It looks like the Wii U may be sold out, which means it’s time to put on black and go into mourning. Gnash your teeth. Wail. Shrug if you couldn’t care less. Or pay embarrassing amounts of money to have one, day one.
Deals & Shopping
PayPal Ups Ante in Holiday Season Price-Matching Wars
The battle for holiday shopper dollars continues with the launch of the most impressive-sounding price-matching policy offered yet. As it turns out, the policy isn’t being offered by a retailer, but the payment processor PayPal.
Why Some 7-inch Tablets Will Eventually Be Given Away Free
About 18 months ago, I was one of the first to write about what I thought Amazon’s business model would be for its tablet that launched last fall. I had heard from my sources in Taiwan that Amazon was looking at selling the …
Google Discounting Popular Apps to 25 Cents over the Next Five Days
Google Play – formerly known as the Android Market — has passed 25 billion app downloads. A large majority of those were from me, I admit. I get so frustrated playing Angry Birds that I uninstall it and swear I’ll never play …
Kickstarter Aims to Make Gadgets Less of a Gamble
For the new dead-tree issue of TIME that comes out today, I had fun profiling Kickstarter, the highest-profile site enabling crowdfunding of creative projects. (Subscribers can read the article here.) I write about some of the …
50 Best Websites 2012
TIME’s annual salute to sites and services that keep you entertained and informed, save you time and money — and maybe even change your life
Ask Techland: Best Places to Sell an Old iPhone or Trade for Store Credit?
Question:
I’m looking to either sell or trade in my old iPhone so I can buy the new one that’s being announced tomorrow. Any advice about where the best place to do that would be?
Doug Answers:
Without knowing which …
Microsoft’s Surprise $40 Kinect Price Drop: Time to Buy One?
Microsoft Kinect price, come on down — the company just knocked roughly one-third off the retail price of its motion-control sensor for the Xbox 360, permanently. That’s the official word, courtesy Microsoft PR poobah Larry …
Online vs. Brick-and-Mortar: Which Is Better for Back to School Shopping?
When it comes to electronics and big-ticket items, it’s assumed that while consumers may want to inspect merchandise in person before purchasing, they’ll ultimately find the best prices online. That’s what “showrooming” is all about. But what about smaller everyday purchases like, say, erasers, markers, construction paper, and …
Groupon Plunges 20% on Weak Deal Growth
Groupon, which sends out email discounts, is down a startling 71% from its IPO price less than a year ago. The company went public last November at a valuation of nearly $13 billion. Groupon is now worth $4.8 billion. Company insiders cashed out over $800 million before the firm even went public.
Current iPhones Discounted as New Version Rumored for Next Month
I’m sure the iPhone 5, or whatever it will be called, is going to be impressive. But you know what other phones are impressive? The iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S.
It looks like both of them are getting discounted as retailers get …
