Swivl, the Swiveling Smartphone Dock, Slashes Price

A new version of the crowdfunded swiveling smartphone dock will cost $50 less than the original.
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Exclusive: The Billion-Dollar Inside Story of How Demand Media Almost Went Private Last Week (And Then Didn’t)

According to sources close to the situation, Demand Media was deep into discussions with a private equity firm to complete a deal that would have taken the online content company private for double its current value.
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Decide.com Says It Will Accurately Predict Prices or Your Money Back

Decide.com helps eliminate buyer’s remorse by predicting whether the price of products will rise or fall. Now it is confident enough about some of its deals that it’s offering a money-back guarantee.
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GigaOM Buys paidContent (Like Peter Kafka Said)

Guess what? Wait, we knew that.
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Boss Talk: Zynga Chief Talks IPO, Lessons Learned

Zynga Inc. Chief Executive Mark Pincus ended 2011 as the face of an overhyped Web initial public offering. Now he wants to show the hype was justified.

Some Kindle Owners Upset After Receiving Cryptic Subscription Offer From Amazon

Amazon has issued an apology tonight after upsetting Kindle owners, who learned they were selected to receive a publication they didn’t sign up for — and could be charged for.
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Final Tech Stock Tally for 2011: Rout-Roh!

Since I write about tech, I cannot buy its stocks. (Yay for my portfolio!)
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One Start-Up’s Adventure in Figuring Out the Price of a Used Chair

Priceonomics, a small company that aspires to be the Kelley Blue Book for everything, tells the tale of how it sold four used Aeron chairs to another tech start-up, for a profit of $300.
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Survey Sez: Consumers Still Miffed at Netflix, but Give Even Bigger Kiss to Amazon

The hits from the online video service’s missteps just keep coming!
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