Tesco to develop iPhone shopping app

Tesco is developing an iPhone application to allow customers to do their grocery shopping on the move, reports Computing.co.uk.

Nick Lansley, Tesco.com's head of research and development, revealed on his blog that the retailer's leadership team has asked for the software to be produced giving a “simple application that can do the basics of grocery shopping well”.

Lansley said the product is likely to allow users to search products by category or through simple text search, and to manage their shopping basket through the Apple phone.

Amazon has introduced two security features for its Amazon Web Services aimed at luring new enterprise business, states Forbes.

A feature called Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, or Amazon VPC, will enable businesses to connect to Amazon's flexible AWS resources using an industry-standard virtual private network connection.

Amazon will also enable support for multi-factor authentication, a login practice that uses a physical device to add an extra element of security.

Four non-profit organisations will be participating in a test of Facebook's 'credits' platform, marketing and outreach director Randi Zuckerberg said at the Social Good Conference presented by social-media blog Mashable, reports CNET News.

"I just received confirmation yesterday that...we're going to be reopening up charity gifts in the Gift Shop," said Zuckerberg. "We are exploring ways for developers to use the Gift Shop to offer...virtual, real, and charity gifts."

This will be rolling out next week with four test partners, Project Red, Kiva,Toms Shoes (which is not a non-profit, but a for-profit retailer that donates a pair of shoes for every pair sold), and the World Wildlife Fund, Zuckerberg said, and pending its success, "we may open to everyone really soon after that".