Holidays and Christmas Online Shopping Security Tips and Guidance

Internet Shopping or Online Shopping is always consider a high risk and people always avoid to do shop online because of a huge security flaws and hackers. It seems that online shopping is really getting popular and people always consider online shopping a best and easy way to purchase or buy things through internet. People shop and buy things online occasionally to send gifts to their loved ones, friends or families, but people have to look into some security majors to avoid any fraud and to purchase safely.

Following Infographic will helps you to understand how you can do secure shopping on internet. Most of the people prefers to do online shopping�s on holidays, occasions, events or on Christmas, as we know Christmas is near and most of the people wants to buy gifts and other things for their loved ones, friends and other family members. Have a look into following Infographic to better understand Holidays and Christmas Shopping Security Tips and Guidance.

Internet/Online Shopping Security Tips and Guidelines

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Facebook Ended Facebook Deals Product Feature

Just after its launch of four months Facebook is now going to shut down Facebook Deals product feature. Facebook Deal was expected to become a big rival of discount offering companies like GroupOn and LivingSocial in near future, but according to Facebook Spokesman;

After testing deals for four months, we�ve decided to end our deals product in the coming weeks. We think there is a lot of power in a social approach to driving people into local businesses.  We remain committed to building products to help local businesses connect with people, like ads, pages, sponsored stories, and check-in deals. We�ve learned a lot from our test and we�ll continue to evaluate how to best serve local businesses.

The main concept of Facebook Deal was to keep informed people about the happening and news of any special offers that are being made by local businesses. Facebook's program offered group deals in just five US cities. If you have noticed Facebook has recently made some changes in its news feed and privacy settings in which they have altered the visibility of deals, potentially reducing their exposure as users choose to limit who can see various activities. These changes also include the phasing out of places in favor of location tagging.

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Google Launches 'Google Offers' a competitor of GroupOn

At this week's D9 Conference, almost every big company have declared and have revealed their most exciting new products and services, So as Google is also one of them, Google has launch a coupon website to compete with the GroupOn online coupon service at D9 Conference. The new service of coupon site from Google is known as Google Offers (beta), a real big competitor of GroupOn.

According to the help section of Google Offers, the site is offering following services;

"Google Offers brings you daily deals from local businesses, redeemable for discounted goods or services. From restaurants to spa treatments, Google has deals from the best businesses your city has to offer. Each day, a limited number of deals are available for purchase during a specific timeframe."

GroupOn turned down a bid from Google for 6 billion USD in December 2010, according to Bloomberg.  As with Google Offers Beta, Groupon also has time limits on their deals, but Google certainly has one ace up its sleeve that will certainly differentiate it from Groupon: NFC.  Near Field Communication is a technology used for close range bi-directional communications (for a primer, visit the NFC website's FAQ page). This communications technology has already been integrated into the Google Nexus S, which will eventually integrate with Google Wallet (also listed as beta), a service for mobile devices, allowing your mobile device to make purchases at brick and mortar retailers.  As you may imagine, geolocation data can be used to deliver "deals" relevant to your location, and directly to your phone.

Currently, Google Offers is only offering coupon services for users in Portland, Oregon and will be expanding, according to the Google Offers website. For more information visit Google official blog about Google Offers.

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Online Ticketing Service 'GrouponLive' from Groupon and Live Nation

Soon internet users will be able to get Online Ticketing Service from Groupon and Live Nation. Because Groupon and Live Nation has team up to launch a new Online Ticketing Deals on local events channel called GrouponLive.

GrouponLive, the service will combine Groupon's local distribution abilities with Live Nation's roster of events. Consumers will be able to use GrouponLive to find limited-time deals on sporting events, concerts, theater shows, and other live events, the companies said. However, it will be limited to North America.

GrouponLive, which will launch �in time for the summer concert season,� the companies said in a statement, will utilize Groupon�s local reach to market event tickets sold through Live Nation. Interested parties are advised to sign up for the service at grouponlive.com, although we expect GrouponLive offers will also appear in the inboxes of existing subscribers come late spring.

The announcement of GrouponLive comes at a time when Groupon is facing more pressure than ever. Aside from competing services from Google, Facebook, and Amazon-backed LivingSocial, AT&T announced last week that it's launching a Groupon rival through its Yellow Pages site.

The deal was brought about in part by Guy Oseary, who sits on Groupon�s advisory board and works with Live Nation on behalf of performance artists he manages, such as Madonna.

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