We talked a little bit about the rumors of Best Buy’s Buy Back program. Well, it’s official: Best Buy is launching a resale program creatively called Buy Back for your old electronic products. Starting with three categories (smartphones, computing solutions which includes computers and tablets, and televisions), Best Buy hopes to appeal …
All Networks Pass On Wonder Woman TV Show
Maybe we should begin to call it a curse. After years of failed attempts to bring DC Comics’ Wonder Woman to the movies – including one by Buffy‘s Joss Whedon, who was then snapped up by competitors Marvel to helm their flagship movie The Avengers – the character’s latest bid for TV greatness seems to have fallen at the first hurdle: No …
One Laptop Per Child Project To Give Away More Cost-Effective Tablets
Tablets are not only proving to be trendier but more cost effective as well when it comes to distributing educational devices. The non-profit organization One Laptop Per Child, which has the noble cause of distributing laptops to children in developing countries, is now working with computer chip maker Marvell to develop a tablet to give …
Analyzing the 2010 Comics Charts
Diamond Comic Distributors–the company from which virtually every comics specialty store in America buys the bulk of their stock–has released their charts for the bestselling comic books and graphic novels of 2010 (for copies sold through them, which is to say it doesn’t include many bookstore sales). They list the top 500 in each …
Tomorrow Is Final Day For 600 MySpace Employees
MySpace has released the date for its long-feared cull of more than half of its employees: January 11th. The once-popular social network site is expected to lay off between 550-600 of its 1000 employees tomorrow, and is said to be finalizing the figure today.
The cuts are said to be being made internationally, with MySpace China …
5 E-Readers For 2011
At last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, e-readers were still a venerable showcase, and manufactures were out in full force to show off upcoming devices. Though big names like Kindle and Nook still rule the e-reader market, convergence devices (i.e. tablets) featuring snazzy e-reader apps are biting at the industry’s heels. While big …
Groupon To Advertise During Super Bowl Pre-Game
Groupon is ready to take a bigger step into America’s homes.The social buying-powered website is normally passed through word of mouth and through member emails, but now they are buying some pre-game Super Bowl ads to make their brand even more well known, Ad Age reports. According to the article, Groupon has hired Groupe’s Starcom as …
Disney To Connect With Viewers Through Yahoo Connected?
While Google TV had been getting a lot of attention for television networks refusing to allow their content to be used, Yahoo has been quietly working on something it calls a “broadcast interactivity program” that may be about to get Mickey Mouse’s seal of approval.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Disney is in talks to sign …
“Oldboy” Director’s New Film Project Made Completely on iPhone 4
Park Chan-Wook’s new movie is making headlines, although not for the usual reason of the extreme violence usually contained in his films. The director, known best for his big South Korean blockbuster films Oldboy and Joint Security Area, solely used the iPhone 4 to shoot his new project, a 30 minute short film called Paranmanjang which …
Can You Tell When a Celeb’s Tweet is #Endorsed?
When actress Elizabeth Hurley tweets that she loves a specific Estee Lauder product, she could be getting paid the big bucks to say so. Since the actress has been the face of the brand for over 15 years, it seems like quite the coincidence that every once and awhile she gives Estee Lauder shout out.
Although the FTC ruled late last …
10 Things You Shouldn’t Do On Facebook
People often post offensive or insensitive things on their Facebook, and sometimes those updates and pictures can be downright criminal – literally.
Check out Techland’s list of things you shouldn’t do on Facebook, lest you want to face some sort of negative repercussions. Ranging from being convicted of a criminal offense to making …
Build! Launch! Destroy! Angry Birds Toys Coming From Mattel
If a mobile game featuring birds with special powers that destroy the elaborate dwellings of their pig-like enemies has gotten too complicated for you, perhaps you’d like to try your hand at the analog version.
This May, Mattel will see how the masses take to the $15 Angry Birds “Knock on Wood” play set. As iLounge reports, the getup …