Data from Adobe Digital Index showed that consumers spent $83 billion online during the 2015 holiday shopping season. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

It was always inevitable that the surging activity in online sales would attract unscrupulous actors looking to make some quick cash. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

The Supreme Court will decide whether rules that the US Patent and Trademark Office implemented in light of a 2011 law are inconsistent with those that federal courts use. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.smartbrief.com

Put it down as another example of a small Canadian technology company taking on the big boys and the big boys doing their best to stretch the process out Sourced through Scoop.it from: business.financialpost.com

Much has been said about patent infringements, legal battles, and lawsuits but there aren’t enough discussion on how times have changed. Samsung noted how the Sourced through Scoop.it from: androidcommunity.com

Allied Telesis, a universally recognized innovator of smart technologies for an information-driven world, today announced that it has released an innovative security measure to prevent eavesdropping on fiber communications, Active Fiber Monitoring. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pocketnewsalert.com

Finextra: Elo, a global supplier of interactive touchscreen solutions, today announced the ability of its self-service platform to integrate with one of Verifone’s latest payment devices—the Verifone e355—bringing support for… Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.finextra.com

Goodbox Acquires SmartPocket, a Mobile Wallet for Loyalty Credits – Nexus Ventures-backed [Goodbox](http://gadgets.ndtv.com/tags/goodbox), which calls itself a…… Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.techwens.com

Marketers have been making forays into social integration for many years now. And many have experimented with adding direct buy buttons within digital marketing campaigns, a feature that helped define the mobile payment landscape in 2015. Sourced through Scoop.it from:…

SmartPocket founders Kiran Shastri and Mayank Shah will be joining the leadership team at Goodbox post acquisition, the company said. Sourced through Scoop.it from: gadgets.ndtv.com