A NEW ERA OF COMMERCE INNOVATION

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Today we announced the general availability of our next generation open source digital commerce platform, Magento 2.0.  The new platform empowers brands, retailers, and businesses across B2C and B2B industries to quickly and cost-effectively deliver engaging omnichannel shopping experiences.

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Google Maps iOS update brings offline navigation and up-to-date gas prices

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The changelog for yesterday’s Google Maps update mentions two feature updates: current gas prices and popular times. The former gives you information on all of the closest gas stations as well as the current gas price at each, while the latter allows you to avoid restaurants and retail establishments during their busiest hours.

It’s often what’s not mentioned that deserves the most attention.

In this case, what’s not mentioned is offline navigation. Originally reported by Venture Beat, and confirmed by TNW, Google is starting to unroll offline navigation to users on iOS.

Until now, users were only able to view a map of the area when offline. With the update, they can get turn-by-turn navigation, useful information about local businesses — like hours of operation, ratings and contact information — and destination-specific search, all while offline.

These features arrived on Android last month and now, iPhone users have it too.

➤ Google Maps for iOS gets offline navigation, popular business hours, and up-to-date gas prices [Venture Beat]

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How can Drupal be an impeccable solution for mobile-friendly websites?

Businesses would love to gear up for Drupal platform knowing the grand features, facilities and solutions it provides. There are amazing line of opportunities for customers to choose your products and services based on what you offer on your website and how customers feel using your website features.

Consumers often browse on their mobile websites in their free moments, which shows that having mobile-friendly website does give your business the sharp edge over other rivals.

See Also - Why it’s Time to Get Responsive

We all seek convenience in whatever we do, and technology takes care of everything about it. Convenience-crazy consumers therefore go to their mobile handset to search their favorite products.

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What are the obstacles that spoil the intuitive ecommerce UX?

Web designers and developers who are actively involved in the world of website creation are compelled to believe that a web design must cater to the needs of the user. So it doesn’t strike as a surprise to say that emphasis on website design is most crucial to business success. While some web designs may stun users, there are certain obstacles that disturb the intuitive UX of your E-commerce Development store. Not all the elements about web UX design have the key to unlocking the true potential of online store. So let’s take a look at those obstacles that spoil the whole ecommerce broth.

Irrelevant audience

All the websites made serve particular purpose for specific group of users; not all the audience is going to be pleased with what you offer to them.

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10 common tips to boost the chances of high conversion

Increase in site visitors is the foremost aim of most of the eCommerce strategies, which could be done by SEO, social media marketing, content marketing, PPC ads and traditional advertising methods. All this funnels into the conversion of visitors into customers once they’ve visited your site.

When the conversion rates are at low level, it becomes difficult to sustain a business. So, you need to address the hindrance in conversion funnel. The profit all gained is based on the conversion rates and so it focuses on optimizing the conversion rates.

You can follow 10 simple measures to improve your conversion rates:

1. Improve the copy

eCommerce copy is not an easy job and requires a very appreciative writing skill. You can improve your copy by considering the following:

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