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The Best Retail Ads of the Holiday Season Get the Ugly Sweater Treatment

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 2 at 6:00 am PT

Here are some of the best retail spots of the holiday season, the ones that motivated throngs of people to shop and spend record amounts online.

Santa’s Digital Downtime (Video)

Lauren Goode in Media on December 22, 2011 at 1:30 pm PT

It’s another Siri + Santa video, only this time, we learn more about what he actually does during the other 11 months of the year.

Better Hurry, the Shipping Deadline for Christmas Is Approaching Fast

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 19, 2011 at 4:04 pm PT

Many retailers are cutting off shipments as early as tomorrow, but a handful will continue accepting orders until Friday.

A Leak at the North Pole

Nitrozac and Snaggy in News on December 6, 2010 at 5:15 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

Yes We Can: Have the Jesus Tablet Soon! But What's in the Package?

Kara Swisher in News on January 12, 2010 at 5:18 am PT

The noisy kerfuffle that broke out yesterday over whether a France Telecom exec did or did not confirm in an interview whether there is or is not an Apple tablet computer coming soon would be comical if it were not so–how shall I put it delicately?–inane. Dear Geek Squad: It is coming, according to all credible reports for months now, so perhaps it would be better to concentrate on what exactly it is in the remaining weeks before the iWhatever is unveiled.

BoomTown Decodes the Apple Dumps Macworld Press Release (The "Yes, Virginia" Version)

Kara Swisher in News on December 17, 2008 at 12:00 am PT

Boomtown extends apologies to the late Francis P. Church, who penned the original “Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus” editorial in the New York Sun in 1897. But with a little rejiggering, his eloquent words work perfectly as a translation for Apple’s press release about its withdrawal from Macworld yesterday, which doubtlessly shook the Apple faithful to the core. Oddly enough, it matches up surprisingly–and a little disturbingly–well. Thus, here’s a little holiday inspiration to help those poor souls make it through these darkest of days.