(Reuters) -Google users can soon combine images and text in search queries, a feature unveiled on Wednesday that could help the Alphabet Inc unit expand its role in e-commerce and dominance in online video.
"With this new capability, you can tap on the Lens icon when you're looking at a picture of a shirt, and ask Google to find you the same pattern — but on another article of clothing, like socks," Senior Vice President Prabhakar Raghavan said.
Gamitee becomes Joyned as it secures $4M for social shopping platform – TechCrunch
Joyned , formerly known as Gamitee, announced Wednesday that it raised $4 million in seed funding to continue developing its e-commerce platform that puts merchants in the driver's seat of social engagement.
CEO Jonathan Abraham explained that Gamitee means "joined" in Hebrew, but the Jerusalem-based SaaS company decided to spell it "joy" because it aims to "spark joy in its customers' experiences."
TikTok announces TikTok Shopping with new social-commerce features
TikTok's opportunity in the burgeoning social-commerce space was served on a silver platter: #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt, which has 5.4 billion views on the platform. And yesterday, the company announced further plans to capitalize on the engagement with TikTok Shopping.
"There was a lot of behavior already happening on TikTok to show that this is the place for the new generation of commerce," Ray Cao, managing director and global head of product strategy and operations at TikTok, told Retail Brew.
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Chip shortage: A holiday shopping guide for a season scant on semiconductors - TechRepublic
Interestingly, the silicon shortage could spur a low-tech shopping season of sorts, according to one analyst, and that may not necessarily be such a bad thing.
Each year, Black Friday serves as an economic cornerstone of the holiday shopping season, with retailers offering a number of deal sweeteners and "door-buster" discounts to lure shoppers.
Why you should start your holiday shopping now | localmemphis.com
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — If there has been one constant during the COVID-19 pandemic, it's bare shelves and limited supplies.
"It's one of those things where I think it'd be very easy to say, well the problem is x or the problem was y, but really the problem was x, y, and z," said Cherie Lowe.
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