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A Treat For Retailers As Consumers Fall For Halloween Tricks
The National Retail Federation (NRF) has spelt ghoulish Halloween spending this year in its’ 2011 Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey. Overall, 2011 will see Americans spend about $6.86 billion on Halloween, according to the survey. The latest survey therefore could spell kudos for the food Industry and the retail sector in their ingenuity in marketing “Halloween” since its official inception in the 1920s. 40 years on, retail shelves scramble for volumes to spook us even before th...
‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Bundle’ on Xbox 360; Pre-order Sales Surge Forward With 41 Per Cent Increase [VIDEO]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is set for a Nov. 8 release.
‘Uncontacted’ Tribal People Sighted Near a Tourist Spot in Peruvian Amazon Rainforest (PHOTOS and VIDEO)
The Peruvian government has released a rare video and pictures showing a few never-before-contacted tribal people along the banks of Manu River at Manu National Park in Peruvian Amazon rainforest.
Kindle Fire Giveaway on Facebook: How to Score One from Amazon
Amazon is giving away 10 prize packages that include a brand new Kindle Fire and a free $250 Amazon.com Gift Card to 10 randomly selected people who enter a sweepstakes.
Apple to Begin Production for iPad 3 Release: Report
Now that Apple has launched its iPhone 4S to record sales, the focus is shifting toward the company's next release -- the iPad 3.
Amazon.com to enter Japanese e-book market: report
Amazon.com Inc may enter the Japanese e-book market this year and launch its Kindle readers in the market, the Nikkei business daily reported.
Which Asian Actress is Suing IMDb for Revealing Her Age?
Jane Doe claims that IMDb illegally published her legal age and owes her $1 million for lost work opportunities as a result
Apple Coming With iPad Mini? Amazon's Kindle Fire Will Still be a Hit
Apple Inc. has long denied the possibility of a 7-inch iPad to counter Android-based tablets tormenting the Cupertino-based tech giant with their low prices.
What Could Google Buy with $42.6 Billion? Plenty!
What will Google buy with all that cash? Here are some suggestions.
People 'Flocking into Google Plus at an Incredible Rate'; Profits Soar
Google registered a revenue growth by a third to $9.7 billion in the past quarter, as net profits grew more than a quarter to $2.7 billion. The figures were announced at a time when technology industry analysts were more or less predicting that Google Plus was doomed to fail.
Iceland Volcano Katla Sparks Fears of Travel Chaos
Iceland's Katla Volcano is showing signs of an impending eruption, sparking fears of travel chaos much worse than 2010's Eyjafjallajokull eruption.
No Disappointment Here: Apple's iPhone 4S Sells Out for Sprint, Verizon and AT&T
Reports say the newest addition to the iPhone family, Apple's iPhone 4S, has sold out for pre-order at all three U.S. carriers -- Verizon, AT&T and Sprint.
Amazon Tablet: Will Kindle Fire Push Amazon’s Stock to $350 and Beyond in 2012? - Stock Review
Is there revenue fire in that new Kindle tablet? Amazon.com's (AMZN) new Kindle Fire tablet, priced at $199, has created a buzz, due its potential to grab market share from Apple’s (AAPL) iPad. With the latest kindle send Amazon’s stock vectoring higher?
Engineer Retracts Google+ Failure Comment, Says it Was 'Opinionated Rant'
The Google Inc.'s senior engineer Steve Yegge, who accidentally posted a critical comment about Google+ and calling it a complete failure, said the post was a long opinionated rant and it was intended to be an internal post but not external.
Google Engineer Calls Google Plus a 'Complete Failure’; 5 Reasons We Agree
Steve Yegge, a senior engineer at Google, accidentally and publicly posted a critical analysis about his company's understanding of platforms, calling Google Plus a complete failure. Here are five reasons we agree.
Is Apple Exploring ‘iPad Mini’ as an Option to Battle Amazon Kindle Fire? Report
The Apple rumor mill has started buzzing again, but this time talks are that the iPhone maker is looking to bring some stiff competition to Amazon Kindle Fire with a low-cost device allegedly to be called iPad mini.
