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Christmas delayed: Amazon offers $20 gift cards, refunds shipping charges after UPS and FedEx problems — Didn't get what you expected under the tree? It's probably marooned in a package delivery center. — Following widespread complaints about absent packages, Amazon …
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The Next Web, VatorNews, Betabeat, SlashGear, internetretailer.com, Gotta Be Mobile and IntoMobile
| Shelly Banjo / Wall Street Journal: |
Surge of online orders causes fulfillment, delivery delays, frustrates customers on Christmas — Shipping Delays Left Many People With Little to Put Under Tree … Many shoppers are blaming online retailers for stealing Christmas. — Companies from Amazon.com Inc. to Kohl's Corp …
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Dogewallet announces Dogecoin theft, a dubious milestone for the new cryptocurrency that started as a joke — Millions Of Dogecoins Stolen In Apparent Heist — Much robbery, so anger, etc. Users of the functional joke currency are reporting emptied wallets.
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doges.org, The Verge, Forbes, SiliconANGLE, ReadWrite, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, Electronista, Mashable, The Next Web, Mediaite, Tech in Asia and Business Insider
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| Jenny W. Hsu / Wall Street Journal: |
Taiwan fines Apple $667K for influencing carriers' iPhone pricing, can face additional $1.6m if it fails to comply — Taiwan Fines Apple for iPhone Price-Plan Meddling — Island's fair-trade body says Apple told mobile-service providers how to charge for handsets
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Plain Vanilla Games, Maker Of Ultra-Hot Trivia App QuizUp, Raises Another $22 Million From Sequoia — Plain Vanilla Games, the company behind ultra-hot trivia app QuizUp, has raised a $22 million Series B Round of financing. The financing was led by Sequoia Capital, with participation …
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Thanks:@chrisvelazco| Shelly Banjo / Wall Street Journal: |
Online retailers mine transaction data to discourage returns, a growing problem — Rampant Returns Plague E-Retailers — Sellers Suggest Sizes and Redirect Discounts to Break Bad Habits — Free shipping and lenient return policies have given online retailing a huge boost.| Farhad Manjoo / Wall Street Journal: |
Snapchat's popularity shows we all may want a more erasable Internet — The Internet doesn't necessarily have to keep our digital effluvia around forever. Do we want it to be erasable? — The Internet doesn't necessarily have to keep our digital effluvia around forever, and Snapchat has proved it.| Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal: |
Scores of Music Services Stream Into Crowded Field — Many of the New Models Will Focus on Genre — The number of music-streaming services is set to explode next year, as record labels have warmed up to the idea of renting consumers access to a vast collection of tunes, rather than selling them individual albums or songs.
Tweets: @zseward
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Google punishes Rap Genius in search ranking for SEO practices, founders seek resolution — Google Destroys Rap Genius' Search Rankings As Punishment For SEO Spam, But Resolution In Progress — Google hit back hard today after it learned lyrics site Rap Genius had been using dubious SEO tricks to attain top spots in search results.
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PC Magazine, AllThingsD, Valleywag, Forbes, Search Engine Land, Los Angeles Times, Business Insider, ANIMAL, New York Times, PandoDaily, Associated Press, StartupBook, Search Engine Roundtable, Marketing Pilgrim, hypebot, The Verge, Valleywag, Rap Genius and SEO Book
Tweets: @dannysullivan, @mikeisaac, @carney, @levie, @startupljackson and @qthrul
See also Mediagazer| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Tech Stocks Hover Near 2013 Highs, Paving Way for 2014 IPOs Like Alibaba, Box and Dropbox — Today, the tech sector got a pretty nice post-Christmas present, as stocks of many companies in the sector continued to remain near their highs for the year. — And with 2013 seeing … | Kana Inagaki / Wall Street Journal: |
Sony, Panasonic Call Off OLED TV Tie-Up — TOKYO— Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. have decided to call off a tie-up in developing production technology for big and ultrathin televisions, underscoring the challenges of bringing the next-generation TVs to the mass market.
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asia.nikkei.com, The Verge, VentureBeat, TechRadar.com, Engadget and Reuters
| Dan Rowinski / ReadWrite: |
The Majority Of Porn In The United States Is Viewed On Smartphones — If you needed any more evidence that the era of ubiquitous computing is upon us, here is one stat that shows us how prevalent smartphones and tablets have become to the daily lives of people everywhere …
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