TECH.BLORGE.com » Retail http://tech.blorge.com Top Technology news Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:33:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Barnes & Noble, Amazon and Apple are readying new devices for later this year http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/11/barnes-noble-amazon-and-apple-are-readying-new-devices-for-later-this-year/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/11/barnes-noble-amazon-and-apple-are-readying-new-devices-for-later-this-year/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:33:31 +0000 Susan Wilson http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/11/barnes-noble-amazon-and-apple-are-readying-new-devices-for-later-this-year/ Barnes & Noble, Amazon and Apple are reading new devices for later this yearThe Nook and the Kindle [...] Related posts:
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  2. Barnes and Noble enters tablet market with Nook Tablet to rival iPad, Kindle Fire
  3. Barnes & Noble Nook chases the iPad
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Amazon can be blamed for forcing many companies out of business. They, and the [...] Related posts:

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  2. Amazon owns Christmas, future of retail
  3. 7 things electronic retail stores don’t want you to know
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/07/amazon-eyeing-up-chain-of-retail-stores/feed/ 0 Before you decide to publish with iBooks look at what others have to offer http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/21/before-you-decide-to-publish-with-ibooks-look-at-what-others-have-to-offer/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/21/before-you-decide-to-publish-with-ibooks-look-at-what-others-have-to-offer/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:02:13 +0000 Susan Wilson http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/21/before-you-decide-to-publish-with-ibooks-look-at-what-others-have-to-offer/ Before you decide to publish with iBooks look at what others have to offerA lot of people are all agog [...] Related posts:
  1. Trouble: iBooks on iPad will read aloud
  2. Self-publish on the Apple iBookstore
  3. 30,000 free e-books on Apple iPad
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The hacking [...] Related posts:

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  2. Zappos means business, offers new employees $2,000 to quit
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]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/16/amazons-zappos-deals-with-hacking-fallout/feed/ 1 Liquipel and HZO provide waterproofing for your gadgets http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/14/liquipel-and-hzo-provide-waterproofing-for-your-gadgets/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/14/liquipel-and-hzo-provide-waterproofing-for-your-gadgets/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:50:00 +0000 Susan Wilson http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/14/liquipel-and-hzo-provide-waterproofing-for-your-gadgets/ Liquipel and HZO provide waterproofing for your gadgetsBoth Liquipel and HZO showed off their waterproofing products at CES this past week.  [...] Related posts:
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  2. Golden Shellback waterproofing for iPods, Blackberrys now available
  3. Geek your mom out with gadgets like D-link’s DSM 210 or a Nintendo DS Lite for Mother’s Day
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/14/liquipel-and-hzo-provide-waterproofing-for-your-gadgets/feed/ 0 Amazon owns Christmas, future of retail http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/29/amazon-owns-christmas-future-of-retail/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/29/amazon-owns-christmas-future-of-retail/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:42:20 +0000 Dave Parrack http://tech.blorge.com/?p=41702 Amazon owned Christmas 2011, and now owns the future of retail. All thanks to its Kindle range of eBook readers and tablets.

Amazon has seen fit to issue a press release bragging about how well it did over the [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/29/amazon-owns-christmas-future-of-retail/feed/ 3 Send a letter or phone call from Santa to your favorite child this holiday season http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/18/send-a-letter-or-phone-call-from-santa-to-your-favorite-child-this-holiday-season/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/18/send-a-letter-or-phone-call-from-santa-to-your-favorite-child-this-holiday-season/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:02:32 +0000 Susan Wilson http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/18/send-a-letter-or-phone-call-from-santa-to-your-favorite-child-this-holiday-season/ Send a letter or phone call from Santa to your favorite child this holiday seasonFor all parents, grandparents, [...] Related posts:
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  2. A letter to Santa Claus on greening up his sleigh
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]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/18/send-a-letter-or-phone-call-from-santa-to-your-favorite-child-this-holiday-season/feed/ 2 Groupon is in trouble in the UK http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/03/groupon-is-in-trouble-in-the-uk/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/03/groupon-is-in-trouble-in-the-uk/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:38:50 +0000 Susan Wilson http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/03/groupon-is-in-trouble-in-the-uk/ Groupon is in trouble in the UKGroupon has suffered a string of problems this year.  There have been questions concerning [...] Related posts:
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According to the Chicago Tribune, the move is a direct response to [...] Related posts:

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  3. Amazon taps new revenue stream with fulfillment service expansion
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/02/google-planning-own-next-day-delivery-service/feed/ 0 Senator kills mall cellphone tracking plan http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/11/29/senator-kills-mall-cellphone-tracking-plan/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/11/29/senator-kills-mall-cellphone-tracking-plan/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:10:58 +0000 Dave Parrack http://tech.blorge.com/?p=41286 While most people happily offer up personal information to websites and social networks, they’re less willing to do so offline. Which is bad news for shopping malls.

Last week it was discovered that two malls in the U.S. would be [...] Related posts:

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