4 posts and columns on refunds

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Apple to Offer iPad Disclaimer, Refunds in Australia

in News on March 28 at 4:40 am PT

Apple Inc.’s fight to retain the “4G” branding on its latest iPad tablet computer in Australia — a designation the country’s consumer watchdog says is misleading — will return to court in early May.

What’s Up With Jawbone UP? A Peek Inside the UP Testers Program.

in Commerce on February 23 at 3:04 pm PT

It’s been more than two months since Jawbone paused production of its popular but faulty UP wristband. So what’s up with the UP?
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Newspapers to Congress: Please Don’t Give Us a Bailout

in Media on September 24, 2009 at 7:59 am PT

The newspaper bailout proposal you may have heard about over the last few months? The newspapers want no part of it, says an industry spokesman. That said, the industry wouldn’t turn down some help from Congress, says John Sturm, CEO of the Newspaper Association of America. He is testifying before a joint committee this morning.
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Think You Own the Book You Bought for Your Kindle? You Don’t, Says Amazon.

in Media on July 17, 2009 at 12:50 pm PT

Buy an e-book for Amazon’s Kindle recently? You might want to check to see if it’s still on your device. Kindle users are complaining that the e-commerce giant has removed titles from their machines this week and given them refunds in their place. What happened? The details are fuzzy, but apparently, a publisher that supplied Amazon with two George Orwell titles has decided that it doesn’t want to sell them via Amazon anymore. So away they went. Have at it, DRM-haters.
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