Amazon has invested $175m (£112m) in Living Social, a rival to popular deals site Groupon.

Today (Monday 6th December) is set to be the busiest online shopping day of 2010 in the lead-up to Christmas, as sales and traffic levels have begun to gather momentum towards Mega Monday, according to new forecasts from key players in the UK ecommerce sector.

The majority (74%) of consumers are always or sometimes actively looking for adverts related to entertainment brands and products online, from home cinema and audio equipment, to video games and gadgets, according to new research.

Nearly half of all Brits (45%) find the inability to touch products online is the biggest barrier to shopping online for Christmas, according to new research.

A new white paper on the future of virtual worlds has been released by virtual worlds and chatbot solutions provider Daden Limited.

UK music streaming service we7 has added a new ‘tag cloud’ functionality to its site., in a bid to encourage users to discover new music.

British Airways and Bigmouthmedia have unveiled a highly new Pay Per Click (PPC) campaign in collaboration with Outbrain, designed to drive awareness of the recently launched British Airways mobile app.

Japan’s anti-monopoly watchdog has approved a tie-up between Yahoo Japan and Google but warned it will keep checking for possible violations.

US political heavyweights have forced Amazon to remove controversial whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks from its server.

The UK’s major toy retailers must upgrade their online offering if they are to beat competitors to the Christmas rush, according to the 2010 Toy Retail Report compiled by eCommerce display experts Brandbank.