Bill Gates on Steve Jobs on “60 Minutes”

Gates: “We grew up together.”
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Interview: Bill Gates Talks About Tech Innovations for Vaccines Ahead of Global Confab

Solve this: One child every 20 seconds dies from a disease that could have been prevented by an existing vaccine.
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News Byte

Study: Consumers Don’t Heart Same-Day Delivery as Much as Retailers Think

According to a new survey from the Boston Consulting Group, “consumers are much more interested in free delivery and lower prices than in the same-day delivery of goods ordered online.” Although many online retailers have jumped to offer this feature, the study of 1,500 consumers found that only 9 percent said same-day delivery was a key factor in online retail satisfaction. Free delivery and low prices scored significantly higher, although “affluent millennials” — shoppers from 18 to 34 years old and with a household income exceeding $150,000 — were more likely to respond to same-day delivery offerings.

Analysts Cautiously Optimistic as eBay Gets Ready to Close the Books on 2012

EBay is expecting the holidays to have treated it well, but analysts are a little more cautious.
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eBay Tries Two New Ways to Sell: Drop-Off Points and Home Pick-Up

Last month, I got a close look at two of eBay’s new pilot programs. One will pick up items from your home for sale, and another allows you to drop them off at a mall.
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New Crop of Online Food Services Offer Everything but the Chef

What’s in the box?
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Some Last-Minute Online Shoppers Can Still Put Gifts Under the Tree

There are a number of ways to still get deliveries sent to your home if you don’t feel like fighting the crowds at the mall.
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Online Shopping Season Peaked Last Week, but It’s Not Over Yet

For consumers who want to receive orders in time for Christmas, the deadline is this week on many e-commerce sites.
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Yahoo Updates Mail, Adding Native iPhone and Windows 8 Apps (Like We Said)

A new look for a flagship property.
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With Track Your Grub, GrubHubbers Can See Exactly Where Their Food Delivery Is

I know, I know: First-world problem solved. Again.
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