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Videogame Consoles Still Selling Like Hotcakes, But How Much Life Is Left in the Aging Hardware?

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 1, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

The three major videogame consoles are all nearing the end of their life cycles. But that didn’t stop shoppers from buying — and in some cases fighting over — the hardware.

Let's Make a Deal! Groupon Nabs $30 Million in Funding

Kara Swisher in News on December 2, 2009 at 12:00 am PT

Groupon, a group-based social e-commerce buying service, has nabbed $30 million in its second round of funding, led by Accel Partners. The innovative Chicago-based service, which launched only a year ago, had previously received $4.8 million in funding from New Enterprise Associates, as well as $1 million from an angel investor. NEA participated in this round too. Groupon features a daily deal at a deep discount on a wide range of things–from spas to skydiving–in 26 U.S. cities for large groups of potential buyers on the Web, through email and social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Think of it as social networking lead-generation or, perhaps, the “Social Shopping Network.”

Twitter Tackles Spam, and Sets Its Sights on Bigger Challenges (Take a Guess)

Peter Kafka in Media on October 13, 2009 at 4:00 pm PT

Now that Twitter doesn’t have to worry about raising money ever again (right?), it can spend time tackling all sorts of projects, big and small. Here’s one of the small ones: The company has created a better way for users to flag spam accounts. The big stuff? Coming up.