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Yahoo Canada readers couldn’t get enough of these 10 products in 2021. Yahoo Lifestyle Canada is committed to finding you the best products at the best prices. We may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Yahoo Canada readers know that when it comes to online shopping, Amazon Canada is one of the best places to find hidden treasures and useful everyday items.  This year, our readers shopped everything from health and home… Source link

According to a new survey, more users trust Amazon and Google to handle their personal user data and internet browsing activity than Apple, while users overwhelmingly distrust Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram. The survey conducted by The Washington Post sampled over 1,000 internet users in the U.S. about how much they trust Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon to “responsibly” handle their user data and browsing activity. Users were polled on… Source link

Amazon’s often teflon stock (AMZN) is proving to be anything but as the peak holiday shopping season nears its conclusion.  With Monday’s 1.7% decline, shares of the tech giant dropped below its 200-day moving average (a key measure of market sentiment) on a closing basis for the first time since Nov. 1 on Monday. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos lost $3 billion in net worth in Monday’s sell-off. Amazon has closed down seven out of the past nine sessions, per Bloomberg data. Shares are up slightly… Source link

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. And in the U.S., app usage surged ahead of the time spent watching live TV. Currently, the average American watches 3.7… Source link

The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that it is investigating the causes behind ongoing supply chain disruptions and how they are “causing serious and ongoing hardships for consumers and harming competition in the U.S. economy.” The FTC said it is ordering Walmart, Amazon, Kroger, other large wholesalers and suppliers including Procter & Gamble Co., Tyson Foods and Kraft Heinz Co. “to turn over information to help study causes of empty shelves and sky-high prices.” Orders also are… Source link

This story is part of Holiday Gift Guide 2021, our list of ideas, by topic, by recipient and by price, to help you discover the perfect gift.

Amazon’s stock was priced at $18 when it went public in 1997. Today, the stock trades for more than $3,600 as the tech behemoth has cashed in on surging markets such as cloud services and online retail.  Veteran tech analyst Mark Mahaney of Evercore ISI thinks Uber (UBER) could be the next Amazon-like investment as it capitalizes on its own expanding market known as the on-demand economy.  “To me, Uber fits the bill of a still early stage company that has massive TAMs [total addressable… Source link

Starbucks (SBUX) has teamed up with Amazon (AMZN) Go to deliver a new store concept to consumers in New York City — one without any cashiers. The new Starbucks Pickup, located at 59th Street between Park & Lexington Avenue, is set to open to the public on Thursday, November 18th. The retail experience uses the order ahead feature on the Starbucks app and Amazon Go’s Just Walk Out technology to create a touch-less experience, the companies announced on Thursday.  The team-up is part of the… Source link

Walmart “flexed its muscles” in an inflationary environment with a solid third quarter out on Tuesday, says Jefferies analyst Stephanie Wissink.  But the world’s largest retailer also posed in front of fierce rival Amazon (AMZN) by adding a significant number of new third-party sellers to its Walmart.com business. Walmart (WMT) said it added about 21 million new items to its online marketplace in the third quarter.  Growing its marketplace business to take on Amazon’s dominant position has… Source link

Stock futures dipped Thursday evening, with investors eyeing a couple of disappointing earnings results from Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN) that punctuated an otherwise solid quarterly reporting season from many major companies.  Contracts on the S&P 500 fell, pulling back after the blue-chip index set a record closing high on Thursday. Nasdaq futures underperformed amid the drawdown in the big technology names. Amazon shares dropped in late trading after the e-commerce juggernaut missed… Source link