Apple Releasing iPad Mini in Early 2012 to Compete with Amazon's Kindle Fire?
In the face of the upcoming competition that Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet will spur, Apple could be prepared to launch a drastically cheaper iPad, the iPad mini, in early 2012.
Amazon Kindle Fire vs. Apple iPad: And the Winner Is...
The Apple iPad has easily been the global king of tablets, controlling some three-fourths of the global market. But that's likely to change next month, as Amazon launches its first tablet -- the Kindle Fire.
Can Box.net Challenge Amazon and Microsoft in the Cloud?
Box.net raised $81 million in funding on Monday. The cloud computing company is the darling of Silicon Valley, but can it compete with the likes of Amazon or Microsoft?
Netflix Shares Lose 5 Percent After Latest Flip-flop
Shares of Netflix fell nearly 5 percent Monday after the company abandoned plans for its Qwikster DVD service even before launch, marking yet another zigzag in its complex and unpopular strategy.
Netflix Abandons ‘Qwikster’ Even Before Launch
It is clear for many of our members two Web sites would make things more difficult, CEO Reed Hastings posted on a blog overnight. So we are going to keep Netflix as one place to go for streaming and DVDs.
Amazon to Launch 10-Inch Fire Tablet Before Year-End: Analyst
Following the release of Amazon's 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet on Sept. 28, Jefferies believes Amazon will launch 10-inch device before the end of the year.
Steve Jobs' Biography: Top Five Secrets it Could Reveal
Steve Jobs' posthumously released biography, now available for pre-order has become a chartbuster on online bookstores. Author Walter Isaacson spent over two years conducting forty exclusive and unprecedented interviews with Jobs and over hundred of his family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues for the book which chronicles rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur.
Steve Jobs Was 'Famously Dissatisfied,' 'Driven by Demons'
Global mourning and remembrance of Apple's co-founder and long-time CEO continues days after Steve Jobs died at the age of 56, and most have been quick to highlight the genius, innovation and complexity -- if not difficulty -- that Jobs thrust upon the world. A detailed book about his life that Jobs co-operated with is due out in two weeks, and already it has climbed to number one at both Amazon's and Barnes & Noble's online stores through pre-sales.
iPad 3 Nowhere in Sight, New Tablets Readied by Competitors (PHOTOS)
Three slightly less expensive tablets hit the market last week, but Kindle Fire could blow them away.
Apple vs. Amazon: Kindle Fire Launch Better Than iPhone 4S Launch (PHOTOS)
Amazon and Apple launched two highly anticipated products in the last two weeks, and clearly neither product is perfect, but Amazon wins the battle of product launches for a few reasons.
Barnes & Noble Pulling DC Comics Novels over Spat
Barnes & Noble apparently doesn't like competitor Amazon getting an advantage, and DC Comics graphic novels are getting pulled from store shelves as a result. Barnes & Noble, America's largest bookstore chain, said late Friday it will not stock physical copies in its stores of 100 of DC Comics' graphic novels the company will make exclusively available as ebook on Amazon Kindle, including the company's new Kindle Tablet to be launched Nov. 15.
Amazon's Kindle Fire at $199: Are There Other Tablet Options?
It is rumored that Amazon.com has received more than 250,000 preorders for the Kindle Fire - the online retail giant's competitively-priced tablet computer - in the five days since its launch. However, the Kindle Fire, priced at $199, will only be shipped from Nov.15.
If you're unwililng to wait that long, you could look at a few other options, apart from the iPad 2.
Here is a list of some Android-based tablets.
Steve Jobs Biography Reveals: Jobs 'Driven by Demons' to Success
Before its scheduled October 24 release, the first authorized biography of Apple co-founder and long-time CEO Steve Jobs who died on Wednesday has shot to number one in sales through pre-orders at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Published by Simon & Schuster, Steve Jobs is a 656-page work by Walter Isaacson which details Jobs as driven by demons.
Steve Jobs: Authorized Biography Moved up to Oct. 24
The authorized biography of Steve Jobs became the top-selling book on Amazon.com Wednesday night after it was revealed that he had died. The release date for the book is October 24.