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Groupon raises almost US$ 1 billion

Groupon raises almost US$ 1 billion

Groupon announced that it completed its campaign with investors to raise funds. The site will use the collective purchasing 950 million dollars obtained for improve its structure, expand their businesses and pay employees and investors. In December, in a document sent to the Trade Commission of the United States, the website revealed that the collection [...]
Clean Up Your Digital Life with DeleteMe

Clean Up Your Digital Life with DeleteMe

Have you ever felt the need of cleaning up your digital life and sweep up all your old accounts? Well if you have, here’s an all new uber cool service DeleteMe which helps you reclaim control of your online personality by erasing off your older or defunct accounts which you no longer wish to maintain. The procedure is as simple. All you have to do [...]
Subports is Your New “One Text” Shopping destination

Subports is Your New “One Text” Shopping destination

Subports , the “one text” shopping junction was launched in the year 2009 by Will Robinson and Jacob Krunpick. At that point of time they targeted artists, designers(Vena Cava) and music stores as partners for their business startup. It wasn’t meant for bulk buying; only one item was allowed to be brought per text message, event tickets being [...]
Imagination at its Best: BMW tests afterimage advertising in Germany

Imagination at its Best: BMW tests afterimage advertising in Germany

It isn’t everyday that you get to see something like this. You can call it imagination at its best. Well BMW has just done the unthinkable. It has recently uncovered the first version of flash projection subliminal advertising. It is a unique but perhaps unsafe technique to using flash projection technology. Let us now delve into the scientific aspects [...]
Best Buy to Launch ‘Buy Back’ Program for Electronic Products

Best Buy to Launch ‘Buy Back’ Program for Electronic Products

One of the obvious advantages of Buy Back Programs is that they turn electronic thrash into cash. The retail giant of consumer electronics is rumored to launch a Buy Back program by this week. The offer would be available for phones, laptops, netbooks, tablets, and TVs priced under $5,000. Sources also suggest that this service will be soon expanded [...]
E-commerce: $ 680 billion in revenue for 2011

E-commerce: $ 680 billion in revenue for 2011

Not well over 2010 and we are already talking about 2011. On the Internet it is anyway, the speed demands agility in a race that never stops and is always presenting new challenges. In e-commerce is no different, one day is never equal to another and search for trends and innovations already begins in the early hours of the day. Therefore, it is possible [...]
IBM makes technology projections for 2015

IBM makes technology projections for 2015

Every year IBM interview three thousand researchers to know which technologies will explode in five years. The query result of 2010 just came out, and the big trend for 2015, according to the researchers, is called holographic smartphones, made possible by pico-projectors that line of reasoning in them, are so common in the future devices as cameras [...]
Forbes Magazine To Release An All New European Edition In 2011.

Forbes Magazine To Release An All New European Edition In 2011.

One of the most respected and revered financial journals of all, Forbes, is now eyeing for a massive expansion effort, as the owner of the magazine, Steve Forbes, a billionaire and a former Republican presidential candidate is now planning to launch an all new Forbes edition, especially for Europe next year. This new plan from Forbes Media is a direct [...]
Long Waiting Hours for Buses in San Francisco Now Equals Fun Video Gaming Hours

Long Waiting Hours for Buses in San Francisco Now Equals Fun Video Gaming Hours

Today’s generation believes in instant gratification. We don’t want to wait for anything, be it success, love or even public transport. Sadly, you can’t have what you always want. Commuting can get very boring some times and this is why precisely I prefer to keep my PSP or iPod near which takes my mind off the long waiting hours. But the San [...]
Take One Unveils Next Holiday HD Display Advertising Medium For Travellers at UK Airports

Take One Unveils Next Holiday HD Display Advertising Medium For Travellers at UK Airports

Advertising has always been out cornering potential customers, sometimes even to the extent of threatening their personal space. They either work for brand recall value or to make you buy their new products. Take One is one of the leaders when it comes to tourism distribution and media. It has brought a marketing opportunity which involves planting [...]