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Entries for November, 2011

Black Friday 2011 spending sets new record

Early reports from three separate firms suggest that Black Friday retail sales set a new record in 2011. Online sales growth was massive according to estimates from both IBM and comScore; the former reported on Saturday that online Black Friday sales grew 24.3% over 2010 and total Black Friday spending rose 39.3% over last year. [...]

AOL not chasing Yahoo, still gets top talent: CEO

NEW YORK (Reuters) – AOL Inc, its much larger competitor that is currently seeking a possible sale of its assets. Original post by samzenpus

Macally to release Mask case ‘FLIP’ for I-phone

Macally Korea (representative  Je-yu Heo,  www.macally.co.kr)  released mask case ’FLIP’ and ‘FLIPW ‘ for I-phone 4/4s which looks person of wearing mask, in time for releasing of I-phone 4/4S in Korea. Mask case reduced visual inconvenience with flip design that can check incoming call number and time when flip is closed, also, user can answer the incoming [...]

Macally to release Mask case ‘FLIP’ for I-phone

Macally Korea (representative  Je-yu Heo,  www.macally.co.kr)  released mask case ’FLIP’ and ‘FLIPW ‘ in time for releasing of I-phone 4/4S in Korea. Mask case reduced visual inconvenience with flip design that can check incoming call number and time when flip is closed, also, user can answer the incoming phone when flip is closed. In addition, this case [...]

Kindle Fire just $123 from some Walmart, Target locations

Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet has been a big seller for the online retailer so far, maintaining the top spot on the Amazon.com best-sellers list for eight weeks running. Despite the slate’s already low price tag, at least two retailers are offering deep discounts on the new tablet at a number of physical locations. Both Walmart [...]

Kindle Fire just $123 from some Walmart, Target locations [updated]

Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet has been a big seller for the online retailer so far, maintaining the top spot on the Amazon.com best-sellers list for eight weeks running. Despite the slate’s already low price tag, at least two retailers are offering deep discounts on the new tablet at a number of physical locations. Both Walmart [...]

Activision CEO taunts EA, talks up “Skylanders”

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Activision Blizzard Chief Executive Bobby Kotick told Reuters that stores may face a shortage of its new children’s game this holiday season and tried to cast doubt on a rival’s upcoming game that analysts say could eat into Activision’s user base. Original post by samzenpus

‘Galaxy Nexus’ with the world’s first ‘Ice cream sandwich’ platform

Samsung electronics released ‘Galaxy Nexus’ with the world’s first android 4.0 ‘Ice cream sandwich’ platform at Seoul, Seocho company building multipurpose hall in earnest. This product has 8.94mm thickness and 4.65inch HD super amoled display, it features integrated environment of smartphone and tablet. In addition, there is an ‘Android beam’ function that can share web page, [...]

Facebook plans IPO between April and June: report

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc is looking to go public between April and June 2012 with a valuation of over $100 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Original post by samzenpus

Apple releases iOS 5.1 beta for iPhone, iPod touch and iPads to developers

Apple just started seeding iOS 5.1 moments ago. We’ll let you know if this further fixes battery life and if we find any other changes. Here is the change log from Apple in the meantime:   Accounts When creating an iCloud account, you can use any Apple ID as long as it is a full [...]