This year's shopping habits have spawned some new lingo — webrooming, or browsing retail goods online before going out to buy in the store. Almost half of the webroomers surveyed said they're doing it to avoid shipping costs, Accenture reports. There's a blending of online and in-store shopping habits, such as shopping and buying online and picking up merchandise in stores, or looking at merchandise in stores and ordering online for special online sales.

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Electronic commerce or eCommerce has been transforming the nuts and bolts of shopping since the last few years. The online shopping revolution has made it possible for people to shop anytime, right from the comfort of home.

Nonetheless, users still think twice of their privacy and security while they share personal information and credit card numbers to place an order online. If you are an eCommerce website owner and facing high rate of shopping cart abandonment, unable to convert visitors into paying customers, it may have something to do with the customers' security and privacy concerns.

Anyone who operates a website has a responsibility to make and keep it safe. Web scraping may be a danger that must be dealt with.

Every day, millions of people go to websites on the internet. Some people turn to websites for news and other types of information. Some people turn to websites to help them do their work or to buy things they need. When people head to a website they have certain expectations.

Most people realize websites collect information from their site visitors. Some of the methods for collecting data are obvious in that visitors are asked to provide it. This can often be general information, but it can also be information that people consider to be private.

1) Password Codes and Anti-theft Programs 

Most smartphones today come with factory-equipped settings specifically designed to make your phone more secure. Always use a password to lock your phone and be sure to enable any anti-theft application soon after your purchase. This usually includes a GPS function designed to track your phone in case of theft.

If only Shakespeare lived in this century, wouldn't he say a line as tacky as "What's in a Smartphone"?

Well literally everything. From personal thoughts to naughty tidbits to important business information; we carry it all in our hands nonchalantly.

Oh by the way, guess he would be using a smartphone app to write and share this too. That's as real as sarcasm gets! Taking this one-liner in a serious context, smartphones maybe one of the most innovative finds so far by the techies; its your hands-on mini computer that has bridged the gaps in user connectivity irrespective of geography.

The greatest boon of using a smartphone is the amount of technology that's available to the user. All of us lead a "rat-race" life practically wherein being at all the important places is also impossible.