E-commerce

Twelve years ago, Amazon launched Prime, a subscription service that entitled members to free two-day shipping in the United States. Since then, it has added a number of options to make delivery faster and more convenient. Prime customers can get same-day delivery, and drop off with an hour or two on some items. Of course, customers aren’t always home to receive their packages.

The world's most popular digital currency, Bitcoin, has topped another threshold, reaching $6,031 on Friday. It comes less than a week after the cryptocurrency smashed the $5,000 benchmark.

Facebook Inc on Friday launched a service through which its U.S. users can order food for take-away or delivery directly through its app or website.

Facebook said it has partnered with restaurants including Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc, Jack in the Box Inc, Five Guys and Papa John's International Inc.

The Finance Ministry appears set to start conducting cash and prize draws, rewarding 1,000 lucky credit or debit card holders every month.

The price of bitcoin, the world's best-known cryptocurrency, has smashed through $5,000 to a new all-time high.

Bitcoin is now trading at $5,186 compared with $966 at the start of the year. The digital currency has soared 750% in the past year, and is now worth four times as much as an ounce of gold.

Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis is scrambling to impose some order following the confusion caused by half-baked plans to activate a new electronic ticket system on public transport and end sales of some paper tickets.

China's technology conglomerate, Alibaba Group Holding, will increase more than twice its research and development spending (up to USD 15 billion) over the next three years to develop the next generation of technology, boost its growing business and explore ambitious projects, which could change the industries. This is reported by Bloomberg agency quoted by Investor.bg.

Payments over the Internet or via your mobile phone will become more secure from abuse. This will be provided by a new law on payment systems, which has already been approved by the Council of Ministers.

One of the options in the law is that payment service providers will introduce identification of the payer through his fingerprint or the iris of the eye.

The second headquarters of the online giant Amazon can stretch over 345 acres (1.4 square kilometers) and now bears the conditional name Amazon City, reports Kaldata. 

A mum who lets her four-year-old daughter wear make-up and her son wear high heels in beauty pageants insists she is not sexualising her children. Instead, she claims they’re more at risk from paedophiles on the beach.