Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 31, 2011 at 5:30 pm PT
It’s said a billion people watch the six-ton ball drop every year. Here’s more than you ever wanted to know about it.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 11, 2011 at 8:00 am PT
Forget about calling it “Cyber Monday,” the big digital shopping day of the holiday season might be more appropriately called “Mobile Monday.”
Arik Hesseldahl in News on October 31, 2011 at 5:45 am PT
A new deal bundling HP’s TouchPad tablet with its PCs is probably the device’s last hurrah. For real this time.
John Paczkowski in News on November 15, 2010 at 2:24 pm PT
Apple is headed toward another record-breaking quarter for Mac sales. That’s the indication from the latest NPD retail data, anyway.
News Byte
Beth Callaghan in News on October 7, 2010 at 2:40 pm PT
Consumers will proceed with caution when it comes to spending this holiday season–especially on electronics. According to market research firm NPD Group, 61 percent of people taking part in its
annual holiday survey say they’ll spend the same amount of money on gifts as last year, but
five percent fewer are likely to spend it on electronics, videogames or DVDs.
John Paczkowski in News on September 28, 2010 at 8:45 am PT
You wouldn’t know it from Research in Motion’s share price today–down 3.35 percent at $46.74–but analysts were generally impressed with the PlayBook, the “professional tablet” the company announced at its developer conference Monday.
Voices
Ann Zimmerman, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 10, 2010 at 5:00 am PT
This holiday season, Sam’s Club is making a big bet on Internet-connected television sets—and hopes that providing free Wi-Fi in its stores will help draw customers to the new technology.
The Wal-Mart Stores Inc. membership warehouse chain’s more than 500 clubs will be outfitted with Wi-Fi by November.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 8, 2010 at 1:30 pm PT
Barnes & Noble’s e-reader entry was supposed to have one big advantage over the Kindle–you could buy one at the retailer’s stores. But it has been a long time coming, and in the meantime, you may have heard about another compelling e-reader heading to market.
Peter Kafka in Media on December 29, 2009 at 12:47 pm PT
EBay says it saw a huge jump in purchases made via smartphones this year. The company won’t put that in real numbers, of course–who does that?–but it makes sense. Another reasonable assumption: Amazon saw similar numbers. But the e-commerce giant didn’t mention mobile in its annual holiday horn-tooting memo.
Peter Kafka in Media on December 24, 2009 at 5:31 am PT
Bah, humbug! Hackers spent part of Wednesday attacking Neustar, the DNS provider that helps link some of the Web’s biggest Web sites to consumers, and ended up disrupting big retailers like Amazon and Wal-Mart for more than an hour.
