10 posts and columns on mall

Will Facebook Be the Mall of the Future?

in Commerce on March 14, 2011 at 10:36 am PT

It’s where teenagers go to hang out. It’s where they gossip. And it’s where more than half a billion people spend a lot of their time. No, it’s not the mall. It’s Facebook.

EBay Augmented-Reality App Lets You Try It On Before You Buy

in Commerce on January 7, 2011 at 4:46 pm PT

One of the problems with ordering clothing online is not knowing whether it will fit or look good. EBay has a technology fix for that using augmented reality on the mobile phone. Now you will never have to go to the mall!

Video Meme: Hallelujah for Flash Mobs!

in Social on December 23, 2010 at 6:30 am PT

Flash mobs: They’re no longer elite events for cool kids with secret passwords. This holiday season has seen a remarkable run of flash mobs in North America (and subsequently on YouTube), with both participants and audience members eager to partake in an increasingly democratized art form and then post their experiences online.

China's Dangdang Says Rah! Rah! to IPO

in Commerce on December 8, 2010 at 6:39 am PT

Think of Amazon.com, but for the Chinese market. E-Commerce China Dangdang is the No. 1 business-to-consumer brand in China, and today it will start trading stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker DANG.

Irex’s E-Reader Poses No Threat to the Kindle

in Personal Technology on March 10, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT

Irex’s DR800SG has a large, sharp screen for comfortable reading, but overall the device is clumsier to use than Amazon’s Kindle.
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Holiday Web Shoppers Are Spending. But Not at Mom and Pop’s Web Site.

in Media on December 7, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Shoppers continue to spend more online, regardless of whether they’re doing so at the mall. But this tide isn’t raising all boats equally: Holiday shopping is up at the biggest Web retailers, but it’s down everywhere else.
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Click Away: Holiday Web Shopping Bounces Back

in Media on November 29, 2009 at 11:51 am PT

ComScore says holiday Web shopping is up three percent, which isn’t that much considering that last year’s sales were soft. But sales were up 11 percent on “Black Friday.”
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BoomTown Talks About the iPhone Apps Economy on the News Hour (Plus Some Future Stuff Blather)

in News on September 4, 2009 at 1:52 am PT

Last night, “The News Hour With Jim Lehrer” aired a piece on “how technology companies are innovating amid the recession by designing popular new smart phone applications.” BoomTown was to talk about how perhaps not all of the 65,000 apps being created by legions of third-party developers for the Apple iPhone will result in gold, diamonds and unicorns raining down on entrepreneurs. Oddly enough, I somehow went all Jules Verne at the end and started talking about screens on coffee tables, so I am obviously just as bad.
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From the Department of I Can Hardly Wait: A Sneak Peek of the New Microsoft Store

in News on August 7, 2009 at 5:50 pm PT

Today, Microsoft tweeted a photo of the wall in front of one of its upcoming retail stores, either in Scottsdale, Ariz., or Mission Viejo, Calif. Although it is not clear which location it is–frankly, those mall potted plants could be just about anywhere–I am guessing some Foot Locker is right around the corner and an Outback Steakhouse is not far either. This does not bode well, especially if Microsoft is hoping to one-up the sleek and hip Apple store vibe. In fact, that’s where BoomTown is off to now, to get an early place in line for an iTablet.
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