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Viral Video: Apples, Not Apps
Or perhaps an apple and not Apple.
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Best Buy Halts U.S. Sales Decline
Best Buy Co. reported a narrower fourth-quarter loss on Friday on its first increase in U.S. same-store sales in more than a year, the latest evidence that the beleaguered electronics retailer is slowly stabilizing its battered business.Voices
Google Works on Launching Retail Stores
Google Inc. has been developing plans to launch retail stores in the U.S., said people familiar with the matter, in another sign the company is studying Apple Inc.’s playbook for building a consumer-electronics brand.Voices
Holiday Price War Rages in Real Time
While shoppers jostled and shoved their way through the usual long lines for Black Friday retail deals, a new and more pitched battle was being fought online that promises to redraw how stores plan for their big door-buster specials.Hey Mickey, You’re So Fine: Meet the Man Who Landed Silicon Valley’s Hottest Funding Deal in Pinterest
The $1.5 billion valuation can still blow your mind.
Viral Video: Bella Is Now a Sparkly Vampire
It’s not easy being undead.
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Apple Acquires App Search Engine Chomp
Apple on Thursday confirmed it has acquired San Francisco-based start-up Chomp, which operates a search engine for apps, for an undisclosed amount. Apple declined to elaborate on how it plans to integrate Chomp, other than to say it sometimes acquires technology companies and generally doesn’t discuss its plans. The acquisition comes as Apple is counting down to the App Store’s 25-billionth app download, across the 550,000 app titles currently available. The Chomp acquisition was first reported by TechCrunch.Boku Takes “Pay Any Way You Want” Approach With Mobile Payments
Online payments start-up Boku is taking payments offline and into stores with a MasterCard sticker for smartphones.
PayPal: Your Data Is More Secure in Our Mighty Cloud Than in Your Pocket
PayPal responds to the fightin’ words that Visa leveled at the online payments company on Wednesday.
Former CBS Interactive Head Neil Ashe to Lead Wal-Mart’s Global Online Commerce Biz
Can he give the retail giant the oomph it has yet to find online?
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