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PaperKarma’s Mobile App Tries to Eliminate Junk From Your Mailbox

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 8 at 10:58 pm PT

PaperKarma is a new app that helps you reduce the amount of unwanted coupons, catalogs and postcards that clog your mailbox.

Nokia Lumia 710 Now Cheaper Than Cheap

John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 18 at 8:14 am PT

Nokia’s Lumia 710 hasn’t even been at market a week, and already retailers are dropping its price — and drastically, too.

VeriFone’s CEO Explains Why It Spent $1 Billion on Acquisitions for a New Payments Strategy

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 30, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

CEO Doug Bergeron says VeriFone has spent more than $1 billion in acquisitions to take advantage of emerging technologies, such as mobile payments, on a global basis.

OuchPad: Best Buy Sitting on a Pile of Unsold HP Tablets

Arik Hesseldahl in News on August 16, 2011 at 5:32 pm PT

Hints that sales of Hewlett-Packard’s TouchPad are slow have been numerous. But sales data from Best Buy and other retailers shows just how slow those sales are.

HP’s TouchPad Discounts Getting Even Deeper

Ina Fried in Mobile on August 3, 2011 at 9:30 pm PT

With television promotions and instant rebates at Costco, HP’s TouchPad can now be had for $100 or more off its initial price, just weeks after the tablets hit store shelves.

A Day in the Life of a Salesperson on the Front Lines of the Group-Buying Frenzy

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 2, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

Groupon and LivingSocial have ballooned into major corporations over the past year, hiring thousands of local salespeople who try to convince local merchants into participating in the latest fad: group buying. While other sales positions have been hit hard by the recession, it turns out not every one is losing out. The daily deal phenomenon is creating thousands of new sales opportunities–and the hunt is on for trained workers with the contacts and experience.

It Was All Over When Steve Saw Those iPods Next to the Mayonnaise Kegs

John Paczkowski in Mobile on December 9, 2010 at 12:31 pm PT

As tactics go, Apple’s decision to end its partnership with Costco is quite a bit less surprising than its decision to work with the warehouse chain in the first place. The Seattle Times reports that the retailer is slowly phasing out sales of iPods and iTunes gift cards.

Windows Phone 7 Prices Quietly Dropping

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 9, 2010 at 7:45 am PT

Although the official prices of the initial Windows Phone 7 devices remain the same, various promotions are heavily discounting the month-old models, with Amazon offering three AT&T models for just a penny.

EBay CEO John Donahoe at D8: More Mobile Shopping and Payment Options

John Paczkowski in D8 on June 2, 2010 at 11:25 am PT

A few years back, John Donahoe’s position was an unenviable one. As incoming CEO of eBay, he was taking the reins of a company that, while the clear leader in the online auction space, had seen its growth stall amid increased competition from formidable rivals like Amazon.com, as well as from upstart auction sites like Etsy.

Costco Pairs With Gazelle for Old Tech Trade-Ins

Geoffrey Fowler, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 17, 2009 at 3:37 pm PT

Last week, Costco quietly rolled out a new partnership with Web site Gazelle to encourage its legions of discount shoppers to trade in their old technology for credit they can spend on new gadgets. The Costco customer program works pretty much like the one that startup Gazelle has offered to everyone for about a year.