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Google to Index Facebook Comments: Hot Trends
November 2, 2011

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Popular searches on the Internet Wednesday include Google(GOOG) Previously, comments made on Facebook and other social networking sites did not show up in Google searches because search engines were unable to read Facebook's programming automatically. Now, Google will be able to read comments posted on Facebook using Facebook's Connect add-in for other Web sites. If a Facebook account holder signs into another Web site using his or her Facebook account and leaves a comment, that comment can now show up in Google searches. Comments left on Facebook alone are not yet being indexed. Lenovo is

A Video Commerce Roundtable
November 1, 2011

Earlier this year, Retail Online Integration gathered together three leading video โ€จe-commerce experts for a conference call to discuss best practices and trends within the emerging channel that retailers need to be aware of in 2012. Joining us on the call were Justin Foster, John Lazarchic and Jon Schroeder.

50 Best Tips of 2011
November 1, 2011

A compilation of this yearโ€™s best and brightest ideas in our annual 50 Best Tips issue.

Seeing is Believing ... With Visual Search
November 1, 2011

Frustrated at getting blank results pages from product keyword searches on retailersโ€™ websites? Think it would be easier to pick out what youโ€™re looking for from a lineup of images rather than describing it via text. Well, it appears youโ€™re in luck.

Australian Mall to Track Shopper Locations Via Mobile Phones
October 27, 2011

The tracking of user activity via smartphones isn't too uncommon these days. Now, an Australian shopping center will obtain fit receivers that track shopper's locations within two meters by identifying unique mobile phone radio frequency codes.

Price Chopper Sues ShopRite Over Search Engine Dispute
October 27, 2011

The owner of Price Chopper supermarkets is suing the operator of ShopRite after searches for โ€œPrice Chopperโ€ on Google and other search engines turned up ads for ShopRite. Price Chopperโ€™s parent, Golub Corp., filed the action late last week in U.S. District Court in Albany.

Amercian Eagle Taps Growing Android User Base
October 26, 2011

The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet's guest contributor program, which is separate from the company's news coverage. NEW YORK (Trefis) -- American Eagle Outfitters(AEO) We believe that this is a smart move by American Eagle as the company targets the 15- to 25-year old age group, which represents a major chunk of total smartphone users in the U.S. American Eagle Outfitters together with Aeropostale(ARO) With the number of smartphone users increasing in an exponential manner, retailers want to tap smartphones as a medium to enhance their business. According to a

Video: Google Wallet in Action
October 20, 2011

Consumers throughout the country say that paying with your phone is a little like magic. Just look at the ecstatic reaction on the faces of our friends who made their first Google Wallet purchases on Oct. 13.