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Kindle Rival Cool-er to Hit QVC

Lauren Goode, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 7, 2009 at 5:20 pm PT

The e-reader is going home-shopping for the holidays. Shortly after Amazon cut the price of its Kindle e-reader, Interead, maker of the rival Cool-er device, said it has signed on with home-shopping network QVC to help it launch Cool-er in the U.S.

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Liberty Media Jumps 10 Percent as Q2 Sales, Ebitda Beat

Tiernan Ray, Blogger, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on August 7, 2009 at 8:12 am PT

Shares of John Malone’s Liberty Media Interactive, owner of “QVC,” are up sharply this morning after the company beat Q2 expectations for revenue and operating profit. Revenue fell, year over year, to $1.9 billion, the company reported, yielding adjusted Ebitda of $412 million. Still, that was ahead of the $1.834 billion and $345 million average estimate of analysts.

How Many iPhones Could Wal-Mart Sell? Well, That's Obvious, Isn't It?

John Paczkowski in News on December 11, 2008 at 1:01 pm PT

Though Wal-Mart has made no official announcement regarding the reportedly imminent arrival of Apple’s iPhone on its shelves, it would seem that the big-box retailer will begin peddling the device before the year is out. If that’s the case, how many iPhones is Wal-Mart capable of selling?

How Many iPhones Could Wal-Mart Sell? Well, That’s Obvious, Isn’t It?

John Paczkowski in News on December 11, 2008 at 1:01 pm PT

Though Wal-Mart has made no official announcement regarding the reportedly imminent arrival of Apple’s iPhone on its shelves, it would seem that the big-box retailer will begin peddling the device before the year is out. If that’s the case, how many iPhones is Wal-Mart capable of selling?

iPhones at Wal-Mart Are Fine. But Steve Draws the Line at QVC.

John Paczkowski in News on November 19, 2008 at 8:30 am PT

Come late December, customers shopping at their local Wal-Mart will be leaving the big-box retailer not just with vacuum cleaners and massage cushions, but with iPhones as well. Boy Genius reports that Apple’s iconic phone will begin arriving at select Wal-Mart locations on Dec. 28.

John McCain Scores on QVC, Oops, SNL

Kara Swisher in News on November 2, 2008 at 11:26 am PT

As BoomTown has noted, one of the best things to come out of this election has been the very funny and very topical humor that has been on “Saturday Night Live” in this political cycle. Headlined by Tina Fey’s perfect impression of Sarah Palin, it has been biting without stooping to the rank meanness from so many other places by both sides. Last night, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain–who has been on SNL before (his “John McCain sings Streisand” skit was really a gem from that appearance)–was in two skits on the show and did a great job in both.