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BlackBerry Friday: PlayBook at $300 Off

John Paczkowski in Mobile on November 17, 2011 at 4:24 pm PT

Inventory problems begone!

Former Top Yahoo Sales Exec Weishaupt Joins Criteo

Kara Swisher in Media on November 16, 2011 at 10:13 am PT

One thing Yahoo is good at: Giving other companies exec talent!

Federated Media Buys Lijit Networks

Kara Swisher in Media on October 4, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

A medium-sized online advertising company buys a smaller one.

Groupon's Andrew Mason Talks About…No, Not Exec Shakeup, But Groupon Now

Kara Swisher in News on March 24, 2011 at 6:04 am PT

Yesterday, BoomTown had a cheap Chinese meal and a chit-chat with Groupon CEO Andrew Mason in Silicon Valley–but not about what most people want to talk to him about. Instead of the departure of the Chicago-based social buying site’s President and COO Rob Solomon, all he wanted to talk about and show off is Groupon’s latest real-time deal innovation, which it is calling Groupon Now.

Overstock Says No Shortage of Inventory in the World That's Ripe for Discounting

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 15, 2011 at 1:25 pm PT

In so many ways, Overstock may be considered the original flash sales site. Now, it too is experimenting with daily emails that offer steep discounts on select merchandise.

Inside Twitter's Sales Machine: A Secret Guide for Advertisers (Video)

Peter Kafka in Media on February 16, 2011 at 8:45 am PT

Twitter’s how-to guide tells buyers how to use its new ad platform. And it tells the rest of us how Twitter’s first real effort to make money is working. (Hint: It’s early days….)

Exclusive: Seeking Better Search Results, eBay Finds Experts at Bing and Facebook

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 31, 2011 at 1:00 pm PT

EBay has hired two search experts away from Facebook and Microsoft Bing as it prepares to roll out new features on its site, we have learned.

Microsoft Takes Another Stab at Selling Its Own Ads–By Getting Someone Else to Do It

Peter Kafka in Media on January 31, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Microsoft starts up its own “real time” advertising exchange, just like Google has. But instead of running it itself, Redmond is handing the work to AppNexus.

Memory Chips Are About to Get Cheaper

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 13, 2011 at 8:28 am PT

As demand for PCs has slowed, so has demand for the memory chips that go into them. Good news for everyone but the companies that make memory.

News Byte

Yet More Money for Ad Tech: Turn Raises $20 Million

Peter Kafka in Media on January 5, 2011 at 9:25 am PT

A lot of smart people think there’s already too much money jammed into advertising technology start-ups, but more keeps coming, anyway. The latest infusion is a $20 million funding round for Turn Inc., a “demand-side platform” that’s supposed to help advertisers buy lots of display advertising inventory. Turn has raised $57 million to date, which means any exit is going to have to be very big to make investors happy. Reminder: Google bought DSP Invite Media for $81 million last year. And Microsoft, another potential acquirer, has thrown its weight behind rival DSP AppNexus.