SourceCode: Massive change in retail requires adaptation

Retail Prophet Doug Stephens at the Art of Retail Event: "The best days of retail are ahead of us, but things are changing dramatically."By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I attended the recent Art of Retail conference in downtown Toronto to learn more about how retail is undergoing a massive change and how companies are tackling continued competition from online as well as innovating to stay alive.

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Official Twitter app for Windows 8 now available

In addition to familiar Twitter features, the recently launched official Twitter app introduces new functionality that takes advantage of unique Windows 8 features. We've set it up on our Surface RT tablet and are trying it out. Below are some of the features of this much awaited app. Hit the Microsoft Store on your device to download Twitter.

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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft pushes out firmware update for Surface RT

Microsoft is hard at work making the Surface RT tablet better. They just pushed out a huge Firmware update that improves WiFi connectivity, fixes issues with the volume button, improves the Type and Touch keyboard cover typing experience and fixes a 'random muting' issue as well as trackpad performance issues. Included in the update is improved IE handling of Flash content from whitelisted websites as well as updates to the Defender security application. Surface RT users can pop on in to System Update to enable the updates.

Google to open its own Retail Stores by end of 2013

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

In an inevitable move, search giant Google has indicated its desire to enter into the commercial retail store space by opening its first store in the UK last year.

A move that many see as the beginning of a series of Google Store openings in the US and Europe. A lot has changed in the past few years and Google now sells a variety of devices such as its Nexus smartphones and tablets, various Chromebook models and even the Chromebox PC and even Nexus Q audio devices. Google is also working on its smart glasses initiative. 9to5Google explains that Google will open a series of stores by the end of 2013 (it is already testing the concept in a fee UK locations called Chromezone stores). 

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