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• In Pictures: 12 lesser-known Apple Watch tips and tricks you should know

  From using Siri to muting notifications to saving battery life, here are some of the most useful Apple Watch tips and tricks you should learn.

• In Pictures: 11 must-have Apple Watch apps

  Now that you’ve got your new Apple Watch, here are the apps you should try…

• Starbucks hit by major computer failure

  Starbucks suffered what appears to be a major computer system failure late Friday.

• Oracle bolsters Retail Cloud with new services

  It's been just over half a year since Oracle completed its US$5.3 billion acquisition of Micros, and on Wednesday the company added several new services to the retail-focused technologies it gained through that deal.

• Apple Pay rival CurrentC coming in mid-2015

  The mobile payments space is about to get more crowded: CurrentC, a platform backed by some of the country's biggest retailers, will launch in the next few months and give Apple, Google and Samsung added competition.

• Confusion but hope as US faces payment revolution

  In just under six months, a behind-the-scenes switch in the payments industry will change the way U.S. consumers shop and could bring wider acceptance for Apple Pay and its competitors.

• In Pictures: Apple's most important announcements at its Apple Watch event

  At an event to launch the Apple Watch, Apple also made several announcements regarding Apple TV, HBO, Macbook, and other products.

• Myer IT chief Richard Umbers promoted to CEO

  Myer’s chief information and supply chain officer, Richard Umbers, has been promoted to CEO and managing director, following Bernie Brookes' retirement, the retail group announced on Monday.
  

• Payments startup iZettle makes chip & PIN card reader available for free

  With a free Chip & PIN card reader, Swedish mobile payments company iZettle is lowering the threshold for small companies to start accepting card payments.

• What retailers think of mobile marketing

  Marketers are getting the message that serving the consumer at the mobile moment should be their top priority. So are they investing mightily in mobile marketing tech? Not as much as you might expect.

• Bebe Stores says credit card data hacked

  Women's clothing retailer Bebe Stores has become the latest national retailer to be hit by an attack on its credit card payment system.

• In Pictures: Cool Yule Tools - Best techie gifts for 2014

  The National Santa Agency has a handle on what everyone wants.

• How QVC's Omnichannel Focus Leads to Better Customer Engagement

  Consumers cast their eyes on many screens, from the smallish smartphone to the widescreen television. They watch primetime shows, tweet on tablets and chat with friends online. Yet companies are just now realizing that these digitally savvy consumers often do these activities at the same time.

• Apple Pay Has Retail CIOs Rethinking How Customers Pay

  When Smoothie King decided to change its point of sale system, the company didn't just make alterations to what was currently in more than 600 stores. It scrapped the whole thing.

• Starbucks says 1 in 6 payments already mobile

  Starbucks says mobile payments are taking off in a big way and it's already handling almost 7 million a week at its U.S. coffee shops.