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...Revenues from services jumped 24 per cent to $19.5bn. This included its cut from App Store purchases, which came under fire again on Thursday....
...as a bundle in a cloud gaming service....
...Discovery, whose biggest individual shareholder is cable billionaire John Malone, has split its US content among niche streaming services catering to enthusiasts of cooking, cars or golf....
...A-fun is partnering with a large Korean conglomerate to roll out 3D avatars in their convenience stores in the coming years....
...According to Monday’s agreement, the fee on in-store purchases will fall to 0.2 per cent of the transaction value for debit cards and 0.3 per cent for credit cards....
...‘Everybody’s been looking for the sign’ “It has been quite a week,” said Lise Buyer, who advises companies on their initial public offerings at Class V Group....
...“These services involve partner companies,” she says, “that ensure the maintenance of vehicles in the field with their own network of service stations.”...
...And who else but a company backed by deal shark John Malone on the hunt for blockbuster M&A?...
...Arkansas-based Dillard’s said same-store sales fell 4 per cent, the seventh consecutive quarter of decline, sending its shares down 17.5 per cent....
...But its grocery delivery service has made faltering progress since launching in 2007....
...Instapaper v Pocket A big difference between the two apps is cost....
...Set to open in July, the building has a 200-seat cinema, the UK’s first cashless Waitrose store, vast, open work spaces and an abundance of natural light....
...the market for premium VOD services in late March....
...Tim looks at the world of ‘invisible apps’ where businesses are exploring ways to embed their services into existing messaging services like Slack and Facebook messenger or ‘streaming’ their apps instantly...
...Rival chains fell on Monday, with Dillard’s down 0.3 per cent to $92.51 and Sears Holdings dropping 2.2 per cent to $26.71....
...Amazon, through its subsidiary Audible, is the exclusive provider of audiobooks to Apple’s iTunes store in Germany....
...Mr Ramos said the company plans to create a digital wallet service so smartphones can store cash and pay for goods....
...● Related in depth: Libor scandal US cable cowboy Malone lassoes Time Warner unit America’s cable cowboy is riding high....
...V.me....
...Freemium v paid: Streaming competition swells YouTube is one of several Spotify competitors bringing streaming services to the market this year....
...To a consumer, the service might feel like Amazon Prime. But as a business, it is closer to Uber or Alibaba....
...Overall, US equities struggled for direction, as separate reports showed a firming in the country’s service sector and rise in unemployment filings....
...Especially when brands themselves invest in flagship stores in cities as much as marketing vehicles as actual sales vectors (this is especially the case in countries such as Brazil, where a store is effectively...
...Similarly, Tesla Motors, the electric carmaker, sees placing its stores in “high-visibility” locations such as shopping centres as helping to normalise electric cars....
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