Mediagazer: Newspaper publishers use e-commerce technology on website photos (Roy Greenslade/Guardian)

7:20 AM ET, April 11, 2014

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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Newspaper publishers use e-commerce technology on website photos — The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mirror are experimenting with technology that turns online photographs into adverts, reports the Financial Times. It's an e-commerce system developed by a Finnish company, Kiosked.

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Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:

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