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Groupon Shares Tumble 15% After Fourth Quarter Loss
Online discount service Groupon continues to grow at a rapid clip, but the company is still losing money, posting a $42.7 million loss for the fourth quarter of 2011. Groupon shares fell over 15% in after-hours trading Wednesday …
Amazon Merchant Offers Free Kindle Fire Cases for Five-Star Reviews
Looking for a discount on Amazon? Try a little underhanded quid pro quo with a shady merchant.
The New York Times has the story of a merchant named VIP Deals that was selling a Kindle Fire case worth $59.99 for under $10. Each …
Best Buy’s Daily Deals Site Selling Pre-Owned Nintendo Wii for $70
Best Buy-owned CowBoom.com is discounting video game consoles today, with one of the better deals being Nintendo’s Wii for $70 (plus $5 for shipping). For comparison, popular used game reseller GameStop sells used Wiis starting …
$199 Blackberry Playbooks Are Back to Kill RIM’s Profits
Our Favorite Things: Last-Minute Gift Ideas (Day Five)
Yesterday, Matt told you where to splurge like Sean Parker on a bender. Today, I go the opposite direction, helping you score relatively affordable gifts for the technologically inclined. From novelty stocking stuffers to arty …
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Big Deal: A Major New Player (eBay’s PayPal) Enters the Daily Deal Market
Without question, Groupon has been a tremendous business success story thus far, inspiring the legions on copycat daily deal sites, along with the previously unheard-of notion that coupons can, in fact, be cool. The latest major …
Our Favorite Things: Last-Minute Gift Ideas (Day Four)
So you’re rich, filthy stinking rich, and you want to know what to get, well, probably for yourself, since who else can afford to buy you this stuff? In keeping with my colleagues’ Santa lineup, I guess that makes me Blitzen, …
Is Amazon Due for a Backlash Because of Its ‘Evil’ Price Check App?
There’s a long, storied history of retailers battling it out for holiday shopping dollars. Price wars, seasonal promotions aimed at one-upping the competition, and price-matching guarantees are all commonplace, and considered …
Our Favorite Things: Last-Minute Gift Ideas (Day Two)
As we hurtle helplessly towards the gift-wrapped apocalypse, the collective Techland hivemind is giving you a little help with possible present ideas for your nearest, dearest and most deserving. Doug fearlessly led the way like …
Top Tuesday Tech Deals
Lots of good stuff today:
- Refurbished Xbox 360 Arcade: $90 at Best Buy (today only)
- iPhone 4S for $168 with contract: $168 at Fry’s (in-store only)
- iPad 2: $40 gift card with Wi-Fi version; $75 gift card with 3G version: $500 and up at Target (in-store only)
- Assassin’s Creed: Revelations for Xbox 360/PS3: $36 at Amazon (today
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