Amazon plans to sell own clothing brands
Amazon Fashion, which has 40 million customers, faces resistance from major brands on account of lower margins.
Alibaba sales slam expectations with 32% rise to £2.3bn despite China struggles
Chinese e-commerce giant is seen as a bellwether stock for China's middle-class consumer spending.
Google Flights now offers best train options in Europe
Google ties up with Deutsche Bahn to expand presence in Europe.
Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani enters e-commerce business to take on Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal
RIL will launch its e-commerce business on a large scale and would partner with around 150,000 vendors.
Amazon could soon enter augmented reality world with smart glasses
Amazon's smart glasses spotted in a patent application.
Bitcoin experts compare private blockchains to internet's early 'walled gardens'
Nic Cary of Blockchain.info, Dr James Smith of Elliptic and Paul Gordon of Quantave discussed the future of crypto.
Samsung Gear S2 now available in US
Samsung Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic both are now available through Samsung stores in the US.
Indian e-commerce start-up Snapdeal secures $500m from Alibaba, Foxconn, SoftBank and others
Latest funding round reportedly values online retailer at $5bn.
Alibaba invests $4.6bn to acquire 20% stake in electronics retailer Suning
In return, Suning would acquire a 1.1% stake in Alibaba as part of their strategic partnership agreement.
Bitcoin's blockchain technology could give back more than software has ever eaten up
Distributed ledger technology could create jobs for an army of slaves to the algorithm.
Chinese tech companies surge past American operations as 'smartest' in annual MIT report
Xiaomi, Alibaba, Tencent ranked top by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Bitcoin technology could bring an end to banking as we know it
Bosses from three of the world's leading bitcoin companies discuss the future for banks and card providers.
Edmund Shing: UK goes mad over online shopping - BooHoo and Sports Direct worth an investment look
UK is gripped by online shopping fever and BooHoo and Sports Direct look good as long-term online retail plays.
Mobile banking to overtake computer transfers in 2015 says BBA
More than 14 million people in the UK have downloaded mobile banking says British Bankers Association
Woman to sue eBay for denying her right to sell plots of land on the sun
A woman who says she owns the sun can bring eBay to court for preventing her selling plots of land on its site.
Cashless society: How Danske Bank's deal with PowaTag could promote mobile payments worldwide
The growing popularity of mobile payments could increase the sense of cash becoming redundant.
Counterfeit products: Alibaba 'highly unlikely' to take proactive steps to end grey/black market
Reuters separately reported that Alibaba is working with 17 shoe manufacturers in Fujian province to cultivate home-grown brands online.
China to spend over £100bn to boost internet by end of 2017
China wants to expedite the development of fibre optic broadband and high speed 4G mobile networks.
Alibaba seeks cooperation of global brands to fight counterfeits
Brands had a better chance of succeeding in clamping down on counterfeit trade if they talked to Alibaba instead of suing it, says company top executive.
Wal-Mart to take on Amazon with $50-per-year fast delivery service
Service, codenamed 'Tahoe', will be similar to Amazon Prime, and is intended to boost Wal-Mart online business.
Chinese online retailer JD.com launches platform for international sellers
JD Worldwide will help consumers purchase authentic imported products and lower entry barriers for global brands.
Net neutrality: Flipkart drops partnership with Airtel as debate gets hotter in India
Flipkart said it will not partner with Airtel Zero following customer protests.
Election 2015: Labour's retro economic policies would damage Britain's economic recovery
Britain has become a global digital leader and we can't let Labour ruin it.
Google to dominate search ad market in 2015 with 55% global revenue share
Google would see 15.7% search ad revenue growth in 2015, increasing to $44.46bn worldwide, according to eMarketer.
Japan's Rakuten to buy US eBook firm OverDrive for $410m
Rakuten to turn Ohio-based OverDrive into a wholly owned subsidiary.
Cryptocurrency round-up: Rakuten to accept bitcoin and darkcoin rebrands to DASH
Japanese retail giant Rakuten to enable bitcoin payments and darkcoin rebrands to DASH.
Paying with your face: Alibaba testing new smartphone payment system
Alibaba CEO Jack Ma demonstrates smartphone payment system which uses face recognition for authentication
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten begins accepting bitcoin
Rakuten's move will see it join Amazon.com and travel agency Expedia in accepting the digital currency.
Stripe – The invisible company solving Google-sized ecommerce payment gateway problems
Stripe is leading an online payment revolution by removing clunky interfaces and systems and allowing anyone to set up a business online
Alibaba to inject $200m into Snapchat at $15bn valuation
Alibaba's US deals are key to its strategy of becoming the world's dominant e-retailer.