Social Media SEOGroupon made an update to their privacy policies last week where they will begin collecting more information about users of the group buying site to share with business partners. Groupon also stated in their new privacy policy that they will use geo-locational information to market its online deals to users. All of the above has […]
China has a long standing reputation for counterfeiters, and an even stronger reputation for being home to a thriving black market. I’ve written before about the thriving black market for the iPhone long before the iPhone was officially released in country. But when I read about these fake Apple stores, man… this was the icing […]
Nokia (NYSE:NOK) posted a quarterly loss of $521 million in, which is the first quarterly loss in 1 1/2 years. The loss comes as handset sales slump following a partnership with Microsoft. Despite the quarterly loss at Nokia, the stock price popped yesterday to close at 5.79, up +0.23 (4.14%). According to a Nokia rep who responded to […]
Google is getting ready to offer credit cards to clients who use Google Adwords. The credit cards, according to Google, are going to be offered with a low, competitive interest rate and with no annual fee. And according to Google, the cards (or the credit line) will only be good for use on buying Adwords […]
J.K. Rowling’s announced a new initiative called Pottermore where the author will be releasing more stories, and more insight, into the world of Harry Potter. Rowling’s will also be teaming up with Google to exclusively sell all of the books in the Harry Potter series as ebooks through Google eBooks, Google’s ebook marketplace. Along with […]
In the earnings report call today that sent Apple’s stock price over $400, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer lifted up the curtain a bit allowing the world to see into Apple’s pipeline. In the call, Oppenheimer said that Apple is “very focused and excited about bringing iOS 5 and iCloud to users this fall.” He then […]
Apple’s shares (NASDAQ:AAPL) broke $400 this morning for the first time ever, releasing investors into a frenzy on Wall Street. Apple’s earnings were released today and once again, the Cuppertino company has Wall Street in a frenzy over the likes of the iPhone and iPad domination. Apple CEO Steve Jobs said today, “we’re thrilled to […]