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| Chris Morran / Consumerist: |
Store Combats Showrooming With $5 ‘Just Looking’ Fee
— While some bricks-and-mortar chains are trying to curb showrooming — using a retailer to check out an item in person before buying it online — with price-matching or store-exclusive brands, one business has come up with a possible solution …
Mar 26, 2013, 10:35 PM–
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| Chris Morran / The Consumerist: |
Dish Gives Itself The Award That CBS Stopped CNET From Giving
— A week after CBS execs told the editors of CNET they could not give its Best Of Show award to Dish's Hopper DVR because the broadcaster is suing Dish over the device, their decision has backfired, with the satellite TV provider using …
Jan 18, 2013, 9:55 PM–
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| Mary Beth Quirk / The Consumerist: |
PayPal Throwing Its Hat In The Online Daily Coupon Ring
— PayPal is planning its own daily deal program in the U.S., joining the already crowded online arena where Groupon and LivingSocial are currently duking it out to offer the best discount. It's all about options, these days.
Dec 14, 2011, 10:05 PM–
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| Chris Morran / The Consumerist: |
PayPal Rains On Regretsy's Secret Santa Campaign Over Use Of Wrong Button
— Accepting charitable donations online through a third party can be a tricky business. It often requires that you provide reams of documentation to this third party that you are a non-profit or that the money is going directly to a non-profit.
Dec 6, 2011, 9:45 AM–
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| Marc Perton / The Consumerist: |
Security Expert: Sony Knew Its Software Was Obsolete Months Before PSN Breach
— In congressional testimony this morning, Dr. Gene Spafford of Purdue University said that Sony was using outdated software on its servers — and knew about it months in advance of the recent security breaches …
May 5, 2011, 12:15 PM–
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| Laura Northrup / The Consumerist: |
Comcast's Xfinity Extreme 105: Pay More To Reach Download Cap Even Faster
— Today, our friends at Comcast announced their new tier of Comcastically fast broadband service in 40 metropolitan areas. It promises speeds of up to 105 Mbps. Zoom! The future is here.
Apr 18, 2011, 1:55 AM–
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| Ben Popken / The Consumerist: |
80% Of AOL Revenue Is Subscribers, 75% Of Whom Don't Need It
— A New Yorker profile this week details how 80% of AOL's revenue comes from subscriptions, and, according to an ex-AOL exec, 75% of those users are people who subscribe to the dial-up service and don't need.
Jan 21, 2011, 9:35 PM–
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| Ben Popken / The Consumerist: |
Nook Deletes All Your Files, Barnes & Nobles Shrugs
— If you own a Nook, you better make sure you regularly update its software, otherwise you might lose all your files that are not B&N books. That's what happened to Michael, and customer service told him that it can happen if the device hasn't been updated recently.
Oct 27, 2010, 5:15 PM–
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| Meg Marco / The Consumerist: |
Best Buy Optimization Is A Big Stupid Annoying Waste Of Money
— Over the past year, a number of you have been telling us that, due to “pre-optimization” of computers, it's difficult — sometimes impossible — to walk into a Best Buy and leave with the advertised deal (in effect …
Jan 5, 2010, 8:30 AM–
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| Laura Northrup / The Consumerist: |
AT&T Customer Service: “New York City Is Not Ready For The iPhone”
— AT&T has apparently found a workable solution to the reported data congestion in New York City. They've quietly stopped selling the iPhone from their web site to customers in the New York metropolitan area.
Dec 27, 2009, 7:10 PM–
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Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
Cloud Foundry:
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Rackspace Blog:
An Army Is Forming To Battle Patent Trolls — For the past several months, we've exposed the flaws in the patent system and how they're being exploited by opportunistic patent trolls looking to extort a quick buck …
An Army Is Forming To Battle Patent Trolls — For the past several months, we've exposed the flaws in the patent system and how they're being exploited by opportunistic patent trolls looking to extort a quick buck …
Hortonworks » Blog:
Mobile Telco Dials In and Harnesses Big Data with Hadoop — Smartphones have transformed our daily lives. A key indicator of this trend is our increased spend on data plans versus voice.
Mobile Telco Dials In and Harnesses Big Data with Hadoop — Smartphones have transformed our daily lives. A key indicator of this trend is our increased spend on data plans versus voice.
Unison's blog:
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).