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Cyber Monday 2012: Best Deals For Gadgets From Apple, Google, Microsoft And Amazon
In honor of Cyber Monday, plenty of companies are offering incredible online deals from the best names in technology, including Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon.
Was e-Commerce The Real Winner Of Black Friday 2012?
Online sales jumped to a new high during Black Friday - casting doubt on the future of traditional "brick and mortar" retailers.
iOS Is New Windows, Influential UBS Analyst Claims
Apple is poised for even bigger success in the tablet sector, because its iOS is the new Windows, UBS analyst Steven Milunovich said.
Apple Patents The Page Turn
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) was granted a design patent for page-turning on its mobile devices this week by the United States Patent Office.
Black Friday 2012 Ads Come Out Early: Amazon Pre-Sales Start Deals And Discounts Early, Walmart Follows Suit
Amazon released its ads with deals and discounts for its Black Friday 2012 pre-sales and Walmart followed suit.
Netflix Shares Ease Day After Icahn Discloses 10% Interest
Shares of Netflix Inc. (NFLX) eased slightly Thursday, a day after activist investor Carl Icahn disclosed he had acquired a near-10 percent stake.
Bookstores To Amazon: We Don’t Want Your Stinkin’ Books
Book retailers from Barnes & Noble to Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C., are refusing to carry book titles from New Harvest, a co-venture imprint by Amazon and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
NuForce NE-600 M/X Series Earphones Are High Quality And Low Price
The NE-600 M/X series by NuForce sell for just $25
Technology Focus: 5 Takeaways From Tech Earnings
Five keys to technology earnings: the strongest thrive, cash is king, get customers to use products more, look behind scenes.
Economic Recovery? To Gin Up Profits, Companies Firing Tens of Thousands
U.S. companies announced thousands of layoffs last week, including many on Friday, despite economic growth.
Amazon.com Results Miss Estimates, Issues 4Q Forecast Slightly Below Calls
Amazon 3Q Earnings: The Last Quarter Of Losses To Stoke Kindle’s Fire?
Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), is expected to report a loss, in large part due to its effort to build momentum for its line of Kindle Fire tablets.
Reddit Downed: Amazon Network Outages Take Down Imgur, Netflix, Pinterest And Foursquare, Among Other Services
Reddit and a slew of other social services are down due to an issue with Amazon's Elastic Cloud Compute Network in North Virginia.
Technology Focus: Windows 8 Finally Here Too Late?
This week, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) finally ships Windows 8, the OS the company claims is its biggest product in 17 years.
Google, Samsung Introduce 2012 Chromebook: Why Price, Not Specs, Is King [VIDEO]
Google and Samsung have announced a new Chromebook. And, at $249, the product, as Google advertises, is the laptop “for everyone.”
Romney 'Binders Full Of Women' Satirically Reviewed By Amazon Customers
A search for “binder” on Amazon yields an abundance of reviews judging the binders on how well they hold women.
Chinese Contractors: Foxconn’s Underage Worker Use Affects Sony, Google, Apple, Amazon, Nokia
Top global electronics brands Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Nokia, Google and Amazon share a common problem: they're customers of Taiwan’s Foxconn.
Amazon Hiring 50,000 Temp Workers As Shoppers Move Online
Amazon, the largest Internet retailer, said it will hire more than 50,000 seasonal workers at its fulfillment centers across the U.S.
Chevron Still Won't Bow To $19B Court Decision In Ecuador Pollution Case
Chevron says it still won't cough up the $19 billion demanded by plaintiffs in an Ecuadorean court case involving decades of pollution in the Amazon rainforest.
Amazon Says 300 Government Agencies Using Its Web Services
Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) said its Amazon Web Services clients include more than 300 government agencies and 1,500 colleges.
Google To Launch Credit Cards With Comenity In US, Barclays in UK
Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is starting its own credit cards to finance ad growth, offering discounts to customers.
Technology Accounts For Half Of Top 20 Global Brands
Tech companies headed by Apple, IBM, Google and Microsoft are half of top 20 brands.
Barnes & Noble Announces Nook HD and HD+ Tablets: A Complete Rundown Of Specs And Features
Barnes & Noble has officially unveiled its new Nook HD and HD+ tablets to debut this fall. The book seller will join the likes of Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple in offering a high-definition slate as the holiday season approaches.
Staples, Inc. Shutting Stores To Focus On Online and Business Services
The world’s largest office products company is trimming stores and focusing on Web commerce and business services.
Amazon Sales Now Taxable In California
Amazon's sales tax exemption in California expired at midnight Saturday. The mammoth online retailer had cut a deal with state lawmakers last year, but the free ride is now over.
Amazon Publishing Reveals Sales Numbers In Email
After seeing the unprecedented success of a title like "Fifty Shades of Grey," casual readers and publishing industry analysts alike were led to wonder what the future of digital publishing held for the book industry as Amazon Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) continues to edge out traditional publishing houses and retailers alike with its aggressive competitive pricing scheme. In an email sent to literary agents unearthed by GigaOM on Thursday, Amazon Publishing Vice President Jeff Belle revealed some ...
Kindle Fire HD Will Offer Opt-Out For Ads: Is Amazon Moving Towards A Freemium Model For Its Hardware?
Amazon.com Inc. is reversing its decision announced just last week with the unveiling of its new HD line of Kindle Fires to supplement the devices' low cost with ad-based support. In a statement emailed to the press, Amazon said that it will now give customers the option to opt out of advertisements for a premium price of $15. The decision reflects a growing need to slash hardware prices and monetize users in other, more creative ways in what is becoming a fiercely competitive tablet marketpl...
Toys 'R' Us Takes On Amazon With 'Tabeo' - Tablet For Kids
Toys ''R'' Us is introducing a tablet for children, and the new product will not be available online. The Tabeo, as the new tablet is called, can be pre-ordered over the Internet but it is only available in Toys "R" Us stores.
Technology Focus: Amazon’s Bezos Disrupts Again, Devises Apple Challenge
Chances are there few personalities as creative, disruptive and rich in the technology sector as Jeff Bezos, the founding CEO of Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), the No. 1 e-retailer. He's put Borders Books out of business and could even put Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) in its place.
Kindle Fire HD Ad Opt-Outs To Cost $15; Amazon Reverses Policy On Forced Ads
Amazon's Kindle Fire launched Sept.6, appears to be making news for more wrong reasons than right. After news of the device lacking FCC approval for sale hit anxious customers Friday, the company seems to offer interested parties some respite as it appears to have reversed policy on the forced ads.


