are now accessing the platform from a mobile device. That’s a high attachment rate for feature phones, smartphones and tablets, suggesting usage on laptops and desktop PCs is slowly being left in the dust. Facebook’s success is hardly surprising, however. In June, the company explained how it had retooled the Facebook for Android app to maximise…

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HomeTube brings child-friendly YouTube content to your Android device

Sep08

by Sindy Cator on September 8, 2014 at 11:54 am

Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Reviews

If you find that YouTube serves as a useful tool for entertaining your kids while you try and FINALLY get that lawn mowed or those dishes washed, you might like HomeTube, a new Android app from Australia-based developer Chris Lacy, who you may know from a number of other popular Android apps in the past. The last time we caught up with Lacy he’d just launched Link Bubble to reimagine how you browse the Web on your phone. But with HomeTube, he’s taking a slightly different direction, with an app that promises to let your kids watch YouTube content that…

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Tesla delivers its first Model S electric cars to customers in Japan

Sep08

by Sindy Cator on September 8, 2014 at 11:03 am

Posted In: Around the Web, Asia

Tesla Motors is making inroads in Japan after handing over its first electric-powered Model S cars to customers in the region. Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla and the spaceflight company SpaceX, did the honors of handing over the first set of keys earlier today: Handing over the first Tesla Model S cars in Japan pic.twitter.com/58fzUJBjVs — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 8, 2014 Tesla has been present in Japan before now, however. The company operates a store in the Aoyama district of Tokyo, as well as two service centers: one in Naka Ikegami, Tokyo and another in Yokohama. The latter…

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