If shopping carts are being abandoned on your Web site due to poor on-the-spot customer service, check out LivePerson Inc., a New York-based online customer-service solution provider. LivePerson will ...

With its Automated Service Agent platform Microsoft is looking to change the face of Web-based customer service by providing more intuitive interaction between online merchants and people doing ...

Last year’s online shopping season surpassed US$29 billion in sales, up a full 20 percent from the previous holiday. More consumers did their shopping online than any holiday season before, due to the ...

A technology analyst bought a house that came with a clothes dryer made by a brand-name manufacturer. The lint screen in the dryer was torn, and the analyst went to the manufacturer’s Web site to ...

At the end of 2025, Netguru predicted the total software revenue to reach $38.21 billion. Web development underpins many of ...

Customer service software provider Zendesk is betting big on conversational business solutions and the power of peer-driven communities to help its subscribers offer more comprehensive and engaging ...

In October, Vic Nagy, hotline operations manager at Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn, Mich., hired a new virtual service representative he dubbed “Ernie.” Powered by software from San Francisco-based ...

A funny thing happened when companies set up their Web sites to operate 24/7, expecting to either drastically reduce or eliminate the need for customer service staff altogether. It didn't work out the ...

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a potential $69M task order to modernize and sustain the Internal Revenue Service’s web-based customer service portal for tax practitioners who want to electronically ...