Your Weekly Content Update 9.12.14

This week we see Twitter offering customers a ‘buy now’ button, third party companies protect online privacy policies and learning how Alibaba is now a publicly traded company.

 

Twitter Begins Testing ‘Buy’ Button for Posts

Twitter has jumped on the bandwagon to offer users an option to buy products – like t-shirts and tickets to events – with just a couple of clicks.

Learn more about this new feature for Twitter and how it will be part of its e-commerce efforts.

 

Why Privacy Policies Are So Inscrutable

Website privacy has always been complicated – users have trouble determining the most important and relevant information from a company’s web page. Now many businesses are moving to third party data collectors to make customers happy.

Read more to learn how privacy policies are moving forward.

 

The Story of Alibaba

Alibaba is growing to become the biggest public offering. The organization is similar to Amazon or eBay, but on Alibaba, you are able to buy airplanes, oil tankers or screws in bulk.

Listen to NPR to hear more about Alibaba’s efforts to make it possible for people to purchase anything they want